Democracy and Civil Society in the Third World: Interpretation and Critique

by Jeffrey Haynes

Book Overview

This book provides an accessible account of popular political, social and economic movements in the Third World. Focusing on poor and marginalized groups within developing countries, it shows how these groups have been stimulated into action by recent demands for political and economic change.


Haynes describes the growing interest in democratic change in the Third World during the 1980s and 1990s, and argues that demands for democracy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074561647X
• ISBN13: 9780745616476
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"