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Political Development

Political Development

ByDamien Kingsbury
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2007
eBook Published 7 August 2007
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9780203947081
Pages 248 pages
eBook ISBN 9781134143689
SubjectsDevelopment Studies, Politics & International Relations
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Kingsbury, D. (2007). Political Development. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203947081
ABOUT THIS BOOK

This book fills a growing gap in the literature on international development by addressing the debates about good governance and institution-building within the context of political development.

Political Development returns the key issues of human rights and democratization to the centre of the development debate and offers the reader an alternative to the conventional approach to, and definition of, the idea of ‘development’. Discussing political development in its broadest context, it includes chapters on democracy, institution-building, the state, state failure, nation, human rights and political violence.

Damien Kingsbury, a leading expert on development and Southeast Asia, argues that ‘good governance’, in its common usage, is too narrowly defined and that good governance is not just about ensuring the integrity of a state’s financial arrangements, but that it goes to the core social and political issues of transparency and accountability, implying a range of social structures defined as ‘institutions’.

Providing new insights into political development, this comprehensive text can be used on advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses in international development, comparative politics, political theory and international relations.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |6 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 1|16 pages
An outline of political development
View abstract
chapter 2|13 pages
Structure and agency
View abstract
chapter 3|22 pages
The nation
View abstract
chapter 4|20 pages
The state
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
Civil and political rights
View abstract
chapter 6|25 pages
Democracy
View abstract
chapter 7|22 pages
Democratization
View abstract
chapter 8|26 pages
Institution building
View abstract
chapter 9|16 pages
State and regime failure
View abstract
chapter 10|23 pages
Violence and resolution
View abstract

This book fills a growing gap in the literature on international development by addressing the debates about good governance and institution-building within the context of political development.

Political Development returns the key issues of human rights and democratization to the centre of the development debate and offers the reader an alternative to the conventional approach to, and definition of, the idea of ‘development’. Discussing political development in its broadest context, it includes chapters on democracy, institution-building, the state, state failure, nation, human rights and political violence.

Damien Kingsbury, a leading expert on development and Southeast Asia, argues that ‘good governance’, in its common usage, is too narrowly defined and that good governance is not just about ensuring the integrity of a state’s financial arrangements, but that it goes to the core social and political issues of transparency and accountability, implying a range of social structures defined as ‘institutions’.

Providing new insights into political development, this comprehensive text can be used on advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses in international development, comparative politics, political theory and international relations.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |6 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 1|16 pages
An outline of political development
View abstract
chapter 2|13 pages
Structure and agency
View abstract
chapter 3|22 pages
The nation
View abstract
chapter 4|20 pages
The state
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
Civil and political rights
View abstract
chapter 6|25 pages
Democracy
View abstract
chapter 7|22 pages
Democratization
View abstract
chapter 8|26 pages
Institution building
View abstract
chapter 9|16 pages
State and regime failure
View abstract
chapter 10|23 pages
Violence and resolution
View abstract
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK

This book fills a growing gap in the literature on international development by addressing the debates about good governance and institution-building within the context of political development.

Political Development returns the key issues of human rights and democratization to the centre of the development debate and offers the reader an alternative to the conventional approach to, and definition of, the idea of ‘development’. Discussing political development in its broadest context, it includes chapters on democracy, institution-building, the state, state failure, nation, human rights and political violence.

Damien Kingsbury, a leading expert on development and Southeast Asia, argues that ‘good governance’, in its common usage, is too narrowly defined and that good governance is not just about ensuring the integrity of a state’s financial arrangements, but that it goes to the core social and political issues of transparency and accountability, implying a range of social structures defined as ‘institutions’.

Providing new insights into political development, this comprehensive text can be used on advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses in international development, comparative politics, political theory and international relations.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |6 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 1|16 pages
An outline of political development
View abstract
chapter 2|13 pages
Structure and agency
View abstract
chapter 3|22 pages
The nation
View abstract
chapter 4|20 pages
The state
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
Civil and political rights
View abstract
chapter 6|25 pages
Democracy
View abstract
chapter 7|22 pages
Democratization
View abstract
chapter 8|26 pages
Institution building
View abstract
chapter 9|16 pages
State and regime failure
View abstract
chapter 10|23 pages
Violence and resolution
View abstract

This book fills a growing gap in the literature on international development by addressing the debates about good governance and institution-building within the context of political development.

