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The authors do a wonderful job of synthesizing a great deal of information and presenting it in terms that should engage an audience of undergraduates.\" --Dwight Hahn, John Carroll University\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"The writing style is lively and the detail is impressive.... another welcome innovation is the welding together of the discussion of key issues with the eight country cases.\" --Ross Burkhart, Boise State University \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eDecember Green and Laura Luehrmann show how history, economics, and politics converge to create the realities of life in the Global South.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eIn this new edition, the authors continue to offer an innovative blend of theory and empirical material as they introduce the politics of what was once called the \"third world.\" They consistently link theoretical concepts to a set of eight contemporary case studies: China, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, and Zimbabwe.\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A central theme throughout the new edition is how the Covid-19 pandemic has worked as a hinge event--accelerating troubling trends and amplifying longstanding socioeconomic and political problems.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Other features of the fifth edition include:\u003cbr\u003e * Thoroughly revised chapters on economic and development issues\u003cbr\u003e * An update on regime transitions and the rise of authoritarianism\u003cbr\u003e * Analysis of the status of conflict, terrorist movements, and weapons proliferation\u003cbr\u003e * An expanded discussion of populism and nationalism in both the economic and political spheres\u003cbr\u003e * A comparison of the range of experiences and responses to the pandemic\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eThe result is a text that has been successfully designed to challenge students' preconceptions, arouse their curiosity, and foster critical thinking.\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eCONTENTS: \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eComparing and Defining an Interdependent World.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHISTORICAL LEGACIES.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePrecolonial History: What Once Was, and Why It Matters.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eColonialism and Resistance: Gold, God, and Glory.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLinking Concepts and Cases.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eECONOMIC REALITIES.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Global Economy: What the Pandemic Reveals.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAid, Trade, and Debt: Contending Views on Development.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLinking Concepts and Cases.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePOLITICS AND POLITICAL CHANGE.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCivil Society Takes on the State.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLinking Concepts and Cases.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eViolence: The Call to Arms.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLinking Concepts and Cases.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemocracy: Reform, Reconfiguration, or Disintegration?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAuthoritarianism's Appeal: Why Now?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLinking Concepts and Cases.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eINTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSovereignty and the Role of International Organizations.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConfronting Global Challenges.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Global South and the United States: Friends or Foes?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLinking Concepts and Cases.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCONCLUSION.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLooking Forward: Responses to Interdependence.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49743349186833,"sku":"NGR9781955055550","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50192528015633,"sku":"CIN1955055556G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53572188012817,"sku":"CIN1955055556VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1955055556.jpg?v=1772102163"},{"product_id":"comparative-politics-of-the-third-world-book-december-green-9781626376502","title":"Comparative Politics of the Third World","description":"In this now classic text, December Green and Laura Luehrmann show how history, economics, and politics converge to create the realities of life in the Global South. 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Features of the fourth edition, revised and updated from cover to cover, include: An entirely new case study, Egypt; Analysis of the status of regime transitions around the world; A \"report card\" on the Millennium Development Goals; Attention to the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development and the New Development Bank; More discussion of contentious politics, social mobilization and everyday forms of resistance; New material on such continuing challenges as migration, human trafficking, weapons proliferation, pandemic diseases, and the impact of climate change; An assessment of continuity and change in international relations, with particular attention to policies during the Obama presidency and the significance for the global south of the new US administration. 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It is not common to see Brazil and China examined side-by-side, but authors December Green and Laura Luehrmann show the utility of this unorthodox comparison: By moving beyond region and regime, this book offers a thought-provoking analysis of two very different countries dealing with many concerns and problems in surprisingly similar ways.  With a focus on current issues, Contentious Politics in Brazil and China covers migration, urbanization, criminality, the environment, sexual politics and HIV-AIDS response, foreign policy, and international relations. 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