Political Parties in the Third World - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0803981449 ISBN 13: 9780803981447

Casa editrice: Sage Pubns, 1988

Riassunto

Students of political parties and of Third World politics will find this introductory textbook both useful and stimulating. Political Parties in the Third World demonstrates the continuing importance and versatility of Third World parties, which persist in most Third World states, including those governed by military regimes.

The main part of the book consists of specially commissioned case studies covering the main Third World regions and types of party systms -- Zambia, Ghana, Iraq, India, Mexico, Brazil, Jamaica and Cuba. Each study examines the origins and development of the party system, parties' political role and future prospects. The conclusion draws on these studies to consider how parties persist as institu

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Recensione

`a welcome counterweight to the heavily Eurocentric literature on parties.' - Australian Outlook

`stimulating reading' - Economic Times

`a very welcome volume, which returns parties to their proper place in the study of third world politics.' - The Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

`This small book goes a long way toward filling an enormous void: our lack of contemporary informations retarding the role played by political parties in the Third World.... the range of nations selected is sufficiently broad and varied to permit Randall to make a number of interesting generalizations in her own concluding chapter. In total the book is an important contribution and deserves a wide readership.... the authors are commendably clear and straightforward regarding the origins of the parties they study and their history to date.... In sum, every chapter has a contribution to make, and the book as a whole is readable and important.' - Studies in Comparative International Development

Contenuti

Introduction - Vicky Randall
Political Parties in Zambia - William Tordoff
Ghana - Robert Pinkney
An Alternating Military\Party System
The Iraqi Ba'th Party - Marion Farouk-Sluglett and Peter Sluglett
The Congress Party of India - Vicky Randall
Dominance with Competition
The Dominant Party System in Mexico - George Philip
Brazilian Party Politics, 1945-87 - Paul Cammack
Continuities and Discontinuities
Multi-party Politics in Jamaica - Tony Payne
The Cuban Communist Party - John Griffiths
Conclusion - Vicky Randall

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Sage Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0803981449
• ISBN 13: 9780803981447
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 208
• Redattore: Randall Vicky