Political change and underdevelopment : a critical introduction to third world politics / Vicky Randall and Robin Theobald.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Towards a Politics of Modernisation and Development. The Need for Theory. Modernisation Theory. A Framework for Analysing Third World Politics: Almond's Structural Functionalism. Political Development Theory. The Decline of Political Development Theory. Democratisation: The Reincarnation of Political Development? -- 2. Modernisation Revisionism. Caste and Political Modernisation. The Politics of Ethnicity. 'Ethnicity' and the Nigerian Civil War. 'Religion' and Politics. The Islamic Revolution in Iran. The Politics of Clientelism. The Contribution of Modernisation Revisionism -- 3. The Emergence of a Politics of Order. The Myth of the Unified Military. Patrimonialism, the Military and Society. Patrimonialism in Brazil. The Middle-class Coup. Conclusion -- 4. Dependency Theory and the Study of Politics. Approaches to Economic Development. Lenin's Theory of Imperialism. Towards a Theory of Dependency. Frank on Brazil.

The Limitations of Frank's Approach for Political Analysis. Other Dependency Theorists: Immanuel Wallerstein. The Development of Dependency Theory: Faletto and Cardoso. Dependency Theory in Abeyance: The Neo-Liberal Offensive. Debt, Structural Adjustment and the Continuing Relevance of Dependency Theory. Conclusion -- 5. The State and Civil Society. Class Formation at the Periphery. The Struggle for Class Dominance and the State. Neo-Marxism and the Post-Colonial State. The Corporatist State. Strong States? Autonomy, Embeddedness and State Capacity. State Bureaucracies. Civil Society. Structural Approaches to Democratisation. Conclusion -- 6. Globalisation and the Study of Political Change. Reprise of the Argument So Far. The New Paradigm of 'Globalisation'. The Paradigm Elaborated: Economic, Cultural and Political Dimensions. Globalisation and Democratisation. Explaining Globalisation. Globalisation as a Dialectical Process. Globalisation and the State.

Globalisation and the Third World: A Preliminary Assessment. Modernity and the Globalisation of Tradition: Prospects for the Third World State.