The Third World Beyond the Cold War Continuity and Change

by Fawcett, Louise; Sayigh, Yezid

• ISBN13: 9780198295501
• ISBN10: 0198295502
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-10
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This broad ranging study presents an overview of the changes brought about in Third World countries since the end of the Cold War. Section One uses themes as a way of highlighting major areas of change in the Third World. Section Two uses regional case studies as a means of isolating changesspecific to certain regions.

Table of Contents

Note on Contributors	ix
Introduction	1	(14)
Louise Fawcett
Yezid Sayigh
PART I
Taking Stock	15	(19)
The Third World and the End of the Cold War
S. Neil Macfarlane
The Political Dimension	34	(22)
Authoritarianism and Democratization
Roland Dannreuther
Developing States and the End of the Cold War	56	(22)
Liberalization, Globalization, and their Consequences
Gautam Sen
Developing Countries and the Emerging World Order	78	(23)
Security and Institutions
Amitav Acharya
PART II
Latin America	101	(17)
Collective Responses to New Realities
Jorge Heine
The Asia Pacific Region in the Post-Cold War Era	118	(16)
Economic Growth, Political Change, and Regional Order
Amitav Acharya
Richard Stubbs
Africa After the Cold War	134	(36)
Frozen Out or Frozen in Time?
Keith Somerville
South Asia After the Cold War	170	(30)
Adjusting to New Realities
P. R. Kumaraswamy
Globalization Manque	200	(34)
Regional Fragmentation and Authoritarian-Liberalism in the Middle East
Yezid Sayigh
Conclusion	234	(13)
Whither the Third World?
Louise Fawcett
Notes	247	(42)
Index	289