Comparative politics and government : (re)democratization and development / Perlita M. Frago-Marasigan and Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem, editors.

Includes bibliographical references.

Prospects for democratization in a post-revolutionary setting, Central America / Carlos M. Vilas -- Problems of redemocratization in the Third World, the Philippines and Latin America / Francisco A. Magno -- The Central American peace process, possible lessons from El Salvador and Guatemala / Dominique Caouette -- Crisis in Eastern Europe / Aileen S.P. Baviera -- Understanding Eastern Europe / Ricardo D. Ferrer -- The political economy of industrialization in South Korea and Indonesia / Arief Budiman -- Patrimonial barriers to political and economic development / Eric N. Budd -- Personalized politics in Japanese and Filipino elections / Renato S. Velasco -- Imagining the terrorist, racialization of Asian identities since 9/11 / Malreddy Pavan Kumar.

The objective of this work are as follows: 1) to examine the theories, concepts, frameworks, and approaches in comparative politics; 2) to apply theories, concepts, frameworks, and approaches of comparative politics to present-day problems with regard to politics, particularly in developing societies; 3) to critique the competing perspectives of the theories of comparative politics with regard to their relevance/irrelevance in understanding present-day political, economic, and social-cultural challenges; and 4) to propose alternative perspectives to the theories of comparative politics. Thus, the nine articles included in this work seeks to answer issues of (re) democratization and development in Third World countries.