This book reviews what has been learned about national development in the Third World in the last 50 years: what works and what doesn't work. Wiarda surveys all the major themes and theories in the field: developmentalism, dependency theory, democratization, globalization, and neo-liberalism. This book is the most up-to-date survey of the entire field of development studies, drawing on Professor Wiarda's academic research and his extensive Washington policy experience. As a new addition to the Wadsworth series, NEW HORIZONS IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS, this book can also be coupled with other books in the series to provide tailored coverage of specifically chosen countries and topics.

Political Development in Emerging Nations

Education & Teaching

Wiarda, Howard J.

Schools & Teaching

Cengage Learning'

This collection of essays is the only political science text to examine and analyze the models of development for non-western countries. Focusing on theories of development indigenous to each region surveyed, this innovative text wrestles with the conflict between cultural relativism and universalism in a way that provokes students to react and interact.

Non-Western Theories of Development: Regional Norms Versus Global Trends

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Wadsworth Publishing

This text provides students and scholars with a sense of the distinct philosophies and political cultures that can shape different forms of democracy. Wiarda covers the theoretical and political cultural bases of democracy, explaining why democracy thrives or fails to take root in different societies. Unique in its coverage, this book is an invalauble text for any course that considers comparative democracy or transitions to democracy.

Comparative Democracy and Democratization (New Horizons in Comparative Politics)

This fresh approach to European politics contains country-by-country analyses of the major nations and regions of Europe. Essays by internationally respected authorities recast the broader themes of European integration and the impact of globalization in light of the most recent conceptual approaches. While focusing on Great Britain, France, Germany, and Russia, the essays also provide in-depth coverage of Scandinavia, Central/Eastern Europe, and Southern Europe.

European Politics in the Age of Globalization

This brief, lively, and well-written text sparks students' interest by focusing on current trends, issues, and controversies in the field. Through this focus, Wiarda gives students an overview of the field, traces its history and development, and surveys newer approaches in a sequential and systematic fashion.

Introduction to Comparative Politics: Concepts and Processes (New Horizons in Comparative Politics)

It is to be hoped that this analysis of the Dominican situation by two persons who have given it much attention, . . . will help the understanding of deep problems of the Republic to which the American government may, in its wisdom, address itself. Robert Wesson, Series Editor 
. . . Wiarda and Kryzanek have written a splended overview that meets a major need in the literature. Recommended for upper-division undergraduate students and general readers. Choice
Although not usually considered one of the major players in Wetern hemispheric affairs, the Dominican Republic offers the student and professional interested in Latin America a nearby laboratory in which to study the effects of dictatorship, economic intervention, and revolutionary change. The Dominican Republic is also at the center of North-South, East-West currents swirling through the Caribbean Basin. This comprehensive study interweaves the complex interrelations between the international scene and the internal character and development of Dominican national life.

The Politics of External Influence in the Dominican Republic (Politics in Latin America)

History

Kryzanek, Michael J.

Americas

Praeger

Since the 1980s a remarkable consensus has emerged in U.S. foreign policy based on three main pillars: democracy, free trade, and open markets. The free trade and open markets issues currently are being debated in Congress, but recent events in Russia, Bosnia, Mexico, and Haiti (among others) force us to reexamine the democracy-fostering aspects of U.S. policy as well. Howard J. Wiarda offers a probing analysis of U.S. democracy/elections policy, exploring both the positive aspects of the policy and its negative implications. His volume ranges widely across countries and regions to examine Russia, Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. It wrestles with the complex issues raised by the elections/democracy agenda and concludes with a series of recommendations for analysts and policymakers.

Cracks in the Consensus: Debating the Democracy Agenda in U.S. Foreign Policy (The Washington Papers)

Since the 1980s a remarkable consensus has emerged in U.S. foreign policy based on three main pillars: democracy, free trade, and open markets. The free trade and open markets issues currently are being debated in Congress, but recent events in Russia, Bosnia, Mexico, and Haiti (among others) force us to reexamine the democracy-fostering aspects of U.S. policy as well. Howard J. Wiarda offers a probing analysis of U.S. democracy/elections policy, exploring both the positive aspects of the policy and its negative implications. His volume ranges widely across countries and regions to examine Russia, Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. It wrestles with the complex issues raised by the elections/democracy agenda and concludes with a series of recommendations for analysts and policymakers.

Politics & Government

Catholic Roots and Democratic Flowers: Political Systems in Spain and Portugal

Spain and Portugal have recently adopted European-style democratic and political systems. Yet their pattern of historical development is distinctive and, in many respects, their political systems still reflect unique features. In this provocative text Wiard and Mott analyze the special features of Spanish history: the Catholic tradition, seven centuries of Moorish rule, the Christian Reconquest, and the special nature of Spanish feudalism and nationalism. Building on these foundations, the authors analyze Spanish and Portuguese modern history, the regimes of Franco and Salazar, and the recent transitions to democracy. Successive chapters deal with class structure and interest groups, political parties and elections, the structure of the state and state-society relations, regional politics, and patterns of public policy.
While becoming more European socially, culturally, and politically, these two Iberian political systems show also some remarkable continuities with the past, including notions of organic democracy, neocorporatism, and tensions between regionalism and centralism, democracy and authoritarianism, and religiousity and secularism. Students and scholars involved with European politics, comparative politics, Iberian Studies, and transitions to democracy will find this an accessible and provocative analysis.

Mott, Margaret MacLeish

Religion & Spirituality

Europe

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Political Development in Emerging Nations

Non-Western Theories of Development: Regional Norms Versus Global Trends

Comparative Democracy and Democratization (New Horizons in Comparative Politics)

European Politics in the Age of Globalization

Introduction to Comparative Politics: Concepts and Processes (New Horizons in Comparative Politics)

The Politics of External Influence in the Dominican Republic (Politics in Latin America)

Cracks in the Consensus: Debating the Democracy Agenda in U.S. Foreign Policy (The Washington Papers)

Cracks in the Consensus: Debating the Democracy Agenda in U.S. Foreign Policy (The Washington Papers)

Catholic Roots and Democratic Flowers: Political Systems in Spain and Portugal

Catholic Roots and Democratic Flowers: Political Systems in Spain and Portugal