1st Edition

Politics in Developing Countries

By Damien Kingsbury Copyright 2019
236 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

236 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

236 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Politics in Developing Countries provides a clear and reader-friendly introduction to the key factors and themes that shape political processes in developing countries. Achieving development outcomes such as reducing poverty and inequality is only possible through efficient governance, well-planned policies and careful allocation of resources, but often politics in developing countries has been... Read more

Foreword 

1. ‘Development’ and ‘Politics’ in Developing-Country Contexts 

2. Colonialism and its Legacies 

3. Ethnicity and Nation-building 

4. Authority and Democracy 

5. Poverty and the Political Economy of Development 

6. Aid, Influence and Development 

7. Economic Structuring and Trade Relations 

8. Beijing Consensus vs the Washington Consensus 

9. The Military in Politics 

10. On Democratisation 

11. Timing and Sequencing of Political Transitions 

12. Sovereignty and Strategic Relations 

13. Critical Reflections on Politics in Developing Countries

Biography

Damien Kingsbury holds a Personal Chair in the Faculty of Arts and Education, is Professor of International Politics in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and is Director of the Masters of International and Community Development at Deakin University, Australia.