Rethinking Third-World Politics

ISBN-13: 9780582074583 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 294 str.

James Manor

Opis

Providing an overview of Third World politics, this book examines political institutions and state-society relations in such countries as Kenya, India, Chile, Ghana and Ethiopia.

Spis treści

Introduction.

Part 1: Conceptualising Third World Politics;
1. The Three-dimensional State.
2. `Waiting for a Text?': Comparing Third World Politics.
3. Finishing with the Idea of the Third World: The Concept of the Political Trajectory.
4. On State, Society and Discourse In India.
5. Political Democratisation in Latin America and the Crisis of Paradigms.

Part 2:: The Theatrical and Imaginary Dimensions in Politics;
6. Political Institutions, Discourse and Imagination in China at Tiananmen.
7. The Show of State in a Neo-Colonial Twilight: Francophone Africa.
8. Power and Obscenity in the Post-colonial Period: The Case of Cameroon.

Part 3: Political Institutions and State-Society Relations;
9. The Historical Trajectories of the Ivorian and Kenyan States.
10. State, Society and Political Institutions in Cote d' Ivoire and Ghana.
11. State. Society and Political Institutions in Revolutionary Ethiopia.
12. Successful Economic Development and Political Change in Taiwan and South Korea.
Index.

O autorze

James Manor