The Third World Beyond the Cold War

The book analyses the changes that have occurred in developing countries since the end of the Cold War. The first section highlights major areas of change in economics, politics, and security, while the second section develops these themes and reveals the diversity of experience through regional case-studies.

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This broad ranging study presents an overview of the changes brought about in Third World countries since the end of the Cold War. Section One uses themes as a way of highlighting major areas of change in the Third World. Section Two uses regional case studies as a means of isolating changes specific to certain regions.

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The Third World Beyond the Cold War presents an overview of the changes brought about in Third World countries since the end of the cold war. The book does so in two ways: by highlighting major areas of change in the Third World, and using regional case-studies as a meas of islating changes specific to certain regions. The themes chosen by the editors--economics, politics, security--are not, of course, exhaustive, but are broadly interpreted so as to encompass the major areas of change among Third World countries. The regional case-studies--Asia-Pacific, Latin America, South Asia, Africa, the Middle East--were selected to bring out both the themes and the diversity of experience. The essays, written by leading scholars in the field of International Relations, caters for a variety of constituencies: those who seek the `big picture' in understanding the Third World in International Relations, those who look for general patterns, explanations, and trends in Third World politics, and those who seek up-to-date information and analysis on the progress of different regions.

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• Introduction

• SECTION ONE

• 1: S. Neil McFarlane: Taking Stock: The Third World and the End of the Cold War

• 2: Roland Dannreuther: Authoritarianism and Democratization: The Political Dimension of Change

• 3: Gautam Sen: Liberalization, Globalization, and Their Consequences

• 4: Amitav Acharya: Security and Institutions: Developing Countries in the Emerging World Order

• SECTION TWO

• 5: Jorge Heine: Latin America: Collective Responses to New Realities

• 6: Amitav Acharya and Richard Stubbs: The Asia-Pacific Region: Economic Growth, Political Change, and Regional Order

• 7: Keith Somerville: Africa: Frozen Out or Frozen in Time?

• 8: P. R. Kumaraswamy: South Asia: Adjusting to New Realities

• 9: Globalization Manque: Regional Fragmentation and Authoritarian-Liberalism in the Middle East

• 10: Louise Fawcett: Conclusions