Politics and Development: A Critical Introduction by Olle Tornquist (English) Pa

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This textbook provides an introduction to the main analytical approaches and their use in the study of third world politics and development.

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This major textbook provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the main analytical approaches and their use in the study of third world politics and development.The author outlines the difficulties in the various analytical approaches to the study of development within political science; presents a critical overview of each of the main schools of thought and explores the contemporary issue of democratization to illustrate how students can apply a framework for research and critically develop a perspective on their own.

Author Biography

Olle Törnquist is Professor of Politics and Development in the Department of Political Science at Oslo University and Reader in Political Science at Uppsala University.

Table of Contents

IntroductionPART ONE: THE STUDY OF THIRD WORLD POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENTThe Problem AreaThe Sub-DisciplineAnalytical ApproachesPolitical and Scientific ConjuncturesPART TWO: THE DISCUSSION ON THIRD WORLD POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENTModernisation and Political DevelopmentRevised Modernisation and Guided DevelopmentDependency and PoliticsClass Politics and the Relative Autonomy of the StateRent-Seeking Politicians and BureaucratsThe Primacy of InstitutionsPost-Marxist AlternativesPART THREE: FROM A SCHOOL TO A PERSPECTIVE AND STUDY OF ONE′S OWNTHE CASE OF DEMOCRATISATIONTowards the Study of Democratisation in the Context of Late DevelopmentFrom Civil Society and Social Capital to the Politics of Democratisation

Review

`If it′s a lucid, concise intellectual history of development theory you′re looking for - one with originality and political bite, you′ll find it in T[um]ornquist′s fine book′ - James C Scott, Yale University`This book introduces the student to the politics of development in the postcolonial world by familiarising them with the main debates on the subject. I can think of no better way of doing it′ - Mahmood Mamdani, University of Cape Town`Through a wide ranging critique of influential conceptualisations of the ′Third World′, and by focussing on the symbiosis between politics and development, Tornquist opens the way for a fresh understanding of how late developing societies can be democratised′ - Neera Chandhoke, University of Delhi`A pleasant, wide-ranging and ambitious textbook Olle Tornquist has written. It is pleasant because of the authors frankness about his own preferences combined with an openess towards diverging views; it is wide-ranging in the theoretical space it covers; and it is ambitious in the way it proposes a "best practice" within the study of politics and development....I recommend the book to anyone interested in entering a stimulating discussion on the subject′ - The European Journal of Development Research

Review Quote

'If its a lucid, concise intellectual history of development theory youre looking for - one with originality and political bite, youll find it in T[um]ornquists fine book - James C Scott, Yale University 'This book introduces the student to the politics of development in the postcolonial world by familiarising them with the main debates on the subject. I can think of no better way of doing it - Mahmood Mamdani, University of Cape Town 'Through a wide ranging critique of influential conceptualisations of the Third World, and by focussing on the symbiosis between politics and development, Tornquist opens the way for a fresh understanding of how late developing societies can be democratised - Neera Chandhoke, University of Delhi 'A pleasant, wide-ranging and ambitious textbook Olle Tornquist has written. It is pleasant because of the authors frankness about his own preferences combined with an openess towards diverging views; it is wide-ranging in the theoretical space it covers; and it is ambitious in the way it proposes a "best practice" within the study of politics and development....I recommend the book to anyone interested in entering a stimulating discussion on the subject - The European Journal of Development Research

Details ISBN0761959343 Author Olle Tornquist Short Title POLITICS & DEVELOPMENT Pages 208 Language English ISBN-10 0761959343 ISBN-13 9780761959342 Media Book Format Paperback Subtitle A Critical Introduction Edition 1st Illustrations black & white illustrations Affiliation University of Oslo Imprint SAGE Publications Inc Place of Publication Thousand Oaks Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9780761959342 UK Release Date 1998-12-29 NZ Release Date 1998-12-29 US Release Date 1998-12-29 Edited by James J. Fawcett Birth 1974 Position Former Professor of International Commerical Law Qualifications Ph.D. Publisher SAGE Publications Inc Year 1998 Publication Date 1998-12-29 DEWEY 320.91724 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 1998-12-28 We've got this

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