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Hardcover. Through rich stories of African migrant women in Johannesburg, this book explores the experience of living between geographies. Author Caroline Kihato draws on fieldwork and analysis to examine the everyday lives of those inhabiting a fluid location between multiple worlds, suspended between their original home and an imagined future elsewhere. Series: Africa Connects. Num Pages: 196 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137299963
- ISBN
- 9781137299963
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€ 115.95
€ 115.95
Hardcover. This book analyses the diffusion of norms concerning gender-based violence and gender mainstreaming of aid and trade between the EU, South America and Southern Africa. Norm diffusion is conceptualized as a truly multidirectional and polycentric process, shaped by regional governance and resulting in new geometries of transnational activism. Editor(s): Vleuten, Anna van der (Radbound University Nijmegen, The Netherlands); Van Eerdewijk, Anouka; Roggeband, Conny. Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 1KLS; 1QFE; JFFJ; JFSJ; JPB; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137301444
- ISBN
- 9781137301444
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. In the twenty-first century, Africa has become an important source of US energy imports and the world's natural resources. It has also become the epicentre of the world's deadly health epidemic, HIV/AIDS, and one of the battlegrounds in the fight against terrorism. Africa is now a major player in global affairs. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137306371
- ISBN
- 9781137306371
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Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Hardcover. Investigating local responses to EU peacebuilding, this book develops a relational and spatial concept of agency, helping to understand the processes in which peacebuilding actors engage and interact with one another. The focus on cultural actors reveals the contested nature of local agency and its potential to challenge institutional policies. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVC; 1DVWYB; 1HFMS; 1QFE; JPS; JWLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137307187
- ISBN
- 9781137307187
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€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Planning and the Case Study Method in Africa: The Planner in Dirty Sho...
Duminy, James, Andreasen, J?Rgen, Lerise, Fre...
Hardcover. This book addresses the relevance of the case study research methodology for enhancing urban planning research and education in Africa and the global South. It provides an introduction to the case study methodology and features examples of its application to planning research and education on the continent. Editor(s): Duminy, James; Andreasen, Jorgen; Lerise, Fred; Odendaal, Nancy; Watson, Vanessa. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5 black & white tables, 9 colour illustrations, 5 figures, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137307941
- ISBN
- 9781137307941
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Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. This cutting-edge volume is the first to address the burgeoning interest in drugs and Africa among scholars, policymakers, and the general public. It brings together an interdisciplinary group of leading academics and practitioners to explore the use, trade, production, and control of mind-altering substances on the continent Editor(s): Klantschnig, Gernot; Carrier, Neil C. M.; Ambler, Charles. Num Pages: 217 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFH1; JHB; JHMC; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 346.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137321909
- ISBN
- 9781137321909
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Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Hardcover. Pasura proposes a framework for understanding African diasporas as core, epistemic, dormant and silent diasporas. The book explores the origin, formation and performance of the Zimbabwean transnational diaspora in Britain and examines how the diaspora is constituted in the hostland and how it maintains connections with the homeland. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMW; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137326560
- ISBN
- 9781137326560
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Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. The 2011 secession of South Sudan spurred hopes for a more just, democratic Sudan, but was followed by new wars and growing unrest. This book examines how the Islamist project has shaped these developments in Sudan, with a particular focus on how divisive policies have driven regional violence as well as the fight against continued marginalization. Num Pages: 269 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBS; JPFR; JPR; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137338235
- ISBN
- 9781137338235
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Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Virtually all countries in the world are struggling to provide the necessary resources to Higher Education. The challenges are particularly complex for economically poor countries in Africa, which have recorded massive expansion in the past decade. This book analyzes the state of funding and financing higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa. Num Pages: 396 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HF; JNKG; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137345776
- ISBN
- 9781137345776
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Condition: New
€ 128.51
€ 128.51
Transitions to Adulthood in the Middle East and North Africa: Young Wo...
