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Praise for the first edition: ..". this masterful andconcise volume overviews the range of approaches social scientists have applied toexplain events in the Third World." -- Journal of DevelopingArea... Understanding Third World Politics is a comprehensive, critical introduction to political development and comparative politics in thenon-Western world today. Beginning with an assessment of the shared factors thatseem to determine underdevelopment, B. C. Smith introduces the major theories ofdevelopment -- development theory, modernization theory, neo-colonialism, anddependency theory -- and examines the role and character of key politicalorganizations, political parties, and the military in determining the fate ofdeveloping nations. This new edition gives special attention to the problems andchallenges faced by developing nations as they become democratic states byaddressing questions of political legitimacy, consensus building, religion, ethnicity, and class. Praise for the first edition: ..". this masterful andconcise volume overviews the range of approaches social scientists have applied toexplain events in the Third World." -- Journal of DevelopingAreas Understanding Third World Politics is a comprehensive, critical introduction to political development and comparative politics in thenon-Western world today. Beginning with an assessment of the shared factors thatseem to determine underdevelopment, B. C. Smith introduces the major theories ofdevelopment -- development theory, modernization theory, neo-colonialism, anddependency theory -- and examines the role and character of key politicalorganizations, political parties, and the military in determining the fate ofdeveloping nations. This new edition gives special attention to the problems andchallenges faced by developing nations as they become democratic states byaddressing questions of political legitimacy, consensus building, religion, ethnicity, and class. 続きを見る
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