Political Change and Underdevelopment: Critical Introduction to Third World Politics

Politics & Social Sciences

Vicky Randall

Robin Theobald

Politics & Government

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Political Change and Underdevelopment

This text introduces the reader to a sociological perspective on industrial society, aimed at students (both within and outside the social sciences) who seek a general understanding of the social consequences of economic change. Since it assumes that most of its readers will eventually end up working in management, the book focuses upon the business enterprise and social relationships within it, aiming to provide a general background which will lay the foundations for more detailed study of organizational processes and the problems of management. It thus presents a sociological perspective on modern societies for the general reader/non-specialist reader. It focuses on the economy and on business enterprise and provides a general background and foundation for further, more detailed study.

Understanding industrial society: A sociological guide

Social Sciences

St.Martin's Press

<p>'The book provides a lucid and critical overview of the development of theories of development, from the crudely teleological modernisation theories of the 1950s, to more recent post-colonial, democratisation and globalisation approaches, many of which problematise the very noting of a third world.' - Susan Carruthers, Times Higher Education Supplement 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.</p>

Political Change and Underdevelopment (A Critical Introduction to Third World Politics)

Duke Univ Pr

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