Politics and Society in the Developing World

<p>This book is a welcome new edition which completely updates and revises the very popular first edition <em>Politics and Society in the Third World. </em> Mehran Kamrava has brought the book in line with the major changes in global politics and the politics and social issues of the developing world.<br>The book examines key issues such as democratisation: civil society organisations and NGOs 'political society' state collapse democratic bargains and transition consolidation and problems of legitimacy elections multi-party politics; industrial development; dependency theory and globalisation; the roles of the IMF and the World Bank the GATT and other multinational institutions; urbanisation; social change; the increasing influence of western values capital and institutions; urbanisation; social change; the increasing influence of western values capital and institutions; political culture: its role and impact in newly democratic developing countries; revolution; and gives more examples from Africa East Asia and rural societies.</p>