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The Challenge Of Third World Development

by: Handelman, Howard

The Challenge Of Third World Development

by: Handelman, Howard

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9780131930704
ISBN 10:
0131930702
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2006
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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This book explores political, economic, and social issues common to diverse Third World countries. It stresses the themes of democratization, modernization, and dependency theory, examining the nature of underdevelopment. The text analyzes the major political and socio economic rifts that divide many of these nations and the efforts being made to understand and address these challenges.

Preface

xiii

chapter 1 Understanding Underdevelopment

(21)

Third World Commonalities: The Nature of Underdevelopment

(9)

Economic Underdevelopment

(2)

Social Underdevelopment

(3)

Political Underdevelopment

(2)

Some Relationships among the Components of Development

(1)

The Causes of Underdevelopment

(8)

Modernization Theory and the Importance of Cultural Values

(3)

Dependency Theory

(1)

Modernization and Dependency Theory Compared

(2)

Contemporary Perspectives

(1)

Discussion Questions 19

Notes

(3)

chapter 2 Democratic Change and the Change to Democracy

(23)

Democracy Defined

(1)

Democratic Transition and Consolidation

(1)

Authoritarian Beginnings

(1)

Justifying Authoritarian Rule

(1)

The Third Wave and Its Effect on the Third World

(2)

International Causes and Consequences of the Third Wave

(1)

The Prerequisites of Democracy in Individual Countries

(7)

Social and Economic Modernization

(1)

Class Structure

(1)

Political Culture

(4)

How Do Democracies Perform? Public Policy Compared

(2)

Conclusion: Democratic Consolidation

(1)

Discussion Questions

(1)

Notes

(3)

chapter 3 Religion and Politics

(31)

The Meeting of Church and State

(1)

Great Religions of the Third World

(1)

Religion, Modernity, and Secularization

(2)

Structural and Theological Bases of Church-State Relations

(4)

Islam

(1)

Catholicism

(1)

Hinduism and Buddhism

(1)

Religious Fundamentalism: Islam and Hinduism

(11)

Defining and Explaining Fundamentalism

(1)

Fundamentalists: Radical and Conservative

(1)

"Sacred Rage and the Iranian Revolution": Radical Fundamentalism as a Reaction to Western-Style Modernization

(3)

Al Qaeda and Militant Islamic Fundamentalism

(4)

Radical Hindu Fundamentalism

(2)

The Progressive Catholic Church

(3)

Religion and Politics in the Developing World: Looking to the Future

(2)

Conclusion: Religion and Democracy

(1)

Discussion Questions

(1)

Notes

(5)

chapter 4 The Politics of Cultural Pluralism and Ethnic Conflict

(38)

Defining Ethnicity

(2)

Ethnic and State Boundaries

(1)

Types of Ethnic-Cultural Divisions

(10)

Nationality

(2)

Tribe

(2)

Race

(3)

Religion

(3)

Independence, Modernization, and Ethnic Conflict

(1)

Levels of Interethnic Conflict

(4)

Relative Harmony

(1)

Uneasy Balance

(1)

Enforced Hierarchy (Ethnic Dominance)

(2)

Systematic Violence

(1)

Outcomes and Resolutions

(10)

Power Sharing: Federalism and Consociationalism

(2)

Secession

(1)

Outside Intervention

100

(3)

Outside Intervention in Iraq: The Effect of the U.S. Occupation on Ethnic Relations

103

(2)

Settlement through Exhaustion

105

(1)

Toward a Peaceful Resolution of Conflict

105

(1)

Conclusion: Ethnic Pluralism and Democracy

106

(2)

Discussion Questions

108

(1)

Notes

109

(5)

chapter 5 Women and Development

114

(34)

The Political and Socioeconomic Status of Third World Women

115

(8)

Westernization, Modernization, and the Economic Status of Women

118

(2)

Women in the Countryside

120

(1)

Urbanization and the Status of Women

121

(2)

Women and Politics

123

(16)

Women's Political Activism at the Grass Roots

125

(3)

Women as National Political Leaders

128

(3)

Reserved Seats and Quotas: Female Representation in Parliament and the Cabinet

131

(6)

Women and Revolutionary Change

137

(2)

The Status of Women: The Roles of Modernization, Globalization, and Regime Type

139

(2)

Conclusion: Democracy and the Role of Women in Society

141

(1)

Discussion Questions

142

(1)

