Ali Burak Güven is Lecturer in International Relations and International Political Economy at Birkbeck, University of London. His work on the politics of development and international organizations appeared in such journals as Development and Change, Development Policy Review, Global Governance, New Political Economy, and Studies in Comparative International Development. Most recently, he is the co-editor, with Richard Sandbrook, of Civilizing Globalization: A Survival Guide, Revised and Expanded Edition (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2014).