Politics And Society in the Developing World

, by Calvert; Peter

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ISBN: 9781405824408 | 1405824409
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Copyright: 2/20/2007

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A concise introduction to the political make-up of the developing world and the issues facing it.

List of tables, figures and maps	p. xiii
List of plates	p. xv
List of abbreviations	p. xvii
Preface to the third edition	p. xxi
Acknowledgements	p. xxiii
The developing world	p. 1
Third World or developing world?	p. 3
What is development?	p. 3
Which are the developing countries?	p. 4
First World and Third World	p. 5
South v North	p. 5
Survival of the term Third World	p. 13
Colonisation and post-colonial society	p. 13
Independence and the legacy of war and militarism	p. 17
Gender and the roles of women and men	p. 19
Women and development	p. 24
Research in the developing world	p. 26
Social and other indicators	p. 27
China: the dragon awakes?	p. 32
Competing ideologies and interpretations of development	p. 36
Strategies of industrialisation	p. 44
A right to development?	p. 48
Development in the free market	p. 51
Transnational corporations	p. 53
Globalisation: what is it and what effect does it have?	p. 57
Neo-liberalism	p. 59
Conclusion	p. 62
Key terms	p. 63
Questions	p. 64
The infrastructure of the developing world	p. 65
Physical location	p. 65
Main geographical features	p. 66
The Asian tsunami of 2004	p. 69
Relief and drainage	p. 72
Boundaries and territorial disputes	p. 75
Refugees: the case of East Timor (Timor Leste)	p. 80
Terrorism	p. 81
Agricultural activity	p. 82
Mining	p. 86
Human settlement	p. 88
Refugees: the case of Rwanda	p. 91
Land reform	p. 92
Urbanisation	p. 95
Migrants	p. 100
Communications	p. 101
Small island developing states	p. 105
The balance sheet: assets and problems	p. 106
Key terms	p. 108
Questions	p. 108
The crisis of the developing world	p. 109
Poverty and basic needs	p. 109
Water	p. 111
Food	p. 113
Sanitation and health	p. 120
Infant mortality and life expectancy	p. 121
Medical services	p. 125
Malaria	p. 127
HIV/AIDS	p. 130
Housing	p. 131
Case study 3.3 Bird flu	p. 132
Education	p. 134
Population growth	p. 135
Key terms	p. 140
Questions	p. 141
Social and economic contexts	p. 143
The economic context	p. 145
Introduction	p. 145
How is economic policy made?	p. 146
Africa: globalisation and marginalisation	p. 152
Case study 4.1 Ghana	p. 152
Cash crops	p. 154
Latin America: the persistence of debt	p. 155
The debt boomerang	p. 161
The 'war on drugs'	p. 161
Policy choices for indebted countries	p. 163
The crisis of 1997	p. 164
Asia: the newly industrialising countries	p. 165
The rise of the NICs	p. 166
The fear of insecurity: the South-east Asia crisis and after	p. 169
Globalisation	p. 171
Transnational links	p. 172
Business and politics: taxation, tariffs and privatisation	p. 174
Bretton Woods	p. 175
The International Monetary Fund	p. 176
The World Bank	p. 179
The GATT and WTO	p. 180
Bananas	p. 184
Regional economic groupings	p. 186
Conclusion	p. 189
Key terms	p. 189
Questions	p. 192
The social context	p. 193
Introduction	p. 193
Gender and society	p. 193
Women and work	p. 194
Women and children	p. 198
Women and political power	p. 200
Women and the orthodoxy of development	p. 204
Impact of development on other disadvantaged groups	p. 206
Ethnic cleavages	p. 207
Class and state	p. 209
The family	p. 218
Indigenous peoples	p. 221
Social factors favouring development	p. 225
Maintaining social provision in an evolving society	p. 226
Religion, politics and society	p. 228
The clash of cultures	p. 230
The concept of modernity: competing cultures	p. 233
The global network	p. 235
Impact of transnational media	p. 235
'McWorld?'	p. 239
Opinion formers	p. 240
News management and international perception of the developing world	p. 241
High culture	p. 242
Conclusion	p. 246
Key terms	p. 247
Questions	p. 248
The international context	p. 249
Introduction	p. 249
Two hours that shook the world	p. 250
George Bush and the aftermath of '9/11'	p. 250
War in Iraq	p. 252
The post-war situation	p. 253
Terror and the developing world	p. 254
The breakdown of the state	p. 254
Intervention	p. 256
Non-alignment	p. 260
Developing world conflicts	p. 264
Weapons of mass destruction in the developing world	p. 266
The role of the United Nations	p. 268
Regional alignments	p. 270
The first Bush Administration and Panama	p. 273
The rise of 'humanitarian intervention'	p. 274
The Gulf War 1991	p. 275
Rwanda	p. 277
International peacemaking/peacekeeping	p. 280
The international politics of oil	p. 281
The oil majors as actors in South-North relations	p. 285
Libya and the North	p. 286
Oil in South-North relations today	p. 288
The international politics of water	p. 290
Conclusion	p. 293
Key terms	p. 294
Questions	p. 294
Politics of the developing world	p. 297
State-building	p. 299
Introduction	p. 299
Who makes the law?	p. 302
The problem of the weak state	p. 303
Constitutional government	p. 303
Parliamentary systems	p. 307
Presidential systems	p. 308
Interest groups	p. 310
Political parties and elections	p. 311
Organisation of political parties	p. 314
Rise and fall of the 'one-party state'	p. 315
Populism and democracy	p. 320
Causes of insurgency	p. 321
Nationalism	p. 322
Religion and ethnicity	p. 323
Case study 7.1 Sri Lanka	p. 325
Personalism	p. 326
Corruption	p. 331
Conclusion	p. 333
Key Terms	p. 334
Questions	p. 335
Dictatorship and democratisation	p. 337
Introduction	p. 337
Authoritarianism	p. 338
Coercive structures	p. 339
Military intervention	p. 341
Structure and roles of armed forces	p. 344
Military developmentalism	p. 347
Case study 8.1 Democratisation in Argentina	p. 349
Arms procurement	p. 351
Regional powers	p. 352
Requirements for liberal democracy	p. 357
Democratisation in the developing world	p. 359
Empowerment and the growth of civil society	p. 363
Democracy and development	p. 366
Democracy promotion	p. 369
Democratisation in Ghana	p. 371
Conclusion	p. 373
Key terms	p. 373
Questions	p. 374
Policy issues	p. 377
Policy issues	p. 379
Introduction	p. 379
Aid	p. 380
Trade	p. 391
South-South trade	p. 392
Tourism	p. 394
Goa	p. 397
Belize	p. 398
Costa Rica	p. 398
The Caribbean Islands	p. 399
Kenya	p. 401
The Gambia	p. 402
Southern Africa	p. 402
Environment	p. 404
Key terms	p. 420
Questions	p. 421
Conclusion	p. 422
Modernisation in Asia	p. 423
The radicalisation of the Middle East	p. 424
The decline of Africa	p. 425
The de-industrialisation of Europe	p. 426
The future of the poorest countries	p. 427
References	p. 428
Index	p. 449
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