Politics and Culture in the Developing World or Weavers of Revolution

Politics and Culture in the Developing World

Author: Jamal R Nassar

Politics and Culture in the Developing World comprehensively examines the globalized context and process of development in African, Asian, Latin American, and Middle Eastern countries. From history, economics, religion, and gender to democratic transitions, political leadership, and ethnic conflict, this text surveys all of the major themes of development in the developing world. The authors, drawing on their professional and personal experience, show how globalization is accelerating change in developing countries and linking them more closely to industrialized countries.

Table of Contents:

PART I. LIVING IN A GLOBAL COMMUNITY

Chapter 1. Government, Politics, and Cultures in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America

Chapter 2. Global Interdependence

Chapter 3. Religion and Politics

Chapter 4. Nationalism, Colonialism, and Independence

Chapter 5. Global and Domestic Inequalities

 

PART II. CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA, ASIA, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND LATIN AMERICA

Chapter 6. Challenges of Development

Chapter 7. The Costs of Development

Chapter 8. Women in the Developing World

Chapter 9. Transitions to Democracy and Human Rights

 

PART III. LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC POLICY

Chapter 10. Political Leadership

Chapter 11. Bureaucracy

 

PART IV. ETHNIC CONFLICTS, MIGRATION, AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Chapter 12. Ethnicity, Ethnic Conflict, and Conflict Resolution

Chapter 13. Migration

Chapter 14. Foreign Relations of the Developing Countries

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Weavers of Revolution: The Yarur Workers and Chile's Road to Socialism

Author: Peter Winn

Weavers of Revolution is a major reinterpretation of the Salvador Allende era in Chile as well as a compelling drama of human triumph and tragedy that exemplifies "the new narrative history" at its authentic best.

Unfolding a vivid story as seen through the eyes of the participants themselves, the book focuses on the workers at the Yarur factory, Chile's largest cotton mill. After Allende took office in 1970, the workers seized control of the mill and proceeded to socialize its operations. They were to learn, however, that Allende's plans for transforming the country were less radical and more gradualist than theirs, and suddenly they found themselves on a collsion course with the government. Winn, who interviewed the workers and Allende while many of the events were taking place, brilliantly captures the turning point of Chile's "democratic road to socialism" of 1970-73 in both the Yarur mill and the presidential palace, showing how a revolution was forged "from below." As he demonstrates, the confrontation between Allende and the workers and its ultimate outcome reveal an array of complexities in the revolutionary process that too often elude American understanding and frustrate U.S. foreign policy.

Skillfully integrating oral history with penetrating analysis, this book uncovers the dynamic relationship between leaders and the people they propose to lead, and offers a striking new explanation of how revolutions are radicalized.