Comparative Politics of the Global South: Linking Concepts and Cases, 5th Ed.

December Green and Laura Luehrmann show how history, economics, and politics converge to create the realities of life in the global south. In this new edition, the authors continue to offer an innovative blend of the- ory and empirical material as they introduce the politics of what was once called the “third world.” They consistently link theoretical concepts to a set of eight contemporary case studies: China, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, and Zimbabwe. A central theme throughout the new edition is how the Covid-19 pandemic has worked as a hinge event—accelerating troubling trends and amplifying long- standing socioeconomic and political problems. Other features of the fifth edition include • Thoroughly revised chapters on economic and development issues • An update on regime transitions and the rise of authoritarianism • Analysis of the status of conflict, terrorist movements, and weapons proliferation • An expanded discussion of populism and nationalism in both the economic and political spheres • A comparison of the range of experiences and responses to the pandemic The result is a text that has been successfully designed to challenge students’ preconceptions, arouse their curiosity, and foster critical thinking. Cover Title page copyright page Contents Figures Preface Ch1- Comparing and Defining an Interdependent World What’s to Compare? Interdependence: Mutual Vulnerability Figure 1.1 Global Village of 1,000 People Conclusions: It Depends on Whom You Ask Linking Concepts and Cases Now It’s Your Turn Notes Figure 1.2 Mexico: Profile and Map Figure 1.3 Peru: Profile and Map Figure 1.4 Nigeria: Profile and Map Figure 1.5 Zimbabwe: Profile and Map Figure 1.6 Egypt: Profile and Map Figure 1.7 Iran: Profile and Map Figure 1.8 China: Profile and Map Figure 1.9 Indonesia: Profile and Map Part 1- Historical Legacies Ch2- Precolonial History: What Once Was, and Why It Matters Stateless Societies State Societies Empires Figure 2.1 Early Empires of the Global South Figure 2.2 Why Wasn’t It China That Conquered the World? Figure 2.3 The Transatlantic Slave Trade Figure 2.4 The Opium Wars Notes Ch3- Colonialism and Resistance: Gold, God, and Glory Figure 3.1 How Did Europe Conquer the World? Gold Figure 3.2 Did Colonialism Benefit Women? God Glory The Struggle for Independence Figure 3.3 Subversion and Other “Weapons of the Weak” Figure 3.4 Spiritualism and Nationalist Resistance Figure 3.5 Wars of Liberation Is It “Independence” Only in Name? Conclusions: Independence or In Dependence? Notes Ch4- Linking Concepts and Cases Case Study: Mexico Case Study: Peru Case Study: Nigeria Case Study: Zimbabwe Case Study: Egypt Case Study: Iran Case Study: China Case Study: Indonesia Now It’s Your Turn Notes Part 2- Economic Realities Ch5- The Global Economy: What the Pandemic Reveals Figure 5.1 Share of People Living on Less Than $1.90 per Day by Region, 2005 vs. 2013 vs. 2020 The Fundamentals: Growth Versus Development Figure 5.2 GNI per Capita, Atlas Method for Rich, Middle-Income, and Poor Countries, 2020 (current US $) Figure 5.3 Human Development Index, World Rankings, 2019 Figure 5.4 Life Expectancy, 2019 Figure 5.5 Infant Mortality Rate, 2019 Figure 5.6 Literacy, 2018 Notes Ch6- Aid, Trade, and Debt: Contending Views on Development Trade Figure 6.1 We Know What They’re Against. What Are They For? Foreign Investment Figure 6.2 Ending the Race to the Bottom? Figure 6.3 Equitable Access to Vaccines: By Any Means Possible? Aid and Debt Figure 6.4 Total External Debt, 2019 Figure 6.5 External Debt as a Share of Gross National Income, 2019 Figure 6.6 Do Exchange Rates Matter? Conclusions: Is There No Alternative? Notes Ch7- Linking Concepts and Cases Case Study: Mexico Case Study: Peru Case Study: Nigeria Case Study: Zimbabwe Case Study: Egypt Case Study: Iran Case Study: China Case Study: Indonesia Now It’s Your Turn Notes Part 3- Politics and Political Change Ch8- Civil Society Takes on the State Ideologies Figure 8.1 Do All Muslims Agree? Figure 8.2 “Antisocial Media” Identities Figure 8.3 Tibet and the Tibetan People Figure 8.4 Are All Arabs Muslim? Are All Muslims Arab? Figure 8.5 LGBTQIA Rights in the Global South Elites, Masses, and Legitimacy Ideas in Action Conclusions: Civil or Uncivil Society? Notes Ch9- Linking Concepts and Cases Case Study: Mexico Case Study: Peru Case Study: Nigeria Case Study: Zimbabwe Case Study: Egypt Case Study: Iran Case Study: China Case Study: Indonesia Now It’s Your Turn Notes Ch10- Violence: The Call to Arms Conflict and War Figure 10.1 The Kurds Figure 10.2 Taiwan: “Renegade Province” or Independent State? Behind the Disruption Figure 10.3 Wars in Syria and Afghanistan Figure 10.4 Legality as a Tool of State Terror Figure 10.5 Exporting Repression Figure 10.6 Militaries in the Global South, 2019 Figure 10.7 Islamic State Figure 10.8 The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Conclusions: