Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-440) and index.

Changing analytical approaches to the study of politics in the developing world / Vicky Randall -- Colonialism and post-colonial development / James Chiriyankandath -- Institutional perspectives / Lise Rakner and Vicky Randall -- The developing world in the global economy / Stephen Hobden -- The developing world in international politics / Stephen Hobden -- Inequality / Jenny Pearce -- Ethnopolitics and nationalism / James R. Scarritt -- Religion / Jeff Haynes -- Women and gender / Kathleen Staudt -- Civil society / Marina Ottaway -- Social movements and alternative politics / Siri Gloppen -- Theorizing the state / Adrian Lefwich -- Violent conflict and intervention / Astri Suhrke and Torunn Wimpelmann -- Democratization / Peter Burnell and Lise Rackner -- Governance / Lise Rackner -- Development / Tony Addison -- Environment / Peter Newell -- Human rights / Michael Freeman -- Security / Nicole Jackson -- Pakistan : regime change and military power / David Taylor -- Indonesia : redistributing power / Edward Aspinall -- Iraq : from hard state to failed state-- or fierce state? / Nadje Al-Ali and Nichola Pratt -- Mexico : transition to civil war democracy / Andreas Schedler -- South Korea : strong state, successful development / Peter Ferdinand -- Nigeria : human rights, development and democracy / Stephen Wright -- Guatemala : enduring underdevelopment / Rachel Sieder -- Brazil as a global player? / Leslie Elliott Armijo -- China and the developing world / Deborah Bräutigam -- India as a "post-colonial" development partner / Emma Mawdsley.