JACQUELINE BEST Doctoral candidate, Johns Hopkins University, USAPAUL BOWLES Chair of Economics, University of British Columbia, CanadaPHILIP G. CERNY Professor of Government, University of Manchester, UKOSVALDO CROCI Associate Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland, CanadaANDREW GAMBLE Professor of Politics, Sheffield University, UKKATHRYN LAVELLE Visiting Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University, USASIMON LEE Lecturer, University of Hull, UKBRIAN MACLEAN Economist, Laurentian University, CanadaTREVOR PARFITT Specialist in matters pertaining to Third World debt and aid to AfricaANTHONY PAYNE Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield, UKRICHARD WESTRA The College of the Bahamas, Nassau