Notes

143

(5)

chapter 6 Agrarian Reform and the Politics of Rural Change

148

(22)

Rural Class Structures

149

(1)

Peasant Politics

150

(3)

The Politics of Agrarian Reform

153

(4)

Patterns of Land Concentration

154

(1)

The Case for Agrarian Reform

154

(3)

Types of Agrarian Reform

157

(7)

Externally Imposed Reform

157

(1)

Revolutionary Transformation

158

(3)

Moderate Reformism

161

(1)

The Limits of Agrarian Reform

162

(2)

Other Approaches and Issues

164

(1)

Crop Pricing

164

(1)

Conclusion: Democracy and Rural Reform

165

(1)

Discussion Questions

166

(1)

Notes

166

(4)

chapter 7 Rapid Urbanization and the Politics of the Urban Poor

170

(28)

The Political Consequences of Urban Growth

173

(1)

The Struggle for Employment

173

(4)

The Struggle for Housing among the Urban Poor

177

(10)

Public Housing and the Role of the State

178

(2)

Spontaneous Housing

180

(1)

Sites-and-Services Programs

181

(1)

The Struggle Against Urban Crime

182

(1)

The Politics of the Urban Poor: Conflicting Images

183

(4)

Forms of Political Expression among the Urban Poor

187

(5)

Individual Political Behavior

187

(1)

Collective Goals: Housing and Urban Services

188

(3)

Radical Political Behavior

191

(1)

Conclusion: Future Urban Growth and Democratic Politics

192

(1)

Discussion Questions

193

(1)

Notes

193

(5)

chapter 8 Revolutionary Change

198

(25)

Defining Revolution

199

(2)

Underlying Causes of Revolution

201

(7)

Inexorable Historical Forces

201

(1)

Regime Decay

202

(2)

Challenge from Below

204

(3)

Causes of Revolution: A Summary

207

(1)

Levels of Popular Support

208

(2)

Peasants as Revolutionaries

210

(2)

Why Peasants Rebel

211

(1)

Which Peasants Rebel

211

(1)

Revolutionary Leadership

212

(2)

Revolutionaries in Power

214

(3)

Conclusion: Revolutionary Change and Democracy

217

(2)

Discussion Questions

219

(1)

Notes

219

(4)

chapter 9 Soldiers and Politics

223

(30)

The Causes of Military Intervention

225

(4)

The Nature of the Armed Forces

225

(1)

The Nature of Civil Society

226

(3)

Progressive Soldiers and Military Conservatives

229

(2)

The Goals of Military Regimes

231

(6)

Personalistic Regimes

231

(2)

Institutional Military Regimes

233

(4)

The Accomplishments and Failures of Military Regimes

237

(8)

Combating Corruption

237

(1)

Defending Corporate Interests

238

(1)

Patterns in Military Spending

239

(3)

Establishing Stability

242

(1)

Economic Development

243

(2)

Military Withdrawal from Politics

245

(2)

New Roles for the Armed Forces

247

(1)

Conclusion: Democracy and the Military

247

(2)

Discussion Questions

249

(1)

Notes

249

(4)

chapter 10 The Political Economy of Third World Development

253

(35)

The Role of the State

254

(11)

The Command Economy

255

(2)

Latin American Statism

257

(4)

East Asia's Developmental State

261

(2)

The Neoclassical Ideal

263

(2)

Finding a Proper Role for the State

265

(1)

Industrialization Strategies

265

(4)

Import-Substituting Industrialization (ISI)

266

(2)

Export-Oriented Industrialization (EOI)

268

(1)

East and Southeast Asia's Economic Crisis

269

(4)

The Onset of the Crisis

269

(1)

Causes of the Asian Crisis

270

(1)

Consequences of the 1997 Crash

271

(1)

Implications for East Asia's Growth Model

271

(1)

East Asia's Recovery

272

(1)

Growth with Equity

273

(4)

Economic Development and the Environment

277

(2)

The Costs of Growth

277

(1)

Environmental Decay as a Third World Problem

278

(1)

Environmental Decay in the LDCs as a Global Problem

279

(1)

The Search for Sustainable Development

279

(3)

Some Signs of Progress

281

(1)

Finding the Right Mix

282

(1)

Conclusion: Democracy and Economic Development

283

(1)

Discussion Questions

283

(1)

Notes

284

(4)

Glossary

288

(7)

Index

295

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