Gebel, Michael, Heyne, Stefanie
Hardcover. This book identifies chances and barriers women face in their transition to adulthood in Egypt, Iran, Jordan, and Syria. Adopting a life course perspective, it provides a new integrative micro-macro-theoretical framework and innovative analyses of individual life courses based on longitudinal data. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JFSJ1; JFSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137355553
- ISBN
- 9781137355553
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Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. The author investigates the agenda for transformation in contemporary African development studies: policy studies, strategic studies, international relations and economic diplomacy. With a focus on the capacity dimension, he proposes critical policy and action-oriented recommendations on how to overcome present and future emergencies in Africa. Num Pages: 345 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 546.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137360588
- ISBN
- 9781137360588
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Condition: New
€ 67.85
€ 67.85
Hardcover. This book examines French motivations behind the decolonisation of Tunisia and Morocco and the intra-Western Alliance relationships. It argues that changing French policy towards decolonisation brought about the unexpectedly quick process of independence of dependencies in the post-WWII era. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HBM; 1HBT; 3JJP; HBJD; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137368942
- ISBN
- 9781137368942
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Condition: New
€ 68.40
€ 68.40
Hardcover. The purpose of this book is to fill the lack of micro evidences on a structural change of African producers. By collecting studies on single industries, we attempt to demonstrate firms' and farmers' responses to the recent economic trend such as growth of demand, emergence of FDI and improvement in infrastructure. Editor(s): Fukunishi, Takahiro. Series: Ide-Jetro Series. Num Pages: 242 pages, 51 black & white tables, 30 figures, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; KCG; KCM; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137377814
- ISBN
- 9781137377814
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Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. This book analyses the reform movement in Iran and the Egyptian opposition movement since the early 1990s in their historical contexts. It argues that the contemporary movements seen on the streets of the regions today represent the culmination of over twenty years of mobilisation by social movements. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1HBE; 3JJPR; 3JM; JFFJ; JPHV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378996
- ISBN
- 9781137378996
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Condition: New
€ 68.15
€ 68.15
Hardcover. This collection focuses on performance work that engages with Cape Town, at the foot of the African continent, as a real or imagined node in a complex system of migration and mobility. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137379337
- ISBN
- 9781137379337
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Condition: New
€ 68.12
€ 68.12
Hardcover. Urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa has historic roots, and though it has accelerated in recent decades, it retains distinctive forms. This book explores sub-Saharan urbanism through a detailed and wide-ranging study of Maputo, Mozambique, covering physical and socio-economic factors as well as an ethnographic inquiry into cultural attitudes. Series: Africa Connects. Num Pages: 304 pages, 35 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380166
- ISBN
- 9781137380166
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Aneji Eko was technically illiterate, but she represents a resource for understanding the complexities of African and Nigerian cultures. This is an account of matriarchy and the complex ties of kinship, their influences in shaping childhood culture, and how they determined cultural expectations across ethnic groups. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137382788
- ISBN
- 9781137382788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. Development Corruption in South Africa examines governance matters with a focus on corruption. This rich empirical body on governance variables and governance performance is a welcome addition to South African government literature. Num Pages: 228 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JPZ; KCL; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386953
- ISBN
- 9781137386953
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Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Hardcover. Both a scholarly and personal critique of current feminist Moroccan discourses, this book is a call for a larger-than-Islam framework that accommodates the Berber dimension. Sadiqi argues that current feminist discourse, both secular and Islamic ones, are not only divergent but limit the rich heritage, knowledge, and art of Berber women. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBM; 3J; JFFK; JFSJ; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137392688
- ISBN
- 9781137392688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Hardcover. The Future BRICS provides in depth quantitative and qualitative questions and answers about the future of the BRICS Forum as a synergistic economic alliance and is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the ongoing international debate about the economic future and sustainability of the emerging markets in general. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FKA; 1FPC; 1HFMS; 1KLSB; KCL; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137396433
- ISBN
- 9781137396433
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Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. Tracing the history of Africa's relationship to film festivals and exploring the festivals' impact on the various types of people who attend festivals (the festival experts, the ordinary festival audiences, and the filmmakers), Dovey reveals what turns something called a "festival" into a "festival experience" for these groups. Series: Framing Film Festivals. Num Pages: 270 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137404138
- ISBN
- 9781137404138
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Condition: New
€ 139.38
€ 139.38
Hardcover. This study examines the collective progression of Islamic politics between points of dissent and positions of power. It brings about a more a serious understanding of Islamic politics by critically tracing the pathways by which Islamic politics has been transformed in the Middle East and Asia. Editor(s): Teik, Khoo Boo; Nakanishi, Yoshihiro; Hadiz, Vedi. Series: Ide-Jetro Series. Num Pages: 298 pages, 3 figures, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FB; 1HB; JPFR; JPH; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137408792
- ISBN
- 9781137408792
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Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Examines Frantz Fanon's relevance to contemporary South African politics and by extension research on postcolonial Africa and the tragic development of postcolonies. Scholar Nigel C. Gibson offers theoretically informed historical analysis, providing insights into the circumstances that led to the current hegemony of neoliberalism in South Africa. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTQ; JFSL3; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137414779
- ISBN
- 9781137414779
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Condition: New
€ 72.86
€ 72.86
Hardcover. This is an environmental history of humans and wildfire on the Cape Peninsula, from the practices of Khoikhoi herders to the conflagrations of January 2000. The book examines how the region's unique, famously diverse fynbos vegetation has been transformed since European colonial settlement, through urbanisation and biological modifications. Series: Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11 graphs, 12 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBTB; HBTP; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137415431
- ISBN
- 9781137415431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.85
€ 67.85