Political Parties in the Third World - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803981449 ISBN 13: 9780803981447

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1988

Synopsis

Students of political parties and of Third World politics will find this introductory textbook both useful and stimulating. Political Parties in the Third World demonstrates the continuing importance and versatility of Third World parties, which persist in most Third World states, including those governed by military regimes.

The main part of the book consists of specially commissioned case studies covering the main Third World regions and types of party systms -- Zambia, Ghana, Iraq, India, Mexico, Brazil, Jamaica and Cuba. Each study examines the origins and development of the party system, parties′ political role and future prospects. The conclusion draws on these studies to consider how parties persist as institutions, what they do and why they are so varied but resilient.

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Review

`a welcome counterweight to the heavily Eurocentric literature on parties.' - Australian Outlook

`stimulating reading' - Economic Times

`a very welcome volume, which returns parties to their proper place in the study of third world politics.' - The Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

`This small book goes a long way toward filling an enormous void: our lack of contemporary informations retarding the role played by political parties in the Third World.... the range of nations selected is sufficiently broad and varied to permit Randall to make a number of interesting generalizations in her own concluding chapter. In total the book is an important contribution and deserves a wide readership.... the authors are commendably clear and straightforward regarding the origins of the parties they study and their history to date.... In sum, every chapter has a contribution to make, and the book as a whole is readable and important.' - Studies in Comparative International Development

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803981449
• ISBN 13: 9780803981447
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Randall Vicky