Approaches and global context
Analytical approaches to the study of politics in the developing world / Vicky Randall
Colonialism and post-colonial development / James Chiriyankandath
The developing world in the global economy / Stephen Hobden
The developing world in international politics / Stephen Hobden
Society and state
Inequality / Jenny Pearce
Ethnopolitics and nationalism / James R. Scarritt
Religion / Jeff Haynes
Women and gender / Kathleen Staudt
Civil society / Marina Ottaway
People power and alternative politics / Kurt Schock
State and society
Theorizing the state / Adrian Leftwich
State-building / Brian Smith
State collapse, civil conflict, and external intervention / Martin Doornbos
Democratization / Peter Burnell
Governance and conditionality in a globalizing world / Peter Burnell
Policy issues
Development / Tony Addison
Environment / Peter Newell
Human rights / Michael Freeman
Security / Nicole Jackson
Case studies: experiences compared
Disintegration or nation-building?
(a) Indonesia : copying with fragmentation / Edward Aspinall
(b) South Africa : from divided society to new nation / Robert A. Schrire
Civil society : active or passive?
(a) India : associational life and its discontents / Rob Jenkins
(b) Saudi Arabia : between tradition and modernity / David Pool, Peter Burnell, Vicky Randall
Military in politics versus democratic advance
(a) Pakistan : the military as a political fixture / David Taylor
(b) Nigeria : building political stability with democracy / Stephen Wright
(c) Mexico : democratic transition and beyond / Andreas Schedler
Underdevelopment and development
(a) Guatemala : enduring underdevelopment / Rachel Sieder
(b) South Korea : from development to new challenges / Peter Ferdinand
Appendix 1: case study countries : basic indicators
Appendix 2 : case study countries : globalization rankings and scores, 2001
Appendix 3 : regional inter-governmental organizations in the developing world.
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