TY - BOOK AU - Handelman,Howard TI - The challenge of third world development SN - 9780205791231 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - HC59.7 .H299 2011 U1 - 338.90091724 22 PY - 2011///] CY - [Upper Saddle River, N.J.] PB - Longman KW - Economic development KW - Developing countries KW - Economic conditions KW - Economic policy KW - Politics and government N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -