The revised edition of this best-selling first volume of the SAGE Series on African Modernization and Development provides a much-needed and important overview of the present situation in contemporary Africa. `This is a compelling, comprehensive, and challenging collection which makes a major contribution to both the establishment and respectability of the political economy perspective...Africa is in a state of material, ideological, and intellectual change; this invaluable collection captures much of this excitement and potential.' -- American Sociological Review
`A stimulating book which makes an important contribution to African studies...The type of book which is a 'must' for all Africanis
