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This book examines the history of nation-building during the era of
decolonization and the Cold War, and on the more recent post-Cold
War and post-9/11 pursuit of nation-building in what have become
known as 'collapsed' or 'failed' states. In the post-Cold War and
post-9/11 era nation-building, or what is increasingly termed
state-building, has taken on renewed salience, making it more
important than ever to set the idea and practice of nation-building
in historical perspective. Focusing on both historical and
contemporary examples, the contributors explore a number of
important themes that relate to 'successful' and 'unsuccessful'
nation-building efforts from South Vietnam in the 1950s and 1960s
to East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq in the twenty-first century.
From Nation-Building to State-Building was previously published as
a special issue of Third World Quarterly and will be of interest to
students and scholars of comparative politics and peace studies.
The rise and fall of the Cold War coincided with the
universalization and consolidation of the modern nation-state as
the key unit of the wider international system. A key
characteristic of the post-Cold War era, in which the US has
emerged as the sole superpower, is the growing number of collapsing
or collapsed states. A growing number of states are, or have
become, mired in conflict or civil war, the antecedents of which
are often to be found in the late-colonial and Cold War era. At the
same time, US foreign policy (and the actions of other
organizations such as the United Nations) may well be compounding
state failure in the context of the post-9/11 Global War on Terror
(GWOT) or what is also increasingly referred to as the 'Long War'.
The Long War is often represented as a 'new' era in warfare and
geopolitics. This book acknowledges that the Long War is new in
important respects, but it also emphasizes that the Long War bears
many similarities to the Cold War. A key similarity is the way in
which insurgency and counterinsurgency were and continue to be seen
primarily in the context of inter-state rivalry in which the
critical local or regional dynamics of revolution and
counter-revolution are marginalized or neglected. In this context
American policy-makers and their allies have again erroneously
applied a 'grand strategy' that suits the imperatives of
conventional military and geo-political thinking rather than
engaging with what are a much more variegated array of problems
facing the changing global order. This book provides a collection
of well-integrated studies that shed light on the history and
future of insurgency, counterinsurgency and collapsing states in
the context of the Long War. This book was previously published as
a special issue of Third World Quarterly.
This is an innovative and insightful approach to the global
politics of development. The authors challenge conventional
perspectives of, and approaches to, development and offer
alternative accounts of the politics of development from the
perspective of non-state centred and non-state centric approaches.
The authors offer critical reinterpretations of historical
experiences of development processes and together with insightful
analysis of contemporary development strategies this is a genuinely
new perspective on the global politics of development. Moreover, in
moving beyond more 'economistic' approaches to development this
book seeks to uncover the complexity of development in ways that
account for social relations of power and identity. The authors
successfully demonstrate the transdisciplinary nature of the
politics of development in their respective engagement with
political theory, anthropological and sociological perspectives in
ways that provide an overall integrated approach to the politics of
recognition and redistribution in development. In contrast to
globalisation calling into question the idea and practices of
international development, this study situates the question of the
politics of the 'international' within a broader historical context
of global social relations of power and dispossession, and their
impact on states, regions and cultures. In framing the project as
whole through the concepts of recognition and redistribution, this
is a genuine effort to 'rethink development'. It is timely in an
era of global politics and globalisation wherein both issues of
identity and struggles over development challenge us to re-rethink
disciplinary boundaries.
This is an innovative and insightful approach to the global
politics of development. The authors challenge conventional
perspectives of, and approaches to, development and offer
alternative accounts of the politics of development from the
perspective of non-state centred and non-state centric approaches.
The authors offer critical reinterpretations of historical
experiences of development processes and together with insightful
analysis of contemporary development strategies this is a genuinely
new perspective on the global politics of development. Moreover, in
moving beyond more 'economistic' approaches to development this
book seeks to uncover the complexity of development in ways that
account for social relations of power and identity. The authors
successfully demonstrate the transdisciplinary nature of the
politics of development in their respective engagement with
political theory, anthropological and sociological perspectives in
ways that provide an overall integrated approach to the politics of
recognition and redistribution in development. In contrast to
globalisation calling into question the idea and practices of
international development, this study situates the question of the
politics of the 'international' within a broader historical context
of global social relations of power and dispossession, and their
impact on states, regions and cultures. In framing the project as
whole through the concepts of recognition and redistribution, this
is a genuine effort to 'rethink development'. It is timely in an
era of global politics and globalisation wherein both issues of
identity and struggles over development challenge us to re-rethink
disciplinary boundaries.
