...a magnificent book, impressive in its aims and highly remarkable
in its execution.
*V. Y. Mudimbe*
Based on a combination of dependency theory-class analysis and
liberalism....Howard's work is properly viewed as part of a larger
intellectual search for at least a partial synthesis between these
two schools of thought. This search represents the most significant
trend in contemporary social theory.
*Africa Today*
This sophisticated analysis, with its superlative bibliography and
index, raises a number of controversial issues and should be on the
required reading list of Africanists and those concerned with human
rights.
*CHOICE*
One can...value the contributions of this provocative work. It
deserves a wide readership, most especially among those concerned
with development and the political economy.
*Contemporary Sociology*
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