"A unique blend of theoretical insight and empirical rigor sets this book apart from similar studies on the subject."
--"Journal of Third World Studies" "Both radical and convincingly well-informed."
--"Austrian Journal of Political Science" "Arat offers a study (whose like is rare in the social sciences) that is genuinely global, theoretically well-grounded and diverse, empirically well-developed, and directly policy-relevent under specified conditions."
--"Choice"