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The challenge of third world development /

Handelman, Howard, 1943-

The challenge of third world development / Howard Handelman. - Sixth edition - xviii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Understanding underdevelopment --
Democratic change and the change to democracy --
Religion and politics --
The politics of cultural pluralism and ethnic conflict --
Women and development --
Agrarian reform and the politics of rural change --
Rapid urbanization and the politics of the urban poor --
Revolutionary change --
Soldiers and politics --
The political economy of the third world development.

In this exploration of the political, economic and social issues that face diverse Third World countries, Howard Handelman examines the nature of underdevelopment and discusses explanatory theories of redevelopment.

ISBN: 9780205791231 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0205791239 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2009048541

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Economic development.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Developing countries--Economic conditions.
Developing countries--Economic policy.
Developing countries--Politics and government.

LC Class. No.: HC59.7 / .H299 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 338.90091724 / H.H.C