Sangmpam Comparing Apples and Mangoes

The Overpoliticized State in Developing Countries
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-7999-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 345 Seiten

Uncovers important similarities in the political features of developing countries in Africa, Asia,and Latin America.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sangmpam, S. N.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. Comparing Apples and Mangoes

The Mischaracterization of Third World Experiences
Setting the Framework: Comparing Apples and Mangoes
Politics and Overpoliticization

2. Sins of Universalism and Particularism

From the Behavioral Revolution to Modernization Theory
Democratization by Institutional Fiat
Universalism from the Left
Particularism and Anti-Third Worldism
Particularism in South America, Asia, and Africa
Conclusion

3. Overpoliticization: Empirical and Historical Evidence

Overpoliticized Behaviors in Democratic Regimes
Overpoliticized Behaviors in Authoritarian Regimes
Overpoliticized Behaviors Common to Democratic and Authoritarian Regimes
Overpoliticized Behaviors in Western Countries
Conclusion: Differences and Similarities

4. Overpoliticization: Quantitative Evidence

Data and Procedure
Results and Interpretation
Conclusion: Differences and Similarities

5. Understanding the Overpoliticized State

Political Institutions and the State as Effects of Politics
Compromise-Resistant Politics and the Overpoliticized State
The Liberal Democratic State as the Conceptual Contrast

6. Basic Hypotheses About the Overpoliticized State

What Explains Liberal Compromise?
What Explains Overpoliticization?
Conclusion

Appendixes
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

S. N. Sangmpam is Associate Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University and author of Pseudocapitalism and the Overpoliticized State: Reconciling Politics and Anthropology in Zaire.