Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-187) and index.
Globalization, social inequality, and democracy / Bolivar Lamounier -- Democracy, inequality, and the reconstitution of politics / Steven Friedman -- Progress and poverty revisited: toward construction of a statist third way / Theodore J. Lowi -- A clash of ideologies: international capitalism and the state in the wake of the Asian crisis / Joel Rocamora -- Toward a new approach to welfare policy in South Africa: building assets in poor communities / Xolela Mangcu -- Democracy and consolidation in contemporary Latin America: current thinking and future challenges / Jonathan Hartlyn -- Globalization, social inequality, and democratic governance in South Korea / Chung-in Moon and Jae-jin Yang -- Toward a new economic paradigm: crafting a research agenda for the twenty-first century / Bolivar Lamounier, Steven Friedman, and Joseph S. Tulchin