Damien Kingsbury holds a Personal Chair in the Faculty of Arts and Education, is Professor of International Politics in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and is Director of the Masters of International and Community Development at Deakin University, Australia.

• Foreword 1. ‘Development’ and ‘Politics’ in Developing-Country Contexts 2. Colonialism and its Legacies 3. Ethnicity and Nation-building 4. Authority and Democracy 5. Poverty and the Political Economy of Development 6. Aid, Influence and Development 7. Economic Structuring and Trade Relations 8. Beijing Consensus vs the Washington Consensus 9. The Military in Politics 10. On Democratisation 11. Timing and Sequencing of Political Transitions 12. Sovereignty and Strategic Relations 13. Critical Reflections on Politics in Developing Countries

Damien Kingsbury holds a Personal Chair in the Faculty of Arts and Education, is Professor of International Politics in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and is Director of the Masters of International and Community Development at Deakin University, Australia.

• Foreword 1. ‘Development’ and ‘Politics’ in Developing-Country Contexts 2. Colonialism and its Legacies 3. Ethnicity and Nation-building 4. Authority and Democracy 5. Poverty and the Political Economy of Development 6. Aid, Influence and Development 7. Economic Structuring and Trade Relations 8. Beijing Consensus vs the Washington Consensus 9. The Military in Politics 10. On Democratisation 11. Timing and Sequencing of Political Transitions 12. Sovereignty and Strategic Relations 13. Critical Reflections on Politics in Developing Countries

Damien Kingsbury holds a Personal Chair in the Faculty of Arts and Education, is Professor of International Politics in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and is Director of the Masters of International and Community Development at Deakin University, Australia.

• Foreword 1. ‘Development’ and ‘Politics’ in Developing-Country Contexts 2. Colonialism and its Legacies 3. Ethnicity and Nation-building 4. Authority and Democracy 5. Poverty and the Political Economy of Development 6. Aid, Influence and Development 7. Economic Structuring and Trade Relations 8. Beijing Consensus vs the Washington Consensus 9. The Military in Politics 10. On Democratisation 11. Timing and Sequencing of Political Transitions 12. Sovereignty and Strategic Relations 13. Critical Reflections on Politics in Developing Countries