Redefining the Third World

by Nana Poku (Editor), Lloyd Pettiford (Editor)

Overview

Given the end of the cold war, economic development of the Asia-Pacific region, the emergence of Neo-Liberal democratisation and the further marginalisation of Africa in the global political economy, this book provides a timely theoretical analysis of current trends in the third world/global politics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349269686
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/14/2014
Series:	International Political Economy Series
Edition description:	1st ed. 1998
Pages:	225
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

STEPHEN CHAN Professor of International Relations and Ethics, University of Nottingham Trent, UK
BJÖRN HETTNE Professor of International Relations, University of Göteborg (PADRIGU), Sweden
MEHRAN KAMRAVA Assistant Professor of Political Science, California State University, USA
KARL KALTENTHALER Assistant Professor of International Relations, Rhodes College, Memphis, USA
NORMAN LEWIS PhD candidate at the University of Sussex
FRANK O. MORA Assistant Professor of International Relations, Rhodes College, Memphis, USA
GIOK-LING OOI Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore
FAHIMUL QUADIR PhD candidate at Dalhousie University, Canada
GEORG SORENSEN Senior Lecturer at the University of AARHUS, Denmark
PETER VALE Professor of Southern African Studies, University of the Western Cape and Visiting Professor in Political Science, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
PETER WILKIN Lecturer in International Relations at Lancaster University, UK
TIMOTHY M. SHAW Professor of Political Science and International Development Strategies at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables Foreword by Professor P. Vale Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Notes on Contributors Introduction: Redefining the Third World; G. Sorensen with N. Poku and L. Pettiford Redefining the Third World for a New Millennium: An Aching Towards Subjectivity; S. Chan Challenging the False God of Theoretical Parsimony: A Call for Complexity in Third World Research; N. Poku and L. Pettiford Modifications to the State in Society Approach: A Sharper Focus; M. Kamrava Globalism, Regionalism and the New Third World; B. Hettne Globalisation and Sovereignty: Implications for the Third World State; N. Lewis World Cities, Capital and Communication; P. Wilkin Urbanisation and the Third World City: The Need for a Reconsideration; G. Ooi Neo-liberalism in Latin America: 'Triumph' and Institutional Deficiencies; F. Mora and K. Kaltenthaler Southeast Asia in the Twenty First Century: Human Security and Regional Development; F. Quadir and T. Shaw Security and Development in Africa: Cold War and Beyond; N. Poku Index

Editorial Reviews

Within a context of power and powerlessness, proffers a new definition of that majority of humans who continue to live in grinding poverty while others upgrade their computer games. Based on changes since The Third World was invented, including the end of the Cold War, the economic development of the Asia-Pacific Basin, the emergence of neo- liberalism, and the further marginalization of the African continent within the global economy. Focuses on such aspects as complexity and challenging theoretical parsimony, globalization and sovereignty, urbanization, and human security and regional development in southeast Asia. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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