This well respected textbook is fully up-to-date with recent development policies and important global events. New chapters on the role of institutions, the transition of the state from conflict to post-conflict, and the impact of international aid ensure it remains the most comprehensive introduction to politics in the developing world. INDICE: Introduction; Part 1: Approaches and global context; 1: Vicky Randall: Analytical approaches to the study of politics in the developing world; 2: James Chiriyankandath: Colonialism and post-colonial development; 3: LiseRakner and Vicky Randall: Institutional perspectives; 4: Stephen Hobden: The developing world in the global economy; 5: Stephen Hobden: The developing world in international politics; Part 2: Society and State; 6: Jenny Pearce: Inequality; 7: James R. Scarritt: Ethnopolitics and nationalism; 8: Jeff Haynes: Religion; 9: Kathleen Staudt: Women and gender; 10: Marina Ottaway: Civil society; 11: Kurt Schock: People power and alternative politics; Part 3: State and society; 12: Adrian Leftwich: Theorizing the state; 13: Astri Suhrke and TorunnWimpelmann Chaudhary: From conflict to peace-building; 14: Peter Burnell: Democratization; 15: Peter Burnell and Lise Rakner: Governance and aid conditionality in a globalizing world; Part 4: Policy issues; 16: Tony Addison: Development; 17: Peter Newell: Environment; 18: Michael Freeman: Human rights; 19: Nicole Jackson: Security; Part 5: Case studies: experiences compared; 20: Disintegration or nation-building?; Edward Aspinall: a) Indonesia: redistributing power; Robert A. Schrire: b) South Africa: from divided society to new nation; Nicola Pratt and Nadje Al-Ali: c) Iraq's triple challenge: state, nation, and democracy; 21: Military in politics versus democratic advance; David Taylor: a) Pakistan: the military as a political fixture; Stephen Wright: b) Nigeria: building political stability with democracy; Andreas Schedler: c) Mexico: democratic transition and beyond; 22: Underdevelopment and development; Rachel Sieder: a) Guatemala: enduring underdevelopment; Peter Ferdinand: b) South Korea: from development to new challenges; 23: South-south relations and the changing landscape of international development co-operation; Emma Mawdsley: a) India asa 'post-colonial donor'; Deborah Brautigam: b) China and the developing world
- ISBN: 978-0-19-957083-6
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 576
- Fecha Publicación: 23/12/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés