Politics of Development

John L. Seitz is Associate Professor of Government at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Professor Seitz has spent eleven years working for organizations which are concerned with economic and political development in the Third World. His work has taken him to South Korea, Iran, Brazil, Liberia, and Pakistan.

• Preface xi 1 The Wealth and Poverty of Nations 1The Orthodox Approach 2The Radical Approach 5The Growth-with-Equity Approach 8Conclusions 12Notes 152 Population and Development 17The Changing Population of the World 17Causes of the Population Explosion 24Population Growth Affects Development 26Development Affects Population Growth 30Governmental Population Policies 34The Future 39Conclusions 43Notes 443 Food and Development 46Food Production 46How Many Are Hungry? 47Causes of World Hunger 48Food Affects Development 51Development Affects Food 53The Green Revolution 62Governmental Food Policies 63Future Food Supplies 66Conclusions 71Notes 724 Energy and Development 76The Energy Crisis 76Responses by Governments to the Energy Crisis 80The Effect of the Energy Crisis on Third World Development Plans 84The Relationship Between Energy Use and Development 86The Greenhouse Effect 91The Energy Transition 94Nuclear Power: A Case Study 103Conclusions 111Notes 1135 The Environment and Development 117The Awakening 117The Air 119The Water 123The Land 126The Workplace and the Home 132The Use of Natural Resources 135The Extinction of Species 139Environmental Politics 142Conclusions 144Notes 1466 Technology and Development 149Benefits of Technology 149Short-term versus Long-term Benefits 150Unanticipated Consequences of the Use of Technology 153Inappropriate Uses of Technology 156Limits to the "Technological Fix" 158The Threat of Nuclear War: A Case Study 160Conclusions 166Notes 1677 Alternative Futures 170Doom 171Growth 175Steady State 177Conclusions 179Notes 181Selected Bibliography 183Index 189