| The Third World: A Vital New Force in International Affairs Contributor(s): Worsley, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226907538 ISBN-13: 9780226907536 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $25.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1977 Annotation: Until our day, human society has never existed. Societies, yes; cultures and empires which extended over large areas and influenced millions of people Nor could it be otherwise before the growth of civilization. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - General |
| Dewey: 320.917 |
| LCCN: 74124639 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.2" W x 7.98" (0.70 lbs) 390 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Today the colonial empires of the world are shrinking, and the new nations which have emerged from the colonial past are rapidly developing into an important force in international affairs--the third world. They are faced by a common problem, the urgent necessity to transform a peasant society into a modern industrial economy, and they are united by a common outlook, absolute opposition to all forms of colonialism and neocolonialism. In this work Peter Worsley analyzes the unique political forms that have evolved as a result of these two basic conditions. In his view the third world has rejected both of the great ideologies of today. Their new solutions are unique in world history, being based on populism, socialism, and, often, the one-party state, which, although anathema to the Western liberal, is a natural development in societies united by the common enemy of colonialism. No one seriously concerned with the greatest problem of our time, the division of the world between the developed, industrialized, 'affluent' countries and les nations prol taires, can afford to miss this book. . . . Professor Worsley has succeeded in giving us more solid information about underdeveloped parts of the world than can be found in any other book of comparable length.--The Times Literary Supplement Peter Worsley . . . has written an excellent descriptive analysis of the evolution and present state of a third force in world politics. Africa, Asia, and the Middle East have . . . given society not only a new philosophy with new goals but charismatic philosophers who have the potential to make the philosophy of the third world a vital presence to be reckoned with. . . . a brilliant book.--Peter Schwab, Journal of Modern African Studies |
