Book Description
Discusses theories which have attempted to explain political development in developing countries since the 1950s.
Author : Brian Clive Smith
Publisher :
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 33,51 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Discusses theories which have attempted to explain political development in developing countries since the 1950s.
Author : Vicky Randall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 11,74 MB
Release : 1998-08-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1349268569
This clearly-written and comprehensive introductory text provides a critical review of the principal theoretical approaches to the study of Third World politics in the second half of the twentieth century. Arguments are illustrated by examples drawn from a wide and diverse range of regions and countries. All chapters have been extensively amended and updated for this substantially revised edition to include such developments as the debt crisis and democratisation, and a new chapter has been added on the impact of globalisation on the postcolonial world.
Author : B. C. Smith
Publisher :
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 29,58 MB
Release : 2009-05-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
An extensively revised edition of an acclaimed textbook on developing societies
Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 25,75 MB
Release : 2016-07-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1464807744
Governments fail to provide the public goods needed for development when its leaders knowingly and deliberately ignore sound technical advice or are unable to follow it, despite the best of intentions, because of political constraints. This report focuses on two forces—citizen engagement and transparency—that hold the key to solving government failures by shaping how political markets function. Citizens are not only queueing at voting booths, but are also taking to the streets and using diverse media to pressure, sanction and select the leaders who wield power within government, including by entering as contenders for leadership. This political engagement can function in highly nuanced ways within the same formal institutional context and across the political spectrum, from autocracies to democracies. Unhealthy political engagement, when leaders are selected and sanctioned on the basis of their provision of private benefits rather than public goods, gives rise to government failures. The solutions to these failures lie in fostering healthy political engagement within any institutional context, and not in circumventing or suppressing it. Transparency, which is citizen access to publicly available information about the actions of those in government, and the consequences of these actions, can play a crucial role by nourishing political engagement.
Author : J. H. Kautsky
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 32,85 MB
Release : 1962-01-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Author : Damien Kingsbury
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 30,2 MB
Release : 2019-02-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 135158314X
Politics in Developing Countries provides a clear and reader-friendly introduction to the key factors and themes that shape political processes in developing countries. Achieving development outcomes such as reducing poverty and inequality is only possible through efficient governance, well-planned policies and careful allocation of resources, but often politics in developing countries has been identified with mismanagement, corruption, conflict and repression of dissent. This book assesses the politics of developing countries in the period since decolonisation, focusing on the ways in which states have or have not worked to the advancement of their citizens’ interests. Key topics include: Colonialism and its legacy Ethnicity and nation building Governance, corruption and the role of the state Poverty and the political economy of development Aid and outside influence. Drawing on a range of case studies from around the world, Politics in Developing Countries looks at the consistencies and variations between developing countries, examining why some have forestalled political change by liberalising their economies, and others have actively stifled calls for change. Wide-ranging and engagingly written, this introductory textbook is perfect for students of politics and international development, as well as for those with a general interest in the challenges faced by countries in the Global South.
Author : Jeff Haynes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 32,92 MB
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1134541848
This book examines the experience of democracy in developing countries such as Mexico, Zambia, India and Indonesia. The book will be of interest to scholars of Comparative Politics, Third World Politics and Development studies.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 28,45 MB
Release : 1960
Category :
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Author : Jason Leonard Finkle
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 16,59 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Compilation of writings on political aspects of social change and economic development in developing countries - covers such topics as traditional and transitional societies, nationalist ideology, military government, industrialization, urbanization, social participation, social structure, cultural factors, interest groups, political party systems, social integration, individualism and the role of the government and of intellectuals in economic growth, etc. References and statistical tables.
Author : John H. Kautsky
Publisher :
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 26,18 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780758104724