Political Development in Emerging Countries

by Wiarda, Howard J.

• ISBN13: 9780155051041
• ISBN10: 0155051040
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-24
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This book reviews what has been learned about national development in the Third World in the last 50 years: what works and what doesn't work. Wiarda surveys all the major themes and theories in the field: developmentalism, dependency theory, democratization, globalization, and neo-liberalism. This book is the most up-to-date survey of the entire field of development studies, drawing on Professor Wiarda's academic research and his extensive Washington policy experience. As a new addition to the Wadsworth series, NEW HORIZONS IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS, this book can also be coupled with other books in the series to provide tailored coverage of specifically chosen countries and topics.

Table of Contents

PREFACE	vii
1 INTRODUCTION: THE WIDE WORLD OF THE DEVELOPING NATIONS	1	(28)
The Geography and Regional Bases of Underdevelopment	15	(7)
Ungovernability, Failed States, and Foreign Policy	22	(2)
First, Second, Third, and Other Worlds of Development	24	(5)
2 THE CONCEPT OF DEVELOPMENT: ORIGINS AND MAIN THEMES	29	(18)
The Focus on the Developing Nations	30	(3)
The Early Development Literature	33	(8)
The Proliferation of Development Studies	41	(6)
3 DISILLUSIONMENT WITH DEVELOPMENT: MILITARY COUPS AND THE EMERGENCE OF BUREAUCRATIC AUTHORITARIANISM	47	(20)
Criticisms of the Developmentalist Approach	48	(3)
Alternatives to Developmentalism	51	(2)
A Reconsideration of the Developmentalist Approach	53	(1)
On the Ground: Bureaucratic Authoritarianism	54	(3)
The Authoritarian Route to Development	57	(5)
Authoritarianism and Corporatism	62	(2)
Friendly Tyrants: An American Dilemma	64	(3)
4 DEVELOPMENTAL SUCCESS STORIES: THE RISE OF THE NIOS	67	(20)
The Tiger and the Four Little Tigers: Searching for the Reasons for Asia's Success Stories	68	(14)
Conclusions	82	(5)
5 TRANSITIONS TO DEMOCRACY IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD	87	(28)
The Crises of Authoritarian Systems	89	(2)
Democracy Defined	91	(1)
Cases and Patterns	92	(3)
Causes of the Democratic Transitions	95	(5)
Problems of Democracy in Developing Nations	100	(13)
The End of the Third Wave?	113	(2)
6 NEOLIBERALISM AND ITS PROBLEMS	115	(22)
The ISI Model	116	(4)
Neoliberalism and the Washington Consensus	120	(6)
Mistaken Assumptions of the Washington Consensus	126	(3)
Economic Crisis	129	(3)
Social and Political Consequences	132	(5)
7 GLOBALIZATION AND ITS CRITICS	137	(22)
Globalization in the Present Context	138	(6)
The Institutions of Globalization	144	(6)
Successes and Failures of Globalization	150	(4)
The Anti-Globalists	154	(2)
Conclusions	156	(3)
8 CONCLUSION: THE FUTURE OF THE DEVELOPING AREAS	159	(10)
Theories of Development	160	(2)
What Works in Development	162	(7)
SUGGESTED READINGS	169	(5)
SUBJECT INDEX	174