Contents: Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Theories of Progress and the Nation-State system Part I - The Modernization Project 1. U.S. Hegemony and National Development 2. Development Economics 3. Modernization Theory Part II - The Globalization Project 4. U.S. Hegemony and the Passing of National Development 5. The Neo-Liberal Ascendancy and the East Asian Miracle 6. The Vicissitudes of the New Asian Renaissance 7. The Rise and Decline of the Developmental State Part III - The Transformation of Asia 8. The Communist Challenge and the Changing Global Order 9. The Asian Challenge and the Changing Global Order Conclusion: The Battle for Asia Epilogue Bibliography
Asia has long been an ideological battleground between capitalism and communism, between nationalism and Westernisation and between the nation-state and globalization. This book is a history of the Asian region from 1945 to the present day which delineates the various ideological battles over Asia's development. Subjects covered include: * theories of development * decolonization * US political and economic intervention * the effects of communism * the end of the Cold War * the rise of neo-liberalism * Asia after the crisis * Asia in the era of globalisation
Broad in sweep and rich in theory and empirical detail, this is an essential account of the growth of 'Asian miracle' and its turbulent position in the global economy of the twenty-first century.
The emergence of the 'Third World' is generally traced to onset of
the Cold War and decolonization in the 1940s and 1950s. In the
1960s and 1970s the "three worlds of development" were central to
the wider dynamics of the changing international order. By the
1980s, Third Worldism had peaked entering a period of dramatic
decline that paralleled the end of the Cold War. Into the 21st
century, the idea of a Third World and even the pursuit of some
form of Third Worldism has continued to be advocated and debated.
For some it has passed into history, and may never have had as much
substance as it was credited with, while others seek to retain or
recuperate the Third World and give Third Worldism contemporary
relevance. Beginning with a comprehensive introduction this edited
volume brings together a wide range of important contributions.
Collectively they offer a powerful overview from a variety of
angles of the history and contemporary significance of Third
Worldism in international affairs. The question remains; did the
Third World exist, what was it, does it still have intellectual and
political purchase or do we live in a global era that can be
described as After the Third World? This book was previously
published as a special issue of Third world Quarterly.
The rise and fall of the Cold War coincided with the
universalization and consolidation of the modern nation-state as
the key unit of the wider international system. A key
characteristic of the post-Cold War era, in which the US has
emerged as the sole superpower, is the growing number of collapsing
or collapsed states. A growing number of states are, or have
become, mired in conflict or civil war, the antecedents of which
are often to be found in the late-colonial and Cold War era. At the
same time, US foreign policy (and the actions of other
organizations such as the United Nations) may well be compounding
state failure in the context of the post-9/11 Global War on Terror
(GWOT) or what is also increasingly referred to as the 'Long War'.
The Long War is often represented as a 'new' era in warfare and
geopolitics. This book acknowledges that the Long War is new in
important respects, but it also emphasizes that the Long War bears
many similarities to the Cold War. A key similarity is the way in
which insurgency and counterinsurgency were and continue to be seen
primarily in the context of inter-state rivalry in which the
critical local or regional dynamics of revolution and
counter-revolution are marginalized or neglected. In this context
American policy-makers and their allies have again erroneously
applied a 'grand strategy' that suits the imperatives of
conventional military and geo-political thinking rather than
engaging with what are a much more variegated array of problems
facing the changing global order. This book provides a collection
of well-integrated studies that shed light on the history and
future of insurgency, counterinsurgency and collapsing states in
the context of the Long War. This book was previously published as
a special issue of Third World Quarterly.
This book examines the history of nation-building during the era of
decolonization and the Cold War, and on the more recent post-Cold
War and post-9/11 pursuit of nation-building in what have become
known as 'collapsed' or 'failed' states. In the post-Cold War and
post-9/11 era nation-building, or what is increasingly termed
state-building, has taken on renewed salience, making it more
important than ever to set the idea and practice of nation-building
in historical perspective. Focusing on both historical and
contemporary examples, the contributors explore a number of
important themes that relate to 'successful' and 'unsuccessful'
nation-building efforts from South Vietnam in the 1950s and 1960s
to East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq in the twenty-first century.
From Nation-Building to State-Building was previously published as
a special issue of Third World Quarterly and will be of interest to
students and scholars of comparative politics and peace studies.
The emergence of the 'Third World' is generally traced to onset of
the Cold War and decolonization in the 1940s and 1950s. In the
1960s and 1970s the "three worlds of development" were central to
the wider dynamics of the changing international order. By the
1980s, Third Worldism had peaked entering a period of dramatic
decline that paralleled the end of the Cold War. Into the 21st
century, the idea of a Third World and even the pursuit of some
form of Third Worldism has continued to be advocated and debated.
For some it has passed into history, and may never have had as much
substance as it was credited with, while others seek to retain or
recuperate the Third World and give Third Worldism contemporary
relevance. Beginning with a comprehensive introduction this edited
volume brings together a wide range of important contributions.
Collectively they offer a powerful overview from a variety of
angles of the history and contemporary significance of Third
Worldism in international affairs. The question remains; did the
Third World exist, what was it, does it still have intellectual and
political purchase or do we live in a global era that can be
described as After the Third World? This book was previously
published as a special issue of Third world Quarterly.
A systematic reassessment, by two leading figures in the field, of
the paradigm of international development in both theory and
practice. It offers an overview and critique of development theory
and strategy, and a new framework for the analysis of global
inequality, poverty and development in an era of globalization.
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