Understanding third world politics : theories of political change and development

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Author:

Smith, Brian C. (Brian Clive), 1938-

ISBN:

9781137003232

9781137003256

Personal Author:

Smith, Brian C. (Brian Clive), 1938-

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Publication Information:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Physical Description:

xviii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.The Idea of a `Third World' -- The concept of a `Third World' -- Third World solidarity -- Changing worlds -- Third World poverty -- Third World values -- A definition -- Political independence -- National incomes -- Industrialization -- Integration into the global economy -- Human development -- Conclusion -- 2.The Developing Political System -- New states and comparative politics -- Social structures and political functions -- The organic metaphor -- The political system -- Political change -- The problem of `tradition' -- Secularization and religion -- Dichotomous models -- The concept of `integration' -- Unilinear development -- Ethnocentric analysis -- Change and causality -- Biological analogies -- Definitions -- Changes of emphasis -- Conclusion -- 3.The Politics of Neo-Colonialism and Dependency -- Constitutional independence -- Dependency theory -- The elements of dependency theory -- The politics of neo-colonialism and dependency --

Contents note continued: The political power of external interests -- Comprador elites -- Aid dependency -- Dependency and globalization -- Dependency and class structure -- The independent state and class power -- Dependency and economic performance -- Levels of generality -- Hierarchy -- The political significance of independence -- Conclusion -- 4.The State and Politics in the Third World -- Analysing the state -- The pluralist political system -- The post-colonial state -- The Bonapartist state -- An overdeveloped bureaucratic state -- The bureaucratic-authoritarian state -- State-society dialectics -- Globalization and the nation state -- Conclusion -- 5.Political Parties and Party Systems -- Parties and mass mobilization -- The functions of political parties -- Party ideology -- Party systems -- Single-party systems -- The demise of party government -- Party systems and democratization -- The survival of parties as organizations -- Factionalism and clientelism --

Contents note continued: Conclusion -- 6.Bureaucracy and Political Power -- The challenge of bureaucracy -- Concepts of bureaucracy -- The political power of bureaucracy -- A ruling class -- Bureaucracy and access -- Reducing bureaucracy -- Conclusion -- 7.Military Intervention in Politics -- Understanding military intervention -- Explaining military intervention -- Forms of intervention -- The coup d'etat -- Social mobility and military intervention -- The military and the middle class -- Economic development and military intervention -- The political culture -- Organizational factors -- Foreign influence -- The military and democratization -- Conclusion -- 8.Nationalism and the Politics of Secession -- Political self-determination -- Secession -- Responses to secession -- Nationalism -- Political integration -- Internal colonialism -- The balance of advantage -- Elites and class -- Conclusion -- 9.Instability and Revolution -- The costs of political instability --

Contents note continued: Conceptual difficulties -- Affluence and poverty -- The rate of growth -- The revolution of rising expectations -- Foreign influences -- Ethnicity -- The political culture -- Inequality -- Class conflict -- A crisis of state authority -- Political institutionalization -- Revolution in the Third World -- Conclusion -- 10.Democratization in the Third World -- The `third wave' and the Third World -- Concepts of `democracy' -- The transition to democracy -- Elite negotiations -- Transition from below -- The consolidation of democracy -- The economic preconditions of democratic consolidation -- Political mediation -- The political culture -- Civil society and democratization -- The balance of power -- Institutional development -- Foreign influence -- The democratic deficit -- Conclusion -- 11.Conclusion: Democracy and Development -- States and development -- Regimes and development -- The developmental state -- Democratic developmental states --

Contents note continued: Conclusion: fragile democracy.

Subject Term:

Social change -- Developing countries -- Study and teaching.

Economic development -- Study and teaching.

Geographic Term:

Developing countries -- Politics and government -- Study and teaching.

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Summary

Understanding Third World Politics gives a comprehensive and critical introduction to the main theories that have been used to understand political change in developing countries.

It examines the variety of political institutions and processes in the Third World and critical evaluates the major explanatory frameworks used by political scientists to understand them. The discussion is supported throughout by a wide range of topical case studies from around the world - including features on class in Brazil and democracy in India. The book concludes by considering the political instability that so frequently plagues poor countries and by identifying the conditions required to establish democratic stability.

The fourth edition has been revised and updated throughout to take account of key political developments, including foreign interventions in the Middle East, state repression in North Africa, and the secession of South Sudan. Engagingly written, this text offers a clear and theoretically rigorous introduction to the politics of the Third World.