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The New Third World

by Alfonso Gonzalez, Jim Norwine

Pages: 323

Contributors: Alfonso Gonzalez,Jim Norwine

Publisher: Westview Press (Current Publisher: Perseus Publishing)

Place of Publication: Boulder, CO

Publication Year: 1998

Subjects: Natural Resources--Developing Countries,Developing Countries--Economic Conditions,Developing Countries--Social Conditions,Developing Countries--Politics And Government

Table of Contents

Title Page

Contents

Tables, Figures, and Maps

Preface

Introduction

Part One: Thematic and Systematic Patterns

1: The Third World: Definitions and New Perspectives on Development

Notes

2: Indexes and Trends in Socioeconomic Development

Notes

References

3: Coming Out of the Country: Population Growth, Migration, and Urbanization Gary S. Elbow

Notes

4: Health: One World or Two?

References

5: Gender Bias in Development

References

6: Worlds Within Worlds: the Separate Reality of Indigenous Peoples Today

References

7: The Global Spread of the Democratic Revolution

References

Part Two: Third World Regions

8: The Caribbean Basin: Cultural and Political Diversity Overview

References

9: South America: Continent of Contrasts

Notes

References

10: The Arab World: Advance Amid Diversity

References

11: South Asia: a Region of Conflicts and Contradictions

References

12: East and Southeast Asia: Perspectives on Growth and Change

References

13: Sub-Saharan Africa: Problems, Progress, and Potentials

References

14: Newly Industrializing Countries: a Discussion of Terms

References

15: Usa: is There Room for the Third World?

Notes

About the Editors and Contributors

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