Politics and Society in the Third World - Softcover

Calvert, Prof Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0133552314 ISBN 13: 9780133552317

Publisher: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1995

Synopsis

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.

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From the Back Cover

Final draft - Author approved
Shelf classification- Politics/Third World
Politics and Society in the Third World
Second Edition
Politics and Society in the Third World is a very popular and concise introduction to the Third World, its political institutions and the key social, economic and political issues challenging the region, in particular the environment, development and democratisation. The material is written and presented with clarity. The coverage is wide-ranging and balanced, including detail of the major theoretical and methodological issues of this complex field.
Key features include-
· Completely revised and updated coverage including recent events in Sierra Leone, Congo, Zimbabwe and East Timor as well as the special situation of China
· Detailed coverage of the further impact of globalisation, democratisation and the development of civil society
· Expanded coverage of aid and trade and tourism
· Packed with carefully-selected case studies, utilising newspaper articles and web material
· Improved internal design and pedagogy including numerous figures and tables
· Illustrated with black and white photographs
Written in an engaging and thought-provoking style, The Politics and Society of the Third World will be welcomed by students studying the Third World as part of a politics, sociology, geography, developmental economics, international relations or development studies degree.
Peter Calvert is Professor of Comparative and International Politics at the University of Southampton and Susan Calvert is a Lecturer at Itchen College, Southampton and holds a Visiting Research Fellowship in the Department of Politics at the University of Southampton.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Harvester Wheatsheaf
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0133552314
• ISBN 13: 9780133552317
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304