This article evaluates the relevance of dependency theory for understanding contemporary
development challenges, especially in the light of changes in the global economy over the …

The paths of African states have diverged markedly since the termination of colonial rule.
Nevertheless, Ghana, the first African state to achieve independence, epitomizes both the …

Since 1990 there has been remarkable growth and diversification of worldwide capacity and
output in science, and a distinctive global science system has emerged, primarily grounded …

The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to
risk's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth …

Efforts to install democracy in African countries are powerfully shaped by the continent's
recent political and institutional legacies. In this book, Michael Bratton and Nicolas van de …

A new edition of the classic work on the economic tools of foreign policy Today's complex
and dangerous world demands a complete understanding of all the techniques of statecraft …

L'opinion occidentale reste gorgée de stéréotypes sur le pouvoir et l'Etat en Afrique, en
particulier quant au rôle privilégié que la corruption et le tribalisme sont censés jouer au sud …

Upon its publication in 1989, this was the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of the
Latin American School of Development and an invaluable guide to the major Third World …

ABSTRACT ICT4D research is faced with the challenge of rapidly changing technologies
and increasingly complex social dynamics and development processes. We argue that …

More than 40 years ago, in a provocative essay that has since become a classic in the field,
Martin Wight (1966: 20) addressed the question of 'why is there no international …