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The Journal of Modern African Studies / Volume 23 / Issue 01 / March 1985, pp 176-179

Cambride !"i#ersi$% &ress 1985

Problems of Socialism: the Nigerian challenge b% '((I' M)(!*)+! o"do", ed

&ress, 1982. &p. i 117. .95 paperbac.

Imperialism and Underdevelopment in Nigeria: the dialectics of mass poverty b% )('

4*IM4(' o"do", ed &ress, 1982. &p. ii 258. 1.95. 6.50 paperbac.

Path to Nigerian Development edi$ed b% 4!(I) **4I (aar, C4('I), 1981.

&p. #iii 26. 6.50 paperbac.

he $hree boos u"der re#ie: here represe"$ collec$i#el% a ma;or co"$ribu$io" $o $he s$ud% o<

 *ieria" poli$ical eco"om% - a" area o< a"al%sis :hich has bee" curiousl% u"derde#eloped i"

 *ieria here$ouall%, $he% are, as

i"die"ous scholars, imbued :i$h a serious"ess o< purpose a"d dep$h o< co"cer" :hich

dema"d $ha$ more a$$e"$io" be paid $o $heir #ie:s $ha" $o $hose o< armchair ideoloues sa

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co"di$io"s uali$% o< po:er a"d desire $o domi"a$e, ra$her $ha" a more co"#e"$io"al Mar?is$ #ie:

$ha$ roo$s imperialism i" eco"omic rela$io"s a"d $he need  $o e?ploi$.

he mos$ admirable

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ho: solidl% each $are$ is s$ruc, a"d a $e"de"c% $o disreard loic a"d $he rules o< e#ide"ce

i" reachi" co"clusio"s, :ould seem $o limi$ his e

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research o< ;or" ecma" a"d o$hers. *e#er$heless, *ieria=s radical scholars lie 4"imode

a"d ala !sma" ha#e persis$ed i" appl%i" a depe"de"c% model $o *ieria perhaps more

sui$ed $o $he rela$i#el% small, eco"omicall% s$a"a"$, a"d poli$icall% po:erless s$a$es o< es$

a"d 'as$ )