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This text explores various aspects of political, economic, and social development and underdevelopment in the broad array of countries that make up the Third World. It identifies the major challenges facing developing nations and the efforts being made to address them.
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Well-written and comprehensive, the third edition of The Challenge of Third World Development presents a degree of sophisticated theory behind development in Third World countries, while examining their shared issues of political, economical, and social underdevelopment. The text explores topics such as religion, cultural pluralism, ethnic conflict, women's effect on development, rural change, urbanization, revolutionary change, and the military.
- Examines modernization theory and dependency theory
- Discusses democratization in the Third World
- Explores major political divisions in the Less Developed Countries and analyzes potential solutions
- Dedicates a full chapter to gender issues
- Reflects recent world events
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