Third World Beyond the Cold War - Continuity and Change

Klappentext 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 changes specific to certain regions. Zusammenfassung The book analyses the changes that have occurred in developing countries since the end of the Cold War. The first section highlights major areas of change in economics, politics, and security, while the second section develops these themes and reveals the diversity of experience through regional case-studies (Asia-Pacific, Latin America, South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East). Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction SECTION ONE 1: S. Neil McFarlane: Taking Stock: The Third World and the End of the Cold War 2: Roland Dannreuther: Authoritarianism and Democratization: The Political Dimension of Change 3: Gautam Sen: Liberalization, Globalization, and Their Consequences 4: Amitav Acharya: Security and Institutions: Developing Countries in the Emerging World Order SECTION TWO 5: Jorge Heine: Latin America: Collective Responses to New Realities 6: Amitav Acharya and Richard Stubbs: The Asia-Pacific Region: Economic Growth, Political Change, and Regional Order 7: Keith Somerville: Africa: Frozen Out or Frozen in Time? 8: P. R. Kumaraswamy: South Asia: Adjusting to New Realities 9: Globalization Manque: Regional Fragmentation and Authoritarian-Liberalism in the Middle East 10: Louise Fawcett: Conclusions

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• Authors: Fawcett, Louise Fawcett, Louise (Lecturer in Politics Fawcett, Louise L''''estrange Sayigh Fawcett, Louise Sayigh Fawcett, Yazid Sayigh
• Assisted by: Louise Fawcett (Editor), Fawcett Louise (Editor), Yezid Sayigh (Editor), Sayigh Yezid (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.10.2000
• EAN: 9780198295518
• ISBN: 978-0-19-829551-8
• No. of pages: 302
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, International Relations, Developing Countries, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Global South / Developing countries