issues affecting the developing world.Offering a different perspective from standard texts in this field,Politics in the Developing World encourages an understanding of thebreadth and nature of a range of pressing – and previouslyunderstated – issues: the striving for democracy; thepolitical consequences of economic growth and development; thestruggle of religious and ethnic minorities; human rights,particularly women's rights ; the impact of globalization; and thepolitics of the natural environment. In doing so, the interactionof domestic and global factors affecting many of the developingworld countries is highlighted and a new, qualitatively differentset of concerns is identified. Some have resulted from recentinternational changes following the demise of the Soviet bloc,including the shift to democracy in South Africa, and theramifications of the late 1990s Southeast Asian financial crisis.To illustrate the importance of these themes and issues, fivedeveloping world regions are examined in detail: Latin America andthe Caribbean, South Asia, East and Southeast Asia, the Middle Eastand North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa. While based on Haynes'sprevious publication, Third World Politics: A Concise Introduction(1996), this is a new book, completely rewritten, with updatedregional analyses and data throughout. It concentrates on changesin the developing world in the last decade, with an increased focuson its international relations, complementing those chaptersconcerned with domestic issues.An ideal introduction as well as an invitation to further study,this text is essential reading for introductory students studying arange of courses including development studies, global politics,world politics, developing world politics, comparative politics,and international relations.

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