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Politics and Society in the Developing World

Mehran Kamrava
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circumstances
Civil Society
Civil Society Organisations
comparative politics
country
Democratic Transitions
democratisation processes
dependency theory
Developing World
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Fragmented Political Cultures
globalisation impacts
Import Substitution Strategies
Intense Social Change
international financial institutions influence
Kim Il Sung
lumpen
Lumpen Proletariat
Military Juntas
mobilisation
Parochial Political Cultures
Participant Political Cultures
planned
Planned Revolutions
political legitimacy challenges
post-revolutionary
Pre-revolutionary States
Primary Cities
proletariat
Revolutionary Circumstances
Revolutionary Mobilisation
Revolutionary Movements
revolutions
Secondary Cities
spontaneous
Spontaneous Revolutions
Squatter Settlements
state collapse analysis
states
Subject Political Cultures
Viable Democracy
Vice Versa

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415212342
  • Weight: 470g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 21 Oct 1999
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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This book is a welcome new edition, which completely updates and revises the very popular first edition, Politics and Society in the Third World. Mehran Kamrava has brought the book in line with the major changes in global politics, and the politics and social issues of the developing world.
The book examines key issues such as democratisation: civil society organisations and NGOs, 'political society', state collapse, democratic bargains and transition, consolidation and problems of legitimacy, elections, multi-party politics; industrial development; dependency theory and globalisation; the roles of the IMF and the World Bank, the GATT and other multinational institutions; urbanisation; social change; the increasing influence of western values, capital and institutions; urbanisation; social change; the increasing influence of western values, capital and institutions; political culture: its role and impact in newly democratic developing countries; revolution; and gives more examples from Africa, East Asia and rural societies.
About Mehran Kamrava
Mehran Kamrava teaches political science at the California State University, Northridge. He is the author of Democracy in the Balance, Revolutionary Politics and The Political History of Modern Iran. His Revolution in Iran: The Roots of Turmoil and Understanding Comparative Politics are also published by Routledge.

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