1975 Christopher Beer and Gavin Williams, The Politics of the Ibadan peasantry (1975). In Nigeria: Economy and Society, ed. G. Williams, Rex Collings, London, pp. 135-158. ISBN 0 8603 6015 6.

1976/1985 Taking the part of peasants: rural development in Nigeria and Tanzania. In The Political Economy of Contemporary Africa, ed. P. C.W. Gutkind and Immanuel Wallerstein, Sage, Beverly Hills, pp. 131-154. ISBN 0 8039 0506 8/ 0592 0. Revised ed. pp. 144-180. ISBN 0 8039 2096 2/ 2097 0.

1980 Ideologies and policies of rural development: a critique. In G. Williams, State and Society in Nigeria, pp. 135-157 ISBN 9 7822 4104 0.

1981 Judith Heyer, Pepe Roberts and Gavin Williams, eds. Rural Development in Tropical Africa. Macmillan, Basingstoke and .St. Martin’s New York. ISBN. 333-28448-8.

Including J. Heyer, P. Roberts and G. Williams, Rural Development, pp. 1-15. PDF &

The World Bank and the peasant problem. pp. 16-51. PDF

1981 Inequalities in rural Nigeria. Development Studies Occasional Paper. University of East Angiia. 118 pp.

1982 Equity, Growth and the state. Review of Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Incomes, Prices and Conditions of Service [The Riddell Report]. Africa. 52, 3, 114-120. Special Issue. Past and Present in Zimbabwe. ISSN 0001-9720.

1984 In defence of peasants (1973). In Readings in Nigerian Rural Society and Rural Economy. eds Onigu Otite and Christine Okali..Heinemann, Ibadan. pp. 366-377. IBSN 978 129 537 6.

1985 Marketing without and with marketing boards: the origins of state marketing boards in Nigeria. Review Of African Political Economy 34, pp. 4-15. 0305-6244. PDF

1986 Guest Editor, Rural Africana, 25-26. Including

         Introduction: farmers, herders and the state, 1-10. PDF And

         Rural development: partners and adversaries, 11-24.

1987         Primitive accumulation: the way to progress? Development and Change, 18, 637-659. ISSN 1467-7660.

1988 Why is there no agrarian capitalism in Nigeria? Journal of Historical Sociology 1, 4, 345-398. ISSN 467 6443 PDF

1991 What disequilibria? people, land and food in Nigeria. In F. Gendreau, C. Meillasoux, B. Schlemmer, M. Verlet, eds, Les Spectres de Malthus: desequilbres alimentaires, desequilibres demographiques. Paris: EDI/ ORSTOM/ CEPED, Paris, pp. 375-396. ISBN 2-8513-9102-X. PDF

1991 Pepe Roberts and Gavin Williams, Democracy and the agrarian question in Africa: reflections on the politics of states and the representation of peasants’ and women’s interests. in Robin Cohen and Harry Goulbourne, eds, Socialism and Democracy in Africa, , Westview, Boulder, pp. 70-92. ISBN 0-8133-8052-9. PDF

1991 Capitalism, peasants and land in Africa: a comparative perspective. In Towards A New Agrarian Democratic Order: A Reader on the South African Land Question, ed. S. Mathlape and A. Muenz. SAERTP, Amsterdam, pp. 254-271. ISBN 9-0725-8002-8

1993 Elizabeth Francis and Gavin Williams, The land question [in Kenya and South Africa]. Canadian Journal of African Studies. 27, 3. 380-403 [Bibliography to issue, 480-493]. ISSN 0008-3698.

1994 Land and Freedom: an outline. (1981) CSDS Working Paper, Centre for Social and Development Studies, University of Natal Durban, 46 pp. ISBN 1 86840 068 9. PDF

1996 Transforming labour tenants, In Land, Labour and Livelihoods in Rural South Africa, vol. 2 Kwazulu/ Natal and Northern Province, eds, M. Lipton, F. Ellis and M. Lipton. Indicator Press, Durban, pp. 215-238. ISBN 1-96840 256-7 PDF

1998 G. Williams, J. Ewert, Johann Hamman and N. Vink, Liberalizing markets and reforming land in South Africa, Journal of Contemporary African Studies 16, 1, 65-89. ISSN 0258-9001. PDF

2003 Ruth Hall and Gavin Williams, Land reform in South Africa: problems and prospects. In From Cape to Congo: Southern Africa’s Evolving Security Architecture ed. M. Baregu and C. Landsberg, Lynne Rienner, Boulder, CO., pp. 156-204. ISBN 1588 621026/ 271 PDF