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Hardback. Sustainable Industrialization in Africa explores the issues that confront development policy in the context of the MDGs and the post-2015 development agenda from an African perspective. Editor(s): Gehl Sampath, Padmashree; Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; KCM; KJC; KJK; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 415.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137561114
- ISBN
- 9781137561114
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Condition: New
€ 127.48
€ 127.48
Hardback. Muslim Institutions of Higher Education in Postcolonial Africa examines the colonial discriminatory practices against Muslim education through control and dismissal and discusses the education reform movement of the post-colonial experience. Editor(s): Lo, Mbaye; Haron, Muhammed. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HRHP; JFSR2; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 631.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137552303
- ISBN
- 9781137552303
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€ 128.65
€ 128.65
Hardcover. In different but complementary ways, the chapters in this collection provide a deeper understanding of socio-cultural processes in various parts of the African continent. They do so in the context of contemporary mediated processes of globalization, and emphasize the agency of Africans. Editor(s): Sahle, Eunice N. Series: Contemporary African Political Economy. Num Pages: 300 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; JFFS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137552211
- ISBN
- 9781137552211
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Condition: New
€ 150.14
€ 150.14
Hardback. David G. Pier offers an ethnographic study of the Senator Extravaganza traditional dance competition in Uganda, and the performers, marketers, and other actors who were involved in it. Pier illustrates the event as part of a broader moment in Ugandan and African public culture - one in which marketing is playing an increasingly dominant role. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; ASD; JFC; JHMC; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 405.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137549396
- ISBN
- 9781137549396
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€ 127.42
€ 127.42
Paperback. Using case studies, this book explores the publishing of African literature, addressing the construction of literary value, relationships between African writers and British publishers, and importance of the African market. It analyses the historical, political and economic conditions framing the emergence of postcolonial literature. Num Pages: 266 pages, 17 black & white halftones, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1H; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH5; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137546180
- ISBN
- 9781137546180
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Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Hardcover. This book brings a thoughtful, creative perspective to African literature instead of a theoretically-framed analysis. It contextualizes the production of African literature in culture, place, and history, framed in the context of globalization and environmental consciousness. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137542205
- ISBN
- 9781137542205
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Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Foreign Capital Flows and Economic Development in Africa
. Ed(S): Wamboye, Evelyn; Tiruneh, Esubalew A...
hardcover. Editor(s): Wamboye, Evelyn; Tiruneh, Esubalew Alehegn. Num Pages: 514 pages, 137 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; KCLF; KCM; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 514
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137534958
- ISBN
- 9781137534958
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Condition: New
€ 196.33
€ 196.33
Paperback. This historical ethnography from Central Sudan explores the century-old intertwining of zar, spirit possession, with past lives of ex-slaves and shows that, despite very different social and cultural contexts, zar has continued to be shaped by the experience of slavery. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 314 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HRK; HRQM2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137534798
- ISBN
- 9781137534798
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Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardback. Private Enterprise-Led Development in Sub-Saharan Africa provides a novel theoretical and conceptual model to guide research into Africa's economic development. It endorses the view that private enterprise-led growth will help reduce poverty since it strengthens individuals' capacity to care for themselves and their families. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HF; KCM; KJK; KJVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137534439
- ISBN
- 9781137534439
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Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardback. Series: The Palgrave MacMillan Series in International Political Communication. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HB; JFD; JHB; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137532152
- ISBN
- 9781137532152
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Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 46.61
€ 53.36
€ 46.61
Hardback. Series: Queer Studies and Education. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFSK; JNA; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137530264
- ISBN
- 9781137530264
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Condition: New
€ 115.83
€ 115.83
Hardback. Discovering the Spirit of Ubuntu Leadership introduces a new leadership model which takes into account the history, culture and economic environment of African women leaders to understand, discover, observe and share their personal leadership experiences. Series: Palgrave Studies in African Leadership. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HRLP1; JFSJ1; KJK; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137526847
- ISBN
- 9781137526847
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Condition: New
€ 138.39
€ 138.39
Hardback. Num Pages: 255 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDL; GTF; JHBS; JHMC; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137524683
- ISBN
- 9781137524683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Hardcover. Building on the emerging field of geocriticism, this book explores Africa's complex, dynamic literary landscapes, proffering new methods for understanding the geographies of African literature. Using both cultural geography and political ecology, Crowley offers fresh insights into key authors' imagined geographies of resistance and alterity. Series: Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137522757
- ISBN
- 9781137522757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. In 1962, almost one million people were evacuated from Algeria. France called these citizens Repatriates to hide their French Algerian origins and to integrate them into society. This book is about Repatriation and how it became central to France's postcolonial understanding of decolonization, the Algerian past, and French identity. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBA; HBJD; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137520746
- ISBN
- 9781137520746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.70
€ 116.70
Hardcover. From putative 'success stories' such as Ghana and Rwanda to failed efforts in Zimbabwe and other countries, this volume brings together seven incisive case studies from diverse contexts-including post-war Sierra Leone, Uganda, and the new nation of South Sudan-to distil insights into the troubled progress of reform across the African continent. Editor(s): Adejumobi, Said. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; JPFK; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137518811
- ISBN
- 9781137518811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. The claim is frequently made on behalf of African moral beliefs and practices that they do not objectify and exploit nature and natural existents like Western ethics does. This book investigates whether this is correct and what kind of status is reserved for other-than-human animals in African ethics. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HPD; HPQ; HPS; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137504043
- ISBN
- 9781137504043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.17
€ 105.17
Hardcover. A scholarly perspective of a soldier's own challenges working in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). This work examines how regional/cultural knowledge and language ability contribute to improved leadership in a UN operation, based on the author's own experiences as a staff officer in South Sudan. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBS; BM; GTJ; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501820
- ISBN
- 9781137501820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.07
€ 105.07
Hardback. This book studies the reactions of India, Brazil, and South Africa - the three main non-proliferation actors of the Global South - to Iran's nuclear program. Their responses are explained and situated in wider foreign policy context. Num Pages: 115 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FKA; 1HFMS; 1KLSB; JPB; JPSD; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 115
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137499066
- ISBN
- 9781137499066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardback. Series: Information Technology and Global Governance. Num Pages: 366 pages, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JM; DNJ; HBTV; JFD; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497895
- ISBN
- 9781137497895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.76
€ 67.76
Hardback. While there are five important festschriften on Toyin Falola and his work, this book fulfills the need for a single-authored volume that can be useful as a textbook. I develop clearly articulated rubrics and overarching concepts as the foundational basis for analyzing Falola's work. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HBA; HRKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137495167
- ISBN
- 9781137495167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.64
€ 67.64
Hardcover. In this book, Safinaz El Tarouty provides a detailed account of the role of Egyptian businessmen in the survival of Mubarak's regime until its collapse in 2011. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JPA; JPHX; JPZ; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137493378
- ISBN
- 9781137493378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
Hardcover. This book is essential for anyone interested in knowing how science works nationally and internationally in the contemporary world. It offers a comprehensive analysis of scientific collaboration and its relation to development and the productivity of scientists, with specific reference to South Africa in both the past and the present. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; GTF; PDK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137493064
- ISBN
- 9781137493064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. This book explains the connections between traditional performance (e.g. masked dances, prophecy, praise recitations), contemporary theatre (Wole Soyinka, Ola Rotimi, Tess Onwueme, Femi Osofisan, and Stella Oyedepo) , and the political sphere in the context of the Yoruba people in Nigeria. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; AN; JFSL3; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137492784
- ISBN
- 9781137492784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.16
€ 127.16