Political Change and Underdevelopment: A Critical Introduction to Third World Politics

by Vicky Randall and Robin Theobald

Book Overview

In this completely revised second edition, Vicky Randall and Robin Theobald review the principal theoretical approaches to the postwar study of Third World politics. Instead of undergoing Western-model modernization as predicted, developing countries have seen the proliferation of one-party states, military coups, communal violence, corruption, and economic dependence. Randall and Theobald survey and analyze the varied theories born of these developments,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822320932
• ISBN13: 9780822320937
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"