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

Product Description This clearly-written and comprehensive introductory text provides a critical review of the principal theoretical approaches to the study of Third World politics in the second half of the twentieth century. Arguments are illustrated by examples drawn from a wide and diverse range of regions and countries. All chapters have been extensively amended and updated for this substantially revised edition to include such developments as the debt crisis and democratisation, and a new chapter has been added on the impact of globalisation on the postcolonial world. About the Author Prof Vicky Randall is Emeritus Professor at the University of Essex, UK.; ROBIN THEOBALD is Principal Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Westminster and a visiting Lecturer at the City University, London, UK.