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Politics and Society in the Third World: An Introduction [Pehme köide]

(Uuem väljaanne: 9780582437241)
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 304 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 233x156x22 mm, kaal: 470 g, maps
  • Ilmumisaeg: 20-Dec-1995
  • Kirjastus: Addison Wesley
  • ISBN-10: 0133552314
  • ISBN-13: 9780133552317 (Uuem väljaanne: 9780582437241)
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 304 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 233x156x22 mm, kaal: 470 g, maps
  • Ilmumisaeg: 20-Dec-1995
  • Kirjastus: Addison Wesley
  • ISBN-10: 0133552314
  • ISBN-13: 9780133552317 (Uuem väljaanne: 9780582437241)
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Politics and Society in the Third World provides an introduction to the Third World, its political institutions and issues of social and economic development. The approach is interdisciplinary, and the book is based around the twin themes of 'environment' and 'development'. Topic coverage us varied, starting with a definition of the Third World and moving through Social, Economic and Cultural contexts to political institutions. political participation and policy issues.
List of figures
x
List of tables
xi
Part I THE THIRD WORLD 1(76)
What is the Third World?
3(16)
The Third World: What is it?
3(2)
Colonization
5(1)
Independence
6(1)
The `end of history' as the end of the Third World?
7(1)
Social and other indicators
8(3)
The future
11(4)
Perspectives
15(1)
Themes of the book
16(3)
The shape of the Third World
19(29)
Physical location
19(3)
Main geographical features
22(4)
Climate
22(1)
Relief
23(1)
Rivers
24(1)
Boundaries
25(1)
Agricultural activity
26(6)
Land tenure and production
26(3)
Marketing and supply
29(1)
Mining
30(2)
Human settlement
32(9)
Population
32(3)
Refugees: the case of Rwanda
35(1)
Traditional rural settlement
35(1)
Land reform
36(1)
Urbanization
37(4)
Communications
41(4)
The impact of air travel
41(1)
Railways
42(2)
Road
44(1)
Small Island Developing States
45(1)
The balance sheet: assets and problems
46(2)
The crisis of the Third World
48(29)
Poverty and basic needs
48(2)
Water
50(4)
Food
54(4)
Sanitation and health
58(9)
Case study: malaria
64(2)
Tuberculosis
66(1)
Kerala
66(1)
Housing
67(1)
Education
68(1)
Population growth
68(3)
Environmental degradation
71(6)
Part II SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONTEXTS 77(62)
The economic context
79(27)
Introduction
79(1)
Modernization
80(1)
Dependency
81(4)
Class and state
85(1)
Newly Industrializing Countries
86(6)
South Korea
87(2)
Taiwan
89(3)
Debt
92(7)
Bretton Woods
99(1)
The International Monetary Fund
100(2)
The World Bank
102(1)
Ideology and practice
102(1)
South-South trade
103(2)
Conclusion
105(1)
The social context
106(19)
Introduction
106(1)
Impact of development on disadvantaged groups
106(1)
Gender and society
107(1)
Ethnic cleavages
108(2)
Class and state
110(8)
The oligarchy
111(1)
The bureaucracy
112(2)
Entrepreneurial/business class
114(1)
Peasantry
115(2)
Urban workers
117(1)
The family
118(2)
Social factors favouring development
120(2)
Maintaining social provision in an evolving society
122(2)
Conclusion
124(1)
The cultural context
125(14)
Introduction
125(2)
The concept of modernity: competing cultures
127(3)
Impact of transnational media
130(2)
Opinion formers
132(1)
News management and international perception of the Third World
133(1)
High culture
134(3)
Conclusion
137(2)
Part III POLITICS OF THE THIRD WORLD 139(76)
State-building
141(23)
Introduction
141(2)
Nationalism
143(1)
Religion and ethnicity
144(5)
Hindu nationalism
145(1)
Ethnicity
146(1)
Sri Lanka
147(2)
Personalism
149(3)
Corruption
152(2)
Military intervention
154(1)
Authoritarianism
155(1)
Coercive structures
156(2)
Authority and legitimacy: the symbols of power
158(1)
Who makes the law?
159(2)
The problem of the weak state
161(1)
Conclusion
162(2)
Political participation
164(14)
Introduction
164(1)
Constitutions
165(1)
Interest groups
166(2)
Political parties and elections
168(1)
Rise and fall of the `one-party state'
169(3)
Presidential vs parliamentary government
172(2)
Populism and democracy
174(1)
Empowerment and democratization
175(2)
Conclusion
177(1)
The armed forces and politics
178(18)
Introduction
178(1)
Military intervention
178(3)
Structure of armed forces
181(1)
Competing roles of armed forces: military, social, political
182(2)
Developmentalism
184(1)
Military and civilian militarism
185(1)
Arms procurement
186(2)
Nuclear weapons in the Third World
188(4)
The nuclear issue in Argentina and Brazil
189(3)
Chemical weapons
192(1)
Regional powers
193(2)
Conclusion
195(1)
The international dimension
196(19)
Introduction
196(1)
Intervention
196(4)
Non-alignment
200(1)
Third World conflicts
201(3)
The role of the United Nations
204(2)
Regional alignments
206(3)
Globalization
209(1)
Transnational links
210(1)
Business and politics: taxation, tariffs and privatization
211(2)
Conclusion
213(2)
Part IV POLICY ISSUES 215(61)
The right to development
217(20)
Introduction
217(1)
Theory and practice
217(2)
Ghana: the desire for economic independence
219(2)
The right to development?
221(1)
The New International Economic Order
222(1)
Development strategies
223(3)
The GATT and the WTO
226(3)
Transnational corporations
229(3)
The power of transnational corporations
232(2)
Aid
234(1)
Conclusion
235(2)
Women and indigenous peoples
237(13)
Introduction
237(1)
Women and development
237(1)
Women and social change
238(2)
Some examples of the position of women
240(2)
Child-rearing/caring
242(2)
Impact of SAPs on women
244(2)
Indigenous peoples
246(4)
Environment and development
250(22)
Introduction
250(1)
Environmental degradation
250(3)
Sustainable development
253(2)
Global warming
255(1)
Forest
256(1)
Biodiversity
257(1)
Democracy and participation
258(1)
The Earth Summit
259(13)
Initiation
260(1)
Decision
261(2)
Role of governments
263(1)
The plenary sessions
264(1)
The summit segment
265(3)
Implementation
268(4)
Conclusion
272(4)
The collapse of the `Second World'
272(1)
Modernization in Asia
272(1)
The decline of Africa
273(1)
The deindustrialization of Europe
273(1)
The future of the Pacific Rim
274(1)
First World and `Fourth World'
274(2)
References 276(12)
Index 288