Democratization in the Third World addresses many current issues of development, democratization and civil society in countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America against the background of theoretical introductions and comparisons with the Swedish historical experience of democratisations. The authors, from seven different continents, examine civil society and its relation to the state throughout the world and assess prospects for sustainable democratization.

Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction; Lars Rudebeck and Olle T¿rnquist PART I: THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS ON DEVELOPMENT, DEMOCRATISATION, AND CIVIL SOCIETY Some Reflections on 'Civil Society' and Political Change; Peter Gibbon Modernity, Late Development and Civil Society; Nicos Mouzelis PART II: THE CASE OF SWEDEN AS AN EARLY HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE In Search of Respectability. Popular Movements in Scandinavian Democratisation: From Voluntary Associations to Mass Organisations; Lars Pettersson PART III: ASIAN EXPERIENCES Making Democratisation Work: From Civil Society and Social Capital to Political Inclusion and Politicisation. Theoretical Reflections on Concrete Cases in Indonesia, Kerala, and the Philippines; Olle T¿rnquist Socio-Religious Reform Movements, Process of Democratisation, and Human Development: The Case of Kerala, South-West India; P.K. Michael Tharakan Decentralisation, NGOs and Democratisation in Bangladesh; Kirsten Westergaard Development, NGOs and Civil Society; Karina Constantino-David PART IV: AFRICAN EXPERIENCES Popular Sovereignty and Constitutionalism: An Historical and Comparative Perspective; Lars Rudebeck When Will Independence End?: Democratisation and Civil Society in Rural Africa; Abdul Raufu Mustapha Scholars and Democratic Politics in Nigeria; Bj¿rn Beckman and Attahiur M. Jega Township Organisation, Democracy, and Women's Rights in Zambia; Ann Schlyter PART V: LATIN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Governance and Democratisation in Post-Pinochet Chile; Bosco Parra Index