Sam Hickey is Professor of Politics and Development. He is the joint Director of Research within the DFID-funded Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID) Research Centre and Associate Director of the Brooks World Poverty Institute. His research examines the politics of development and poverty reduction, with specific reference to sub-Saharan Africa, and has been has published extensively in the leading development studies journals. This includes work on natural resource governance, social exclusion and adverse incorporation, citizenship and participation, social movements and NGOs, the politics of social protection, and the use of political analysis in international development.

Kunal Sen is Professor of Development Economics and Associate Director of the Brooks World Poverty Institute. His research is on the political economy determinants of inclusive development, particularly within the DFID-UK funded Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, based in the University of Manchester, of which he is the Joint Research Director. Professor Sen's most recent books are State-Business Relations and Economic Development in Africa and India (Routledge 2012) and Trade Policy, Inequality and Performance in Indian Manufacturing (Routledge 2008). He has also published over 60 articles in leading economics and development journals and won the Sanjaya Lall Prize in 2006 and Dudley Seers Prize in 2003 for his publications.

Badru Bukenya is a development analyst and practitioner. He completed his PhD at the Institute of Development Policy and Management (IDPM) and he worked as a Research Associate with the Effective States and Inclusive Development Centre (ESID), both at the University of Manchester. He is a lecturer in the department of Social Work and Social Administration at Makerere University Kampala. He has previously worked with Uganda's largest NGO called The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO). His research focuses on the politics of civil society, service delivery, social protection, state building, and citizenship formation in Africa.

Armando Barrientos, University of Manchester
Anthony Bebbington, Clark University
Badru Bukenya, Makerere University
Arjan de Haan, The International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Deval Desai, The Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Sam Hickey, University of Manchester
David Hulme, University of Manchester
Simeen Mahmud, BRAC University
Claire Mcloughlin, University of Birmingham
Giles Mohan, The Open University
Paul Mosley, University of Sheffield
Sohela Nazneen, University of Dhaka
Sony Pellissery, National Law School of India University
Kunal Sen, University of Manchester
Prerna Singh, Brown University
Matthias vom Hau, Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI)
Ward Warmerdam, Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
Michael Woolcock, The World Bank

"The Politics of Inclusive Development is an important book for development researchers and practitioners, as well as progressive social justice reformers of various stripes. This book should be a foundational text for academics, policy-makers, front line implementers and community organisers, indeed anyone with an interest in how we can progress towards a more inclusive and prosperous shared future." --^{he Journal of Development Studies}