Capitalism and Democracy in the Third World: The Doctrine for Political Development (Critical Political Studies)

This volume offers a critique of the literature on political development from the 1960s and 1970s, and traces its influence in contemporary approaches to democratization. It argues that the orthodox view was never optimistic about the immediate prospects for democracy around the Third World. On the contrary, it was always fearful that democratic reform, once initiated, would prove hard to control. This prompted the formulation of a pragmatic "doctrine for political development" which survived failed attempts to establish a persuasive theory to back it up. Pardoxically, suggests this book, despite such failure, this doctrine dominates discussion of democratization today. 1. Capitalism And Democracy In The Post-war Period -- 2. In Search Of A Theory Of Political Development -- 3. Functionalism -- 4. Political Culture -- 5. The Doctrine For Political Development -- 6. The Comparative Historical Approach -- 7. 'political Development' And The Developing World -- 8. The Doctrine For Political Development Today -- 9. Capitalism And Democracy In The Third World. Paul Cammack. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [260]-268) And Indexes.