Praise for John Saul:
"John Saul combines in his person much of what is best in the international political culture of the Left." (Aijaz Ahmad)
"John Saul ... demonstrates how a flexible and non-dogmatic Marxism can bring fresh insights." (Jonathen Crush, Queens' University)
"[Saul's] writings ... are all about instilling hope and learning from failure…. He is in a sort of underground, alternate Canadian tradition to the internationalism of Lester Pearson, a tradition that includes Dr. Norman Bethune and Chris Giannou." (Rick Salutin, The Toronto Globe and Mail)
"[Saul's] greatest contribution (has been) sharing ideas, criticizing and giving advice – reminding us that we should base our ideology on the concrete realities of our country and people, not on ready-made manuals ... that we should always ensure the participation of the people in decision-making, and make socialism not just a slogan but a real objective." (Jorge Rebelo, poet, long-time Frelimo (Mozambique) acivist, and cabinet minister in the first government of a liberated Mozambique)
"A close engagement with the dilemmas confronting both leaders and ordinary people ... has been a hallmark of (John Saul's) work ... those who identify with their cause will find ... [him] provocative, sometimes uncomfortable, but always forward-looking and constructive intervention." (Colin Leys)
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Contents:
1. Introduction: Development Theory Then and Now
2. Dependency (With Colin Leys, co-author)
3. Globalization, Imperialism and Development: False Binaries and Radical Resolutions
4. Identifying Class, Classifying Difference
5. The Struggle, Intellectual and Political, Continues
6. Conclusion: Reviving Development Theory as Continuing Anti-Imperialist Resistance
John Saul's long association with African countries have drawn Saul not only to write widely on African questions but also to reflect more generally upon the situation in the broad range of regions in the global South that experience, in shared if also diverse ways, the hard facts of poverty and exclusion in the present world of capitalist globalization. In this book Saul interrogates the reality of "underdevelopment" in such an unequal world, one driven principally by western power and capitalist profit-seeking and supported by inequalities of power and influence within the countries of the "Third World" themselves.
This book contributes significantly to the fine-tuning of our perceptions of the fundamental and varied forms of inequality that characterize the new imperial age, and has some very important things to say on the linkages between class-based struggles, progressive identity politics and assertions of gender equality. It calls for a synthesis of democratic, socialist and anti-imperialist sensibilities.
about the author
A professor emeritus of political science at York University, Toronto, *John Saul* has had a long and distinguished career as writer, teacher and activist in both Canada and southern Africa. His books include "Essays on the Political Economy of Africa" (with Giovanni Arrighi) and "The Next Liberation Struggle: Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy in Southern Africa".
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