Promises Not Kept: Poverty and The Betrayal of Third World Development - Softcover

Isbister, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565492161 ISBN 13: 9781565492165

Publisher: Kumarian Press, 2006

Synopsis

* Updates include discussion of major initiatives such as the Millennial Development Goals, (MDG) to eliminate global poverty
* Examines changes in international politics and approaches to global terrorism following the US-led military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq
* Extensively revised facts and figures

The seventh edition of this perennial stalwart of the Kumarian Press list continues the discussion of the “new American hegemony” and the “war on terror” that began with the previous edition. In particular, Isbister addresses changes in international politics and the impact on the global order of the US-led military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. The author also focuses on major initiatives, such as the UN’s Millennium Development Goals, to confront the issue of world poverty. As with all editions of this vibrant text, Isbister writes with clarity and passion, not only about failed promises, but about hope, human potential, and the belief that a just and equitable world system is attainable.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Unique features:
-Extremely readable, broad historical survey of Third World issues, written by an author committed to social justice
-Clear exposition of different theories of underdevelopment
-Data and analysis completely updated

For the benefit of professors who have been using the fifth edition of Promises Not Kept here are the main changes you will find in the sixth edition:

General revisions

Facts and figures have been updated throughout the book
Each chapter now concludes with a short list of suggested further readings
The pagination is revised throughout the book, though chapter numbers and titles remain unchanged, except for chapter eight, renamed "The Future: Justice in an Age of Globalization"

Other main changes, chapter by chapter

Chapter Five
Updated information on nationalist movements, including a new section on Islamic fundamentalism

Chapter Seven
Comprehensively revised and updated information on foreign policy, particularly dealing with the war on terrorism

Chapter Eight
Comprehensively revised and updated, to deal more fully with the phenomenon of globalization

From the Inside Flap:

The seventh edition of this perennial stalwart of the Kumarian Press list continues the discussion of the “new American hegemony” and the “war on terror” that began with the previous edition. In particular, Isbister addresses changes in international politics and the impact on the global order of the US-led military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. The author also focuses on major initiatives, such as the UN’s Millennium Development Goals, to confront the issue of world poverty. As with all editions of this vibrant text, Isbister writes with clarity and passion, not only about failed promises, but about hope, human potential, and the belief that a just and equitable world system is attainable.

About this edition

• Publisher: Kumarian Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1565492161
• ISBN 13: 9781565492165
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272