Awesome in its coverage and imaginative sweep. It not only portrays vividly the plurality of approaches to development issues in the Third World but also sets out a convincing case for discarding any mono-economic or, for that matter, mono-statist or mono-societal perspective on the complex and challenging problems facing the majority of mankind at the close of the 20th century. It should serve as an advanced undergraduate text or a text for beginning graduate students in the disciplines of economics, political science, sociology and as a foundation course in development studies. The multidisciplinary approach of the book and its lucid analysis of the rival perspectives would be a great help to both the clarity of perception and imagination of the serious student of development studies. I do not know of any other book which can serve as an alternative text in the areas indicated. : Professor Amiya Kumar Bagchi, Director, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta.
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