Subject(s): Developing countries in Economic conditions. -- Developing countries in Economic policy. -- Developing countries in Politics and government. -- Understanding underdevelopment : Third world commonalities- nature of underdevelopment, Underdevelopment - economic, social and political underdevelopment, causes of underdevelopment, modernization theory, dependency theory, contemporary perspectives -- Democratic change and change to democracy : Democractic transition and consolidation, effect on third world countries, social and economic modernization, class structure, political culture, public policy compared -- Religion and politics : Church and state relations, secularism, religious fundamentalism- Islam and Hinduism , Catholic church, religion and politics in developing world -- Politics of cultural pluralism and ethic conflict : Ethnicity, ethnic-cultural divisions, independence, modernization and ethic conflict, interethnic conflict, federalism, effect of US occupation on ethnics relations, -- Women and development : Political and socio-economics status of third world women, women and politics, globalization, democracy and women -- Agrarian reform and politics of rural change : Rural class structure, peasant politics, politics of agrarian reforms, types of agrarian reforms, rural reforms -- Rapid urbanization and politics of Urban poor : Political consequences of urban growth, struggle for employment, struggle for housing among urban poor, public housing, spontaneous housing, site and service programs, struggle against urban crime, politics of urban poor, political expression among urban poor -- Revolutionary change : Peasant revolutionaries -- Soldiers and politics : Causes of military intervention, progressive soldiers and military conservation, goals of military regimes, accomplishments and failures of military regimes, military withdrawal from politics -- Political economy of third world development :Role of state, industrialization strategies, east and southeat Asia's economic crisis, growth with equity, economic development and environment, sustainable development, economic development