Political Change and Underdevelopment

Download or read book Political Change and Underdevelopment written by Vicky Randall and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1998-08-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This clearly-written and comprehensive introductory text provides a critical review of the principal theoretical approaches to the study of Third World politics in the second half of the twentieth century. Arguments are illustrated by examples drawn from a wide and diverse range of regions and countries. All chapters have been extensively amended and updated for this substantially revised edition to include such developments as the debt crisis and democratisation, and a new chapter has been added on the impact of globalisation on the postcolonial world.