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An interdisciplinary overview of the Third World, including its history, economy, politics, demography, environment, human rights, and prospects for the future.

Table of Contents

Preface Does the Third World Exist? The Creation of the Third World: A Brief History Modernization and Dependency: Theories of Underdevelopment Import Substitution, Basic Needs, and the PQLI: The Domestic Economy Between Debt and the Deep Blue Sea: The Third World in the International Economy Dictatorship and Democracy: Politics in the Third World So Many People, So Little Time: Population, Urbanization, and Migration In Search of Sustainable Development: The Threatened Environment Death Squads and Disappearances: Human Rights in the Third World Toward the Twenty-First Century: The Third World in the New World Order Bibliography Index

About the Author

TED C. LEWELLEN is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Richmond in Virginia. He is the author of Peasants in Transition (1976) and Political Anthropology, now in its second edition (Bergin & Garvey, 1992).