Political Development returns the key issues of human rights and democratization to the centre of the development debate and offers the reader an alternative to the conventional approach to, and definition of, the idea of ‘development’. Discussing political development in its broadest context, it includes chapters on democracy, institution-building, the state, state failure, nation, human rights and political violence.

Damien Kingsbury, a leading expert on development and Southeast Asia, argues that ‘good governance’, in its common usage, is too narrowly defined and that good governance is not just about ensuring the integrity of a state’s financial arrangements, but that it goes to the core social and political issues of transparency and accountability, implying a range of social structures defined as ‘institutions’.

Providing new insights into political development, this comprehensive text can be used on advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses in international development, comparative politics, political theory and international relations.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |6 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 1|16 pages
An outline of political development
View abstract
chapter 2|13 pages
Structure and agency
View abstract
chapter 3|22 pages
The nation
View abstract
chapter 4|20 pages
The state
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
Civil and political rights
View abstract
chapter 6|25 pages
Democracy
View abstract
chapter 7|22 pages
Democratization
View abstract
chapter 8|26 pages
Institution building
View abstract
chapter 9|16 pages
State and regime failure
View abstract
chapter 10|23 pages
Violence and resolution
View abstract
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK

This book fills a growing gap in the literature on international development by addressing the debates about good governance and institution-building within the context of political development.

Political Development returns the key issues of human rights and democratization to the centre of the development debate and offers the reader an alternative to the conventional approach to, and definition of, the idea of ‘development’. Discussing political development in its broadest context, it includes chapters on democracy, institution-building, the state, state failure, nation, human rights and political violence.

Damien Kingsbury, a leading expert on development and Southeast Asia, argues that ‘good governance’, in its common usage, is too narrowly defined and that good governance is not just about ensuring the integrity of a state’s financial arrangements, but that it goes to the core social and political issues of transparency and accountability, implying a range of social structures defined as ‘institutions’.

Providing new insights into political development, this comprehensive text can be used on advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses in international development, comparative politics, political theory and international relations.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |6 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 1|16 pages
An outline of political development
View abstract
chapter 2|13 pages
Structure and agency
View abstract
chapter 3|22 pages
The nation
View abstract
chapter 4|20 pages
The state
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
Civil and political rights
View abstract
chapter 6|25 pages
Democracy
View abstract
chapter 7|22 pages
Democratization
View abstract
chapter 8|26 pages
Institution building
View abstract
chapter 9|16 pages
State and regime failure
View abstract
chapter 10|23 pages
Violence and resolution
View abstract

This book fills a growing gap in the literature on international development by addressing the debates about good governance and institution-building within the context of political development.

Political Development returns the key issues of human rights and democratization to the centre of the development debate and offers the reader an alternative to the conventional approach to, and definition of, the idea of ‘development’. Discussing political development in its broadest context, it includes chapters on democracy, institution-building, the state, state failure, nation, human rights and political violence.

Damien Kingsbury, a leading expert on development and Southeast Asia, argues that ‘good governance’, in its common usage, is too narrowly defined and that good governance is not just about ensuring the integrity of a state’s financial arrangements, but that it goes to the core social and political issues of transparency and accountability, implying a range of social structures defined as ‘institutions’.

Providing new insights into political development, this comprehensive text can be used on advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses in international development, comparative politics, political theory and international relations.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |6 pages
Introduction
View abstract
chapter 1|16 pages
An outline of political development
View abstract
chapter 2|13 pages
Structure and agency
View abstract
chapter 3|22 pages
The nation
View abstract
chapter 4|20 pages
The state
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
Civil and political rights
View abstract
chapter 6|25 pages
Democracy
View abstract
chapter 7|22 pages
Democratization
View abstract
chapter 8|26 pages
Institution building
View abstract
chapter 9|16 pages
State and regime failure
View abstract
chapter 10|23 pages
Violence and resolution
View abstract
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