Books by Peter (rsity of Birmingham) Preston

This introduction will serve as a a first stopa for those interested in Japan, its role in the Pacific Asian region and, in turn, that regiona s role in the evolving global system. In this volume, P.W. Preston critically analyses the political economy, social institutions and culture of Pacific Asia.

In this invaluable introduction to the major post--Second World War theories of Third World development, Peter Preston takes as his focus the strategies used to analyze change in the Third World and examines the ways in which different conceptions of the nature of change have led to different lines of policy advice.