Cultural politics in the Third World - Kamrava, Mehran (UCL Press, 1999)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-174) and index
Introduction -- - Cultural Politics in the New World Order -- - Conceptualizing Third World Politics -- - Political Culture in the Third World -- - The State and the State of Culture -- - Culture and Democratization -- - Conclusion
This book examines the subtle and multi-faceted relationship between culture and politics in developing countries. The book cautions against both politically reductionist examinations of culture as well as culturally reductionist examinations of politics. By placing culture within its proper political perspective, it demonstrates that civilisations are not clashing, nor are they about to in the near future. With its contextualisation of culture, this book will be of interest to both academics and students studying political science, sociology and development studies