Third World Calamity

First published in 1981, The Third World Calamity is a controversial book on the social conditions, politics, economics and cultural barriers that have, according to the author, stagnated Western-style socio-economic development in the Third World.

List of contents

Preface 1. As they were 2. The lesson of Iran 3. Plutocrats and slaves 4. Pointing backwards 5. The subsistence constant 6. The misapplied model 7. The political fungus 8. The World Bank paradox 9. Cultural barriers 10. Dead-end societies 11. A hypothesis Notes Index

About the author

Brian May

Summary

First published in 1981, The Third World Calamity is a controversial book on the social conditions, politics, economics and cultural barriers that have, according to the author, stagnated Western-style socio-economic development in the Third World.

Product details

• Authors: Brian May, May Brian
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2023
• EAN: 9781032657103
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3265710-3
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Politics & government, Political Economy, Politics and government, Third World;developing countries;India;Iran;Nigeria