Richard Saunders

Richard Saunders is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, York University, Canada, where he teaches African political economy and development. His current research focuses on the political economy of extractive resources, including issues of governance, participation and empowerment, and the potential for resource-fuelled ‘developmental states’ in the Global South. He has published widely on contemporary Zimbabwean politics, including Dancing Out of Tune: A History of the Media in Zimbabwe, and Never the Same Again: Zimbabwe’s Growth Towards Democracy 1980-2000.