Now revised and updated throughout with additional coverage of the impact of democratization and globalization, Understanding Third World Politics provides a critical introduction to theories of political development and to the comparative politics of the Third World in the 21st Century.

Understanding Third World Politics: Theories of Political Change and Development

Politics & Social Sciences

Smith, Brian C.

Smith, B.C.

Politics & Government

Indiana University Press

"The chapters in these volumes excel in describing the diverse cultural responses of black populations to unique local and national contexts.... Whitten and Torres have produced a valuable collection destined to become a standard reference work on black cultures in Latin America and the Caribbean." ―American Anthropologist
To understand the meanings of "blackness" in the African diaspora, we must critically examine the paradigms that have emerged over the past five centuries out of Euroamerican racism and black liberation. These seminal volumes add immeasurably to our understanding of those paradigms and of the black experience in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

Understanding Third World Politics, Third Edition: Theories of Political Change and Development

History

Africa

Praise for the first edition: "... this masterful and concise volume overviews the range of approaches social scientists have applied to explain events in the Third World." ―Journal of Developing Areas
Understanding Third World Politics is a comprehensive, critical introduction to political development and comparative politics in the non-Western world today. Beginning with an assessment of the shared factors that seem to determine underdevelopment, B. C. Smith introduces the major theories of development―development theory, modernization theory, neo-colonialism, and dependency theory―and examines the role and character of key political organizations, political parties, and the military in determining the fate of developing nations. This new edition gives special attention to the problems and challenges faced by developing nations as they become democratic states by addressing questions of political legitimacy, consensus building, religion, ethnicity, and class.

Now in its third edition, Understanding Third World Politics is a comprehensive, critical introduction to key political theories and controversies in international development for students in Third World politics, political and economic development, and comparative government courses. B. C. Smith reviews the shared and increasingly diverse experiences of developing societies, debates about the nature of imperialism, and the usefulness and limitations of the term "Third World" as an organizing concept. He evaluates explanations of political change and theorizes the character and dynamics of political institutions and the instabilities they face today.

Now in its third edition, Understanding Third World Politics is a comprehensive, critical introduction to key political theories and controversies in international development for students in Third World politics, political and economic development, and comparative government courses. B. C. Smith reviews the shared and increasingly diverse experiences of developing societies, debates about the nature of imperialism, and the usefulness and limitations of the term "Third World" as an organizing concept. He evaluates explanations of political change and theorizes the character and dynamics of political institutions and the instabilities they face today.

Praise for the first edition:"... this masterful and concise volume overviews the range of approaches social scientists have applied to explain events in the Third World." ―Journal of Developing AreasUnderstanding Third World Politics is a comprehensive, critical introduction to political development and comparative politics in the non-Western world today. Beginning with an assessment of the shared factors that seem to determine underdevelopment, B. C. Smith introduces the major theories of development―development theory, modernization theory, neo-colonialism, and dependency theory―and examines the role and character of key political organizations, political parties, and the military in determining the fate of developing nations. This new edition gives special attention to the problems and challenges faced by developing nations as they become democratic states by addressing questions of political legitimacy, consensus building, religion, ethnicity, and class.

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Judges and Democratization: Judicial Independence in New Democracies (Democratization and Autocratization Studies)

Rules & Procedures

Routledge

Judges and Democratization (Democratization and Autocratization Studies)

Philosophy

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Understanding Third World Politics: Theories of Political Change and Development

Understanding Third World Politics, Third Edition: Theories of Political Change and Development

Understanding Third World Politics, Third Edition: Theories of Political Change and Development

Understanding Third World Politics, Third Edition: Theories of Political Change and Development

Understanding Third World Politics, Third Edition: Theories of Political Change and Development

Understanding Third World Politics: Theories Of Political Change And Development

Understanding Third World Politics Theories of Political Change and Development

Judges and Democratization: Judicial Independence in New Democracies (Democratization and Autocratization Studies)

Judges and Democratization (Democratization and Autocratization Studies)

Judges and Democratization (Democratization and Autocratization Studies)