Title Politics and development : a critical introduction / Olle Törnquist

Published London : SAGE, 1999

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Description vii,197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents Pt. 1. The Study of Third World Politics and Development. 1. The Problem Area. 2. The Subdiscipline. 3. Analytical Approaches. 4. Political and Scientific Conjunctures -- Pt. 2. The Discussion on Third World Politics and Development. 5. (I) Modernisation and Political Development. 6. (II) Revised Modernisation and Guided Development. 7. (III) Dependency and Politics. 8. (IV) Class Politics and the Relative Autonomy of the State. 9. (V) Rent-Seeking Politicians and Bureaucrats. 10. (VI) The Primacy of Institutions. 11. (VII) Post-Marxist Alternatives -- Pt. 3. From a School to a Perspective and Study of One's Own: The Case of Democratisation. 12. Towards the Study of Democratisation in the Context of Late Development. 13. From Civil Society and Social Capital to the Politics of Democratisation Summary This new textbook provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the main analytical approaches to the study of third world politics and development. The author concludes the text with his own critique of the dominant civil society and social capital paradigm and advances new insights into democratisation in the third world. Accessible and wide-ranging, Politics and Development will be invaluable reading for all those on courses which aim to offer a deeper understanding of the problems of development Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Translated from the Swedish Print version record Subject Political development. SUBJECT Developing countries -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102163 -- Study and teaching. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008697 Developing countries -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102163 LC no. 98061793 ISBN 0761959335 (cased) 0761959343 (paperback)

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