Understanding Third World Politics: Theories of Political Change and Development - Hardcover

Smith, B. C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230223575 ISBN 13: 9780230223578

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

Synopsis

Understanding Third World Politics gives a comprehensive and critical introduction to the main theories of political science used to understand political change in developing countries. It provides an overview of the variety of political institutions and processes in the third world, and critically evaluates the major explanatory frameworks used by political scientist to understand them. The discussion is supported throughout by carefully-chosen, contemporary examples from around the world. The book concludes by considering the political instability that so frequently plagues poor countries and by identifying the conditions required to establish democratic stability. This third edition has been extensively revised and updated throughout and offers a clear and theoretically rigorous introduction to the politics of the third world.

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About the Author

B.C. SMITH is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Dundee, UK,andVisiting Professor of Politics, University of Exeter. His other books include Good Governance and Development, also published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230223575
• ISBN 13: 9780230223578
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 312