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Hardcover. This collection looks at regional trade liberalization in South Africa, and argues tht to improve growth performance and stimulate development, governments must co-ordinate domestic policies with trade reforms, and strenghten weak institutions and infrastructures. Editor(s): Jenkins, Carolyn; Leape, Jonathan; Thomas, Lynne. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFM; KCLT1; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333777770
- ISBN
- 9780333777770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardcover. The coming of colonialism to Sub-saharan Africa generated many forces that historians often describe in abstract terms. Such terms often hide or overwhelm individual experiences. "Agency and action in colonial Africa" attempts to capture the role of these "agents" of empire. Editor(s): Youe, Christopher P.; Stapleton, Tim. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333778852
- ISBN
- 9780333778852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.12
€ 127.12
Hardcover. The central aim of this book is to explain why the Tanzanian manufacturing sector experienced a long period of stagnation after an initial phase of rapid industrial growth. Though an extreme case, contributors show that there are lessons to be learnt here for African economies in general. Editor(s): Szirmai, Adam; Lapperre, Paul. Num Pages: 423 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; KCM; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333800195
- ISBN
- 9780333800195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.28
€ 129.28
Hardcover. This collection offers comprehensive insights into pivotal areas of concern regarding developments in Zimbabwe since its independence. It discloses the intra-elite competition, assesses the performance of Zimbabwe's economy and explains how the country's natural resources have been managed. Editor(s): Darnolf, Staffan; Laakso, Liisa. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333804537
- ISBN
- 9780333804537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.64
€ 67.64
Hardcover. This volume explores the factors affecting business and investment decisions by Kenya's formal and informal manufacturing firms. The analysis of panel data provides insights into the effects of the existing business environment and policy changes on enterprise performance. Editor(s): Bigsten, Arne; etc.; Kimuyu, Peter (Executive Director, Institute of Policy Analysis and Research, Nairobi, Kenya). Series: Studies on the African economies series. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; KCL; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333970287
- ISBN
- 9780333970287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Hardcover. This text uses an extensive data survey of manufacturing firms in Zimbabwe to analyze firm level responses to economic liberalization. The focus on labour and financial markets, investment behaviour, and other topics shifts between different manufacturing activities. Editor(s): Gunning, Jan Willem; Oostendorp, Remco. Series: Studies on the African Economies. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; KCC; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 601.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333971277
- ISBN
- 9780333971277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.29
€ 128.29
Paperback. This title examines the contribution of eminent American anthropologist Clifford Geertz's contributions to sociocultural theory and symbolic anthropology in relation to Islam, urban studies, and the anthropology of North Africa. Editor(s): Slyomovics, Susan. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415518161
- ISBN
- 9780415518161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.09
€ 40.09
Paperback. Exploring violence as part of political economy and rejecting stereotypical explanations of African violence as endemic or natural to African cultures, this work examines a continent where the boundaries on acceptable force are always shifting and the distinction between violence by the state and against the state is not always clear. Editor(s): Bay, Edna G.; Donham, Donald L. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1HF; 3JMC; JFFE; JFSP2; JPWS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925776
- ISBN
- 9780813925776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.48
€ 41.48
Hardcover. Do party systems help or hinder democracy in Africa? Drawing lessons from different types of party systems in six African countries, this volume shows that party systems affect democracy in Africa in ways that are unexpectedly different from the relation between party systems and democracy observed elsewhere. Editor(s): Doorenspleet, Renske; Nijzink, Lia. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JPB; JPHV; JPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137011701
- ISBN
- 9781137011701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. Development was founded on the belief that religion was not important to development processes. The contributors call this assumption into question and explore the practical impacts of religion by looking at the developmental consequences of Pentecostal Christianity in Africa, and by contrasting Pentecostal and secular models of change. Editor(s): Freeman, Dena. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; HRCC96; JPWH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave MacMillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137017246
- ISBN
- 9781137017246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.80
€ 149.80
Hardcover. Through comparative studies of aid-supported infrastructure projects in East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, the book examines how aid could assist development processes by facilitating development of local endogenous institutions. Editor(s): Nissanke, Machiko; Shimomura, Yasutami. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1HF; JKSR; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137023476
- ISBN
- 9781137023476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. A multidisciplinary collection shedding light on the conditions and experiences of youth in Africa. Editor(s): Ensor, Marisa O. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSP1; JFSP2; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137024695
- ISBN
- 9781137024695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. Academic literature rarely gives an account of the ethical challenges and emotional pitfalls the researcher is confronted with before, during and after being in the field. Giving personal accounts, the authors explore some of the challenges one can face when engaging in local-level research in difficult situations. Editor(s): Ansoms, An; Thomson, Susan; Murison, Jude. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JHBC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137263742
- ISBN
- 9781137263742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. Race, Memory and the Apartheid Archive: Towards a Transformative Psychosocial Praxis draws on a psychosocial approach that is uniquely suited to the socio-historical and psychical analysis of racism. The book relies mainly on the memories, stories and narratives of ordinary people living in apartheid South Africa. Editor(s): Stevens, Garth; Duncan, Norman; Hook, Derek. Series: Studies in the Psychosocial. Num Pages: 386 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR; JFFJ; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137263896
- ISBN
- 9781137263896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.31
€ 68.31
Hardcover. An examination of how Botswana overcame the legacies of exceptional resource deficiency and colonial neglect, to transform itself from one of the poorest nations of the world to a middle income economy. Contributions review how economic, social and institutional policies interacted to produce successful poverty reduction. Editor(s): Selolwane, Onalenna. Series: Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; JFFA; KCB; KCM; KCP; KCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270160
- ISBN
- 9781137270160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Second Edition,New Edition,2nd edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137272003
- ISBN
- 9781137272003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.27
€ 68.27
Hardcover. This book critically analyses the 2011 intervention in Libya arguing that the manner in which the intervention was sanctioned, prosecuted and justified has a number of troubling implications for the both the future of humanitarian intervention and international peace and security. Editor(s): Hehir, Aidan; Murray, Robert. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 black & white tables, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1HBL; 3JMG; HBJH; HBLX; JPS; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137273949
- ISBN
- 9781137273949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Well-reputed political scientists residing and teaching in ten countries, five in Asia and five in Europe, comparatively examine the place of political parties in democracy, and provide an empirically rigorous, up-to-date, comprehensive synthesis of the organization of political parties and their links with citizens in a democracy. Editor(s): Inoguchi, Takashi; Blondel, Jean. Series: Asia Today. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JPHV; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137277190
- ISBN
- 9781137277190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. Richard Joseph's seminal 1987 book Democracy and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria represented a watershed moment in the understanding of the political dynamics of Nigeria. This groundbreaking collection brings together scholars from across disciplines to assess the significance of Joseph's work and the current state of Nigerian politics. Editor(s): Adebanwi, Wale; Obadare, Ebenezer. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JPHV; JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137280763
- ISBN
- 9781137280763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. The political economy landscape has shifted as multinational corporations increase their investment efforts, changing the geographies of extraction. The contributors make the argument for the need of new theoretical perspectives anchored in critical political economy to address structural dynamics in the global industry. Editor(s): Singh, Jewellord Nem; Bourgouin, France. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KL; GTF; JPSL; KCL; KCP; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137286789
- ISBN
- 9781137286789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11