Understanding Third World Politics

B. C. Smith Understanding Third World Politics Theories of Political Change and Development Second Edition ...

Understanding Third World Politics ...

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Understanding Third World Politics Theories of Political Change and Development Second Edition B. C. Smith ...

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Contents List of Tables and Figures vi 1 The Idea of a ‘Third World’ Preface vii 2 Theories of Imperialism and Colonialism 3 Mo ...

List of Tables and Figures Tables 1.1 Growth of real per capita GDP, 1966–2007 3 1.2 Value added as a percentage of GDP 4 1.3 Hu ...

Preface This second edition has been extensively revised in order to sharpen its focus and reflect the current preoccupations in ...

but also to comprehend the debates within the social sciences about the legacy of that episode. Imperialism, a foundation of con ...

perspective on comparative politics are presented, especially the con- cepts of function and ‘structural differentiation’ when a ...

of party systems, such as economic growth and social stratification, are set out. The survival of parties as institutions is als ...

political stability might causeaffluence and economic growth, and that high rates of growth and stability have gone together in ...

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1 The Idea of a ‘Third World’ Introduction Since this chapter examines a controversy over the label ‘Third World’ it is appropri ...

emergence of a number of independent states that were formerly part of it (Berger, 1994, p. 257). Most of these, such as Tajikis ...

since the mid-1970s: between 1975 and 1999 the average growth in per capita income averaged
1 per cent (UNDP, 2001, p. 13). Mor ...

production accurately. Employment in agriculture has also declined. Growth in agricultural output slowed from an average annual ...

A problem for developing countries has been their dependence on the export of a limited range of primary commodities whose price ...

In 1950 28 children in 100 died before their fifth birthday; this number had fallen to 10 by 1990. Smallpox has been eradicated, ...

in extending health care to the poor has been made in all regions of the Third World. Government spending on social services ten ...