Politics in the Developing World A Concise Introduction

by Haynes, Jeffrey

• ISBN13: 9780631225560
• ISBN10: 0631225560
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-11-08
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

Purposefully written for those coming to politics for the first time, this textbook provides an exploration and analysis of the most important political issues affecting the Developing World. Offering a different perspective from standard texts in this field, Politics in the Developing World encourages an understanding of the breadth and nature of a range of pressing - and previously understated - issues: the striving for democracy; the political consequences of economic growth and development; the struggle of religious and ethnic minorities; women's and human rights; the impact of globalization; and the politics of the natural environment. Purposefully written for those coming to politics for the first time, this textbook provides an exploration and analysis of the most important political issues in the Developing World. Offering a different perspective from standard texts in this field, Politics in the Developing World encourages an understanding of the breadth and nature of a range of pressing - and previously understated - issues. This new edition of the text (previously titled Third World Politics: A Concise Introduction) has been completely rewritten, taking into account changes in the Developing World in the last decade. An increased focus on the international relations of the Developing World to complement those chapters concerned with domestic issues and with updated regional analyses and data throughout.

Author Biography

Professor Jeff Haynes is in the Department of Politics and Modern History, London Guildhall University. He is the author of Religion in Third World Politics (1993), Religion and Politics in Africa (1996), Third World Politics (Blackwell 1996), Democracy and Civil Society in the Third World: Politics and New Political Movements (Polity, 1997), Religion in Global Politics (1998), Democracy in the Developing World: Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East (Polity, 2001) and the editor of Religion, Globalization and Political Culture in the Third World (1999), Democracy and Political Change in the 'Third World'(2001) and Towards Sustainable Democracy in the Third World (2001). He is also the author of numerous book chapters, articles and conference papers on various aspects of the Developing World and comparative politics.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	viii
Politics, Economics, and Societies in the Developing World at the New Millennium	1	(25)
The Book's Structure	2	(3)
What's In a Name? ``Developing World,'' ``Third World,'' or ``the South''?	5	(5)
Domestic and External Factors in Explaining Outcomes in Developing Countries	10	(1)
Modernization and Dependency Theories	11	(6)
The Analytical Importance of Structure and Contingency	17	(7)
Conclusion	24	(2)
Globalization and International Relations	26	(26)
``Positive'' and ``Negative'' Globalization	27	(4)
The Impact of Technological, Economic, Political, and Cultural Globalization	31	(12)
The International Relations of the Developing World	43	(6)
Conclusion: Globalization, Regionalization, and the Developing World	49	(3)
Economic Growth and Development	52	(28)
Development and Inequality at the Start of the Twenty-First Century	52	(7)
Economic Polarization in the Developing World: The 1980s and 1990s	59	(12)
Economic Reform in Developing Countries	71	(6)
Conclusion	77	(3)
Democratization and Democracy	80	(36)
The Third Wave of Democracy in the Developing World	81	(3)
Democracy in the Developing World: The Regional Picture	84	(10)
Accounting for Democracy: The Comparative Importance of Domestic and External Factors	94	(8)
Case Studies: South Africa and Indonesia	102	(12)
Conclusion	114	(2)
Religious and Ethnic Conflict	116	(32)
Defining Religion and Ethnicity	117	(2)
The Political Salience of Ethnicity and Religion in the Developing World: Domestic and International Factors	119	(17)
Regional Analysis: Religio-Ethnic Conflict in the Developing World	136	(9)
Conclusion	145	(3)
Human Rights	148	(35)
What are Human Rights?	148	(2)
Human Rights in the Developing World: Domestic and External Factors	150	(8)
Collectivist and Individualist Conceptions of Human Rights	158	(7)
Regional Analysis: Political Rights, Civil Liberties, and Human Development in the Developing World	165	(15)
Conclusion	180	(3)
Women and Gender	183	(32)
Gender Discrimination and Poverty in the Developing World	183	(3)
Women's Empowerment: ``Feminist'' and ``Feminine'' Groups	186	(2)
The Socioeconomic Position of Females in the Developing World	188	(4)
The Impact of Structural Adjustment and Globalization on Poor Females	192	(5)
Regional Analysis: A Woman's Place	197	(16)
Conclusion	213	(2)
Politics of the Natural Environment	215	(31)
From Stockholm to Kyoto: 25 Years of Growing International Environmental Awareness	215	(2)
Environmental Crisis in the Developing World	217	(5)
Environmental Concerns and Politics in the Developing World: The Domestic Dimension	222	(3)
The External Dimension of Environmental Protection: The IMF, the World Bank, and Greenpeace International	225	(3)
Case Studies: Environmental Groups in the Developing World	228	(16)
Conclusion	244	(2)
Conclusion	246	(16)
Domestic Factors: Political Participation, Civil Society, and Economic Development	248	(9)
International Factors	257	(3)
Conclusion: The Future	260	(2)
Appendix 1 Useful Websites	262	(3)
Appendix 2 Freedom House Survey Methodology	265	(11)
Bibliography	276	(16)
Index	292