Whither Violence? Notes Ch11- Linking Concepts and Cases Case Study: Mexico Case Study: Peru Case Study: Nigeria Case Study: Zimbabwe Case Study: Egypt Case Study: Iran Case Study: China Case Study: Indonesia Now It’s Your Turn Notes Ch12- Democracy: Reform, Reconfiguration, or Disintegration? What Is Democracy? Figure 12.1 Respect for Political and Civil Rights: How Our Cases Rate Background to the Transition After the Transition: Consolidating and Deepening Democracy Figure 12.2 When Islamists Win Elections Reform Figure 12.3 Elections in China Figure 12.4 Measuring Gender Inequality, 2020 Conclusions: When the Transition Turns Out to Be the Easy Part Notes Ch13- Authoritarianism’s Appeal: Why Now? Reconfiguration Figure 13.1 The Unusual Cases of China and Iran Figure 13.2 Xinjiang: China’s “Dystopian Hellscape” Disintegration Conclusions: Coping with Reversals and Fragility Notes Ch14- Linking Concepts and Cases Case Study: Mexico Case Study: Peru Case Study: Nigeria Case Study: Zimbabwe Case Study: Egypt Case Study: Iran Case Study: China Case Study: Indonesia Now It’s Your Turn Notes Part 4- International Affairs Ch15- Sovereignty and the Role of International Organizations International Governmental Organizations International Nongovernmental Organizations Notes Ch16- Confronting Global Challenges Environmental Degradation: Science and Global Politics Migrants Figure 16.1 Climate Migrants Disease and Public Health Figure 16.2 Human Trafficking Figure 16.3 Weapons Proliferation: Light Weapons, WMD, and Cyber Weapons in the Global South Conclusions: Global Capacity for Response Notes Ch17- The Global South and the United States: Friends or Foes? The Limits of Strength From “America First” to “America’s Back”? Post-Americanism? Notes Figure 17.1 Is China a “Superpower”? Ch18- Linking Concepts and Cases Case Study: Mexico Case Study: Peru Case Study: Nigeria Case Study: Zimbabwe Case Study: Egypt Case Study: Iran Case Study: China Case Study: Indonesia Now It’s Your Turn Notes Part 5- Conclusion Ch19- Looking Forward: Responses to Interdependence Notes Acronyms Glossary Selected Bibliography Index About the Book Untitled Praise for the previous This book outshines any other text I have seen.... The authors do a wonderful job of synthesizing a great deal of information and presenting it in terms that should engage an audience of undergraduates. Dwight Hahn, John Carroll University The writing style is lively and the detail is impressive.... another welcome innovation is the welding together of the discussion of key issues with the eight country cases. Ross Burkhart, Boise State University December Green and Laura Luehrmann show how history, economics, and politics converge to create the realities of life in the Global South. In this new edition, the authors continue to offer an innovative blend of theory and empirical material as they introduce the politics of what was once called the third world. They consistently link theoretical concepts to a set of eight contemporary case China, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, and Zimbabwe. A central theme throughout the new edition is how the Covid-19 pandemic has worked as a hinge eventaccelerating troubling trends and amplifying longstanding socioeconomic and political problems. Other features of the fifth edition Thoroughly revised chapters on economic and development issues An update on regime transitions and the rise of authoritarianism Analysis of the status of conflict, terrorist movements, and weapons proliferation An expanded discussion of populism and nationalism in both the economic and political spheres A comparison of the range of experiences and responses to the pandemic The result is a text that has been successfully designed to challenge students preconceptions, arouse their curiosity, and foster critical thinking. In this new edition, the authors continue to offer an innovative blend of theory and empirical material as they introduce the politics of what was once called the “third world.” They consistently link theoretical concepts to a set of eight contemporary case studies: China, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, and Zimbabwe. A central theme throughout the new edition is how the Covid-19 pandemic has worked as a hinge event—accelerating troubling trends and amplifying longstanding socioeconomic and political problems. Other features of the fifth edition include: Thoroughly revised chapters on economic and development issues; an update on regime transitions and the rise of authoritarianism; analysis of the status of conflict, terrorist movements, and weapons proliferation; an expanded discussion of populism and nationalism in both the economic and political spheres; and a comparison of the range of experiences and responses to the pandemic. The result is a text that has been successfully designed to challenge students'preconceptions, arouse their curiosity, and foster critical thinking.