<p><strong>`An important introduction to a vast subject ... it is well -referenced and has a useful chapter bibliography.'</strong> - <em>Teaching Politics</em><br /><br /><strong>`Most coherent ... a splendid book which should not only find its place on student reading lists but can be read with great profit by specialists within the field.'</strong> - <em>Times Higher Education Supplement</em><br /><br /><strong>`This admirable book is a remarkable distillation of the experiences of 170 or so new and some not quite so new states ... a lucid exposition, backed by a wealth of supporting evidence.'</strong> - <em>British Book News</em></p>
An example introductory textbook on the politics of Third World Countries, this book draws on examples from Latin America, Africa and Asia to analyse their role in the global political economy.