1 Introduction = 1
2 A World of Poverty = 7
Five Lives = 7
The Third World = 15
The Extent of World Poverty = 16
The Successes = 23
Different Areas of the Third World Diverge = 24
The Betrayal of Responsibility = 26
3 Explanations of Underdevelopment = 30
Modernization Theory = 32
Dependency Theory = 41
Marxism = 49
Limitations of These Approaches = 57
Why Does Poverty Persist? = 58
Assessment = 61
The Theories as Worldviews = 63
4 Imperialism = 66
The Creation of the European Empires = 67
The Causes of Imperialism = 76
The Culture of Imperialism = 81
The Foundations of Third-World Poverty = 87
The Population Explosion = 96
The Legacy of Imperialism = 98
5 Nationalism and Independence = 102
The Origins of Third-World Nationalism = 103
The Indian Subcontinent = 107
China = 110
Vietnam = 114
Algeria = 119
Muslim and Jewish Nationalism = 122
Islamic Fundamentalism = 126
Sub-Saharan Africa = 128
Latin America = 132
The Nationalist Identity = 139
The Legacy of Nationalism = 142
6 Economic Development = 148
What Is Economic Development? = 149
Population Control = 154
False Paths to Economic Development = 159
Development in the 1980s: Waylaid by the Debt Crisis = 180
Into a New Century: Rediscovering the Market and Exports = 183
7 Foreign Policy = 192
The End of the Cold War = 193
Foreign Policy during the Cold War: Globalism = 194
The New American Hegemony = 196
The War on Terrorism = 199
The Illusion of the North-South Dialogue = 201
A Constructive Foreign Policy = 203
Military Spending and Policy = 206
Human Rights Policy = 214
Foreign Economic Policy = 220
Can the Rich Cooperate with the Poor? = 226
8 The Future: Justice in an Age of Globalization = 229
Globalization = 230
A Hope for Partnership = 237
Bibliography = 242
Acknowledgments = 249
Index = 251
About the Author 273
2 A World of Poverty = 7
Five Lives = 7
The Third World = 15
The Extent of World Poverty = 16
The Successes = 23
Different Areas of the Third World Diverge = 24
The Betrayal of Responsibility = 26
3 Explanations of Underdevelopment = 30
Modernization Theory = 32
Dependency Theory = 41
Marxism = 49
Limitations of These Approaches = 57
Why Does Poverty Persist? = 58
Assessment = 61
The Theories as Worldviews = 63
4 Imperialism = 66
The Creation of the European Empires = 67
The Causes of Imperialism = 76
The Culture of Imperialism = 81
The Foundations of Third-World Poverty = 87
The Population Explosion = 96
The Legacy of Imperialism = 98
5 Nationalism and Independence = 102
The Origins of Third-World Nationalism = 103
The Indian Subcontinent = 107
China = 110
Vietnam = 114
Algeria = 119
Muslim and Jewish Nationalism = 122
Islamic Fundamentalism = 126
Sub-Saharan Africa = 128
Latin America = 132
The Nationalist Identity = 139
The Legacy of Nationalism = 142
6 Economic Development = 148
What Is Economic Development? = 149
Population Control = 154
False Paths to Economic Development = 159
Development in the 1980s: Waylaid by the Debt Crisis = 180
Into a New Century: Rediscovering the Market and Exports = 183
7 Foreign Policy = 192
The End of the Cold War = 193
Foreign Policy during the Cold War: Globalism = 194
The New American Hegemony = 196
The War on Terrorism = 199
The Illusion of the North-South Dialogue = 201
A Constructive Foreign Policy = 203
Military Spending and Policy = 206
Human Rights Policy = 214
Foreign Economic Policy = 220
Can the Rich Cooperate with the Poor? = 226
8 The Future: Justice in an Age of Globalization = 229
Globalization = 230
A Hope for Partnership = 237
Bibliography = 242
Acknowledgments = 249
Index = 251
About the Author 273