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'''Colin Leys''' was employed as an academic at various universities of [[Oxford University|Oxford]] ([[Balliol College]]), [[Makerere University|Makerere]] ([[Uganda]]), [[Sussex University|Sussex]], Kivukoni College in [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]]; [[Nairobi University|Nairobi]] ([[Kenya]]), [[Sheffield University|Sheffield]], and [[Queen's University]], [[Canada]], where he is an emeritus professor of Political Studies.<ref>http://www.queensu.ca/politics/faculty/retiredemeritus/leys.html</ref> |
'''Colin Leys''' was employed as an academic at various universities of [[Oxford University|Oxford]] ([[Balliol College]]), [[Makerere University|Makerere]] ([[Uganda]]), [[Sussex University|Sussex]], Kivukoni College in [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]]; [[Nairobi University|Nairobi]] ([[Kenya]]), [[Sheffield University|Sheffield]], and [[Queen's University]], [[Canada]], where he is an emeritus professor of Political Studies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.queensu.ca/politics/faculty/retiredemeritus/leys.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-02-24 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120907085210/http://www.queensu.ca/politics/faculty/retiredemeritus/leys.html |archivedate=2012-09-07 |df= }}</ref> |
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He also holds an honorary professorship at [[Goldsmiths University]] of London. Until 2009 he was co-editor of the ''[[Socialist Register]]''.<ref>http://socialistregister.com/index.php/srv/index</ref> |
He also holds an honorary professorship at [[Goldsmiths University]] of London. Until 2009 he was co-editor of the ''[[Socialist Register]]''.<ref>http://socialistregister.com/index.php/srv/index</ref> |
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Colin Leys was employed as an academic at various universities of Oxford (Balliol College), Makerere (Uganda), Sussex, Kivukoni College in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Nairobi (Kenya), Sheffield, and Queen's University, Canada, where he is an emeritus professor of Political Studies.[1]
He also holds an honorary professorship at Goldsmiths University of London. Until 2009 he was co-editor of the Socialist Register.[2]
His research has been on the political economy of development in Africa and the UK.
There is an archive of 16 files of papers relating to his research for Politicians and Policies: An essay on politics in Acholi, Uganda, 1962–1965 (East African Publishing House, 1967) held at the University of Sussex.[3]
Key works
- European Politics in Southern Rhodesia (Oxford, 1959)
- Underdevelopment in Kenya; The Political Economy of Neocolonialism (James Currey and University of California Press, 1975)
- Politics in Britain (Heinemann Educational Books 1983, revised edition published by Verso 1986 and 1989)
- The Rise and Fall of Development Theory (Indiana University Press, 1996)
- Namibia's Liberation Struggle: The two-edged sword (with John S. Saul, James Currey and Ohio University Press, 1995)
- The End of Parliamentary Socialism (with Leo Panitch, Verso, 1997)
- Market-Driven Politics: Neoliberal democracy and the public interest (Verso, 2001)
- Histories of Namibia: Living through the liberation struggle (edited with Susan Brown, Merlin Press, 2005)
- The Plot Against the NHS (with Stewart Player, Merlin Press, 2011)
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
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- ^ http://www.sussex.ac.uk/library/speccoll/collection_descriptions/leys.html