Colin Leys

Colin Leys lives in London. He has taught politics at the universities of Oxford, Makerere (Uganda), Sussex, Nairobi (Kenya), Sheffield, and Queen’s University, Canada, where he is now an emeritus professor of political studies. He is also an honorary professor at the University of Edinburgh. He is co-editor, with Leo Panitch, of the well-known annual publication, the ‘Socialist Register’, and is currently active in the fight against the privatisation of Britain’s National Health Service. His research has been mainly on the political economy of development in Africa and Britain. His most recent books include ‘The Rise and Fall of Development Theory’ (James Currey, 1996); ‘The End of Parliamentary Socialism’ (with Leo Panitch, Verso, 1997, second edition 2001); ‘Market-Driven Politics: Neoliberal democracy and the public interest’ (Verso, 2001); and ‘Histories of Namibia: Living through the liberation struggle’ (edited with Susan Brown, Merlin Press, 2005).