Comparative Politics of the Third World : Linking Concepts and Cases / Laura Luehrmann, December Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, December, Author.

Luehrmann, Laura, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (546 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Just the right blend of theory and substance to introduce students in a meaningful way to the developing—or not developing—world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

1 Introducing Comparative Studies

Part 1 Historical Legacies

Introduction

2 Precolonial History (Or, What Your "World Civ" Class Might Have Left Out)

3 Colonialism: Gold, God, Glory

4 Independence or In Dependence?

5 Linking Concepts and Cases

Part 2 The International Economic System

6 Globalization: Cause or Cure for Underdevelopment?

7 Structural Adjustment: Prices and Politics

8 Alternative Approaches to Development

9 Linking Concepts and Cases

Part 3 Politics and Political Change

10 From Ideas to Action: The Power of Civil Society

11 Linking Concepts and Cases

12 The Call to Arms: Violent Paths to Change

13 Linking Concepts and Cases

14 Ballots, Not Bullets: Seeking Democratic Change

15 Political Transitions: Real or Virtual?

16 Linking Concepts and Cases

Part 4 Beyond the Nation-State

17 Sovereignty and the Role of International Organizations

18 Global Challenges—and Responses

19 Linking Concepts and Cases

20 Dealing with a Superpower: Third World Views of the United States

21 Linking Concepts and Cases

Part 5 Conclusion

22 Are We Living in a New Era?

List of Acronyms

Glossary

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

About the Book

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mai 2023)

ISBN:

1-68585-553-9

OCLC:

1378174640