<DIV><DIV><P>Traditionally, social scientists have assumed that past imperialism hinders the future development prospects of colonized nations. Challenging this widespread belief, Matthew Lange argues in <I>Lineages of Despotism and Development</I> that countries once under direct British imperial control have...</i></p></div></div>

<DIV>It is a commonplace claim of Western political discourse that capitalist development and democracy go hand in hand. Cross-national statistical research on political democracy supports this claim. By contrast, comparative historical studies carried out within a political economy approach argue...</div>