Weeks, John F.

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WEEKS, John F.

WEEKS, John F. American, b. 1941. Genres: Economics, Third World. Career: American University, Washington, DC, professor, 1976-87; Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, professor, 1987-91; School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, London, England, director of Centre for Development Policy & Research. Publications: Capital and Exploitation, 1981; The Economies of Central America, 1985; The Limits to Capitalist Accumulation: The Industrialization of Peru, 1950-1980, 1985; A Critique of Neoclassical Macroeonomics, 1989; (with Andrew Zimbalist) Panama at the Crossroads, 1991; Development Strategy and the Economy of Sierra Leone, 1993; (with G. Standing and J. Seviler) Restructing the Labour Market: The South African College, 1996. Address: Centre for Development Policy & Research, London School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 11 Bedford Sq., London WC1H 0XG, England.