State Building in the Third World-Alternative Strategies

Alternative Strategies Rajni Kothari The recent struggles for political autonomy in different parts of the Third World constitute a chapter in post-War developments which call for a major revision of the current package of development theory. The short and successful completion of the liberation struggle and the establishment of a democratic government in Bangla Desh in the face of a sinister war machine backed by powerful states is only the last of a series of events.