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| Preface | |
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| Photo Credits | |
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| Government, Politics, and Cultures in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America | |
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| Government, Politics, and Cultures in a Globalized World | |
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| What Is Globalization? | |
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| What Is Politics? | |
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| What Is Government? | |
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| Forms of Government | |
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| What Is Culture and Political Culture? | |
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| What Is a State? | |
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| What Is a Nation? | |
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| Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East | |
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| Africa | |
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| Asia | |
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| Latin America | |
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| The Middle East | |
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| Summary and Review | |
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| Global Interdependence | |
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| Globalization and Interdependence | |
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| The Global Reality | |
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| Global Interdependence and Your Life | |
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| Economic Interdependence | |
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| Environmental Interdependence | |
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| Cultural Interdependence | |
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| Globalization | |
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| Terrorism and Globalization | |
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| Case Study: Ghana | |
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| Summary and Review | |
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| Religion and Politics | |
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| Globalization and Religious Revivalism | |
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| Islam | |
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| The Teachings of Islam | |
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| Islam and Politics | |
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| Hinduism | |
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| Hinduism and Indian Politics | |
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| Buddhism | |
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| Buddhism and Politics | |
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| Christianity in Africa, Asia, and Latin America | |
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| Case Study: Iran | |
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| Summary and Review | |
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| Nationalism, Colonialism, and Independence | |
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| Globalization and the Nation-State | |
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| What Is Nationalism? | |
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| Consequences of Nationalism | |
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| Colonialism | |
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| Case Study: India | |
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| Case Study: Algeria | |
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| Case Study: Ghana | |
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| Case Study: Brazil | |
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| Case Study: The Caribbean | |
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| Summary and Review | |
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| Global and Domestic Inequalities | |
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| Globalization and Global and Domestic Inequalities | |
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| Growing Inequality Between the North and the South | |
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| Enduring Poverty in the South | |
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| Economic Inequalities Within Rich Countries | |
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| Regional Inequalities | |
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| The Gulf Between the Rich and the Poor in the South | |
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| The Causes of Inequality Between the North and the South | |
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| Narrowing the Gaps | |
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| Case Study: Brazil | |
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| Summary and Review | |
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| Challenges of Development | |
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| Globalization and Economic Development | |
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| What Is Development? | |
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| The Role of Government in Development | |
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| The Classical Economic Model and Free-Market Capitalism | |
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| Non-State Actors, Intergovernmental Organizations, and Development | |
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| State Capitalism | |
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| Theories of Development | |
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| Modernization Theory, or Developmentalism | |
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| Marxist Theory | |
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| Dependency Theory | |
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| Third World and African Socialism | |
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| Community and Grassroots Development | |
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| Feminist Theory | |
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| Sustainable Development | |
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| Factors Facilitating and Impeding Development | |
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| Values of the Leaders and Citizens | |
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| Natural Resources and Natural Disasters | |
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| The International and Regional Economic Environment | |
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| Population | |
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| Education and Health Care | |
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| Political Instability | |
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| Corruption and Economic Development | |
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| Debt, Foreign Aid, and Development | |
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| Case Study: Venezuela | |
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| Summary and Review | |
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| The Costs of Development | |
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| Globalization and the Costs of Development | |
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| Social and Cultural Costs of Development | |
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| Child Labor | |
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| Sweatshops | |
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| Economic and Political Costs of Development | |
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| Consumerism and Development | |
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| Urbanization and Development | |
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| The Decline of Agriculture and Economic Development | |
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| Environmental Costs of Development | |
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| Deforestation | |
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| Dam Construction | |
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| Case Study: Indonesia | |
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| Summary and Review | |
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| Women in the Developing World | |
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| Globalization and Women | |
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| The Roles of Women | |
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| The Status of Women | |
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| Rape as a Weapon of War | |
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| Women and Education | |
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| Women in Development | |
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| Women in Agriculture | |
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| Women's Political Participation | |
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| Women Leaders in the Developing World | |
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| Empowering Women | |
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| Case Study: Turkey | |
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| Summary and Review | |
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| Transitions to Democracy and Human Rights | |
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| Globalization and Democracy and Human Rights | |
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| Democracy | |
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| Political Participation and Democratic Freedoms | |
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| Factors Conducive to Democracy | |
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| Transitions to Democracy | |
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| Democratic Transitions in Latin America | |
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| Democratic Transitions in Africa | |
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| Democratic Transitions in Asia | |
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| Human Rights in the Developing World | |
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| Case Study: South Africa | |
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| Summary and Review | |
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| Political Leadership and State Capacity | |
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| Globalization, Leadership, and State Capacity | |
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| Patriarchal Leadership | |
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| Military Leadership | |
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| Case Study: Egypt | |
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| Case Study: Nigeria | |
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| Case Study: Chile | |
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| Case Study: Nonmilitary Leadership | |
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| Case Study: Communist Leaders: The Case of Cuba's Castro | |
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| Case Study: Leaders in Democracies: The Case of India | |
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| Leadership and Change | |
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| State Capacity | |
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| Implementation | |
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| Regulation | |
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| The Bureaucracy in Africa, Asia, and Latin America | |
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| Structural Uniformity | |
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| Cultural Variations | |
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| Shortage of Skilled Staff | |
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| Corruption | |
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| Formalism | |
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| Operational Autonomy | |
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| Case Study: Bureaucracy in the People's Republic of China | |
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| Case Study: Bureaucracy in Mexico | |
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| Case Study: Bureaucracy in South Africa | |
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| Case Study: Bureaucracy in Egypt | |
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| Summary and Review | |
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| Ethnicity, Ethnic Conflict, and Conflict Resolution | |
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| Globalization and Ethnic Conflict | |
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| Ethnicity and Ethnic Identity | |
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| The Causes of Ethnic Conflict | |
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| The Costs of Ethnic Conflict | |
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| Ethnic Conflicts in Africa | |
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| Nigeria | |
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| Liberia | |
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| The Sudan | |
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| Rwanda | |
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| Ethnic Conflicts in Asia | |
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| India | |
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| China | |
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| The Kurds | |
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| Ethnic Conflicts in Latin America | |
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| Resolving Ethnic Conflicts | |
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| Case Study: Sri Lanka | |
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| Summary and Review | |
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| Migration | |
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| Globalization and Migration | |
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| What Is Migration? | |
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| Causes of Migration | |
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| Push Factors | |
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| Palestinian Refugees | |
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| Pull Factors | |
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| The United States | |
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| France | |
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| Germany | |
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| The Impact of Migration on Poor Countries | |
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| The Impact of Migration on Rich Countries | |
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| Case Study: Mexico | |
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| Summary and Review | |
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| Foreign Relations of the Developing Countries | |
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| Globalization and Foreign Relations | |
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| Making Foreign Policy in Developing Countries | |
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| The Developing World and the United States | |
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| Afghanistan | |
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| Economic Globalization and Foreign Policies | |
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| Conflict and Cooperation Among Developing Countries | |
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| Regional Economic and Political Integration | |
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| Foreign Relations of Developing Countries | |
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| India | |
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| Egypt | |
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| Mexico | |
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| Cuba | |
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| Brazil | |
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| Case Study: China | |
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| Summary and Review | |
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| Index | |