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Hardback. Inspired by Gandhi's non-violent campaign of civil disobedience to achieve political ends, Kwame Nkrumah led present-day Ghana to independence. This analysis of his political, social and economic thought centres on his own writings, and re-examines his life and thought by focusing on the political discourse and controversies surrounding him. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; 3JJP; JPA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230113343
ISBN
9780230113343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.27

hardcover. This book examines how the process of nation-building in Egypt helped transform Egypt from an Ottoman province to an Arabic speaking national community. Through the life and works of 'A'isha Taymur, Hatem gives insight into how literature and changing gender roles contributed to the definition and/or development of a sense of community. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HBE; 3JH; DSK; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2011th Edition
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230113503
ISBN
9780230113503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.69

Hardback. This study is the first comprehensive assessment of warfare in Angola to cover all three phases of the nation's modern history: the anti-colonial struggle, the Cold War phase, and the post-Cold War era. It also covers, in detail, the final phase of warfare in Angola, culminating in Jonas Savimbi's death and the signing of the Luena Accord Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 243 x 22. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230117778
ISBN
9780230117778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.67

hardcover. This book analyzes the origins of the crisis in Zimbabwe and why it has had such a profound impact on both the land issue and democratic politics in the Southern African region. In doing so, it contributes to the present debates around Mugabe, neo-imperialism and the stability in the region. Num Pages: 270 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; GTJ; JPH; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2009th Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230230842
ISBN
9780230230842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Hardback. This book critically analyses the ways in which Africa has shifted from the periphery of global trade, international relations and politics to the centre of the world stage because of its existing and potential economic prowess and purchasing power that the continent has to offer. Editor(s): Modi, Renu. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; JPS; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230248854
ISBN
9780230248854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.49

Hardcover. This book examines the gender context of HIV and critiques the global policy response. Anderson contributes to the feminist task of de-invisibilising gender as structural violence and identifies how gendered power structures are responded to at the local level in Malawi. Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMM; JFFH2; JFSJ; JPVH; KCQ; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230292888
ISBN
9780230292888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.50

Hardback. This book examines women and leadership in West Africa, with a special focus on Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone--the Mano River Union countries. These countries have traditions of indigenous female leadership in executive positions in varying degrees, and all three have a tradition of organizations that form important power bases for women. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HF; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230338128
ISBN
9780230338128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.96

Hardback. Drawing on the interdisciplinary research projects of scholars from various social science and humanities disciplines, this book explores how African migration to Western countries after the neo-liberal economic reforms of the 1980s transformed West African states and their new transnational populations in Western countries. Editor(s): Okome, Mojubaolu Olufunke; Vaughan, Olufemi. Num Pages: 294 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFFN; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230338678
ISBN
9780230338678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.80

Hardback. How do nations address the above health policy goals and respond to current challenges? As these four cases (United States, Germany, Canada, and South Africa) demonstrate, the answer lies in the underlying politics of health policy at work. Series: Perspectives in Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1HFMS; 1KBB; JPB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230338876
ISBN
9780230338876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Hardback. This wide-ranging collection offers fresh insights into a critical factor in development and politics on the African continent. It critically examines and illustrates the centrality of policing in transition societies in Africa, and outlines and assesses the emergence and impact of the diversity of state and non-state policing agencies. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JKSW1; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230339477
ISBN
9780230339477
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.28

Hardcover. Twenty years after the post-apartheid Government took office, this timely text interrogates the extent to which the attitudes, identities and everyday lives of British people have changed in accordance with the 'new' South Africa. New ethnographic research is drawn upon to explore important questions of mobility, locality and identity. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMS; JFFN; JFFS; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230346574
ISBN
9780230346574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.65

Hardcover. Immigrant incorporation is a critical challenge for France and other European societies today. Black Africans migrants are racialized and endowed with an immigrant status, which carries low status and is durable into the second generation. This book elucidates the conflict and issues pertinent to social integration. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 200 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HF; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230361959
ISBN
9780230361959
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.50

Hardback. Challenging the Aid Paradigm critically examines central aspects of Western international aid policy, while at the same time exploring non-western, especially Chinese, aid and assesses to what extent these may be competitive or complementary. Editor(s): Sorensen, Jens Stilhoff. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; JPQB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230577664
ISBN
9780230577664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.04

Hardback. Being critical and empirically grounded, the book explores the complex, often counter-balancing consequences of the involvement of traditional authority in the wave of democratization and liberal-style state-building that has rolled over sub-Saharan Africa in the past decade. Series: Governance, Security and Development. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230600