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| List of Tables | |
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| Politics, Economics, and Societies in the Developing World at the New Millennium | |
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| The Book's Structure | |
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| What's In a Name? "Developing World," "Third World," or "the South"? | |
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| Domestic and External Factors in Explaining Outcomes in Developing Countries | |
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| Modernization and Dependency Theories | |
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| The Analytical Importance of Structure and Contingency | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Globalization and International Relations | |
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| "Positive" and "Negative" Globalization | |
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| The Impact of Technological, Economic, Political, and Cultural Globalization | |
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| The International Relations of the Developing World | |
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| Conclusion: Globalization, Regionalization, and the Developing World | |
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| Economic Growth and Development | |
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| Development and Inequality at the Start of the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Economic Polarization in the Developing World: The 1980s and 1990s | |
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| Economic Reform in Developing Countries | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Democratization and Democracy | |
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| The Third Wave of Democracy in the Developing World | |
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| Democracy in the Developing World: The Regional Picture | |
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| Accounting for Democracy: The Comparative Importance of Domestic and External Factors | |
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| Case Studies: South Africa and Indonesia | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Religious and Ethnic Conflict | |
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| Defining Religion and Ethnicity | |
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| The Political Salience of Ethnicity and Religion in the Developing World: Domestic and International Factors | |
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| Regional Analysis: Religio-Ethnic Conflict in the Developing World | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Human Rights | |
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| What are Human Rights? | |
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| Human Rights in the Developing World: Domestic and External Factors | |
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| Collectivist and Individualist Conceptions of Human Rights | |
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| Regional Analysis: Political Rights, Civil Liberties, and Human Development in the Developing World | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Women and Gender | |
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| Gender Discrimination and Poverty in the Developing World | |
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| Women's Empowerment: "Feminist" and "Feminine" Groups | |
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| The Socioeconomic Position of Females in the Developing World | |
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| The Impact of Structural Adjustment and Globalization on Poor Females | |
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| Regional Analysis: A Woman's Place | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Politics of the Natural Environment | |
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| From Stockholm to Kyoto: 25 Years of Growing International Environmental Awareness | |
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| Environmental Crisis in the Developing World | |
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| Environmental Concerns and Politics in the Developing World: The Domestic Dimension | |
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| The External Dimension of Environmental Protection: The IMF, the World Bank, and Greenpeace International | |
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| Case Studies: Environmental Groups in the Developing World | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Domestic Factors: Political Participation, Civil Society, and Economic Development | |
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| International Factors | |
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| Conclusion: The Future | |
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| Useful Websites | |
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| Freedom House Survey Methodology | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |