{"product_id":"political-development-damien-kingsbury-9780415401876","title":"Political Development","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book fills a growing gap in the literature on international development by addressing the debates about good governance and institution-building within the context of political development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolitical Development\u003c\/em\u003e returns the key issues of human rights and democratization to the centre of the development debate and offers the reader an alternative to the conventional approach to, and definition of, the idea of 'development'. Discussing political development in its broadest context, it includes chapters on democracy, institution-building, the state, state failure, nation, human rights and political violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDamien Kingsbury, a leading expert on development and Southeast Asia, argues that 'good governance', in its common usage, is too narrowly defined and that good governance is not just about ensuring the integrity of a state's financial arrangements, but that it goes to the core social and political issues of transparency and accountability, implying a range of social structures defined as 'institutions'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding new insights into political development, this comprehensive text can be used on advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses in international development, comparative politics, political theory and international relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Damien Kingsbury\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415401879\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415401876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.27h x 6.46w x 0.75d","brand":"Damien Kingsbury","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064913768703,"sku":"9780415401876","price":240.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8480b5d0-5001-435d-ac91-933839cdd12f.jpg?v=1768671883","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/political-development-damien-kingsbury-9780415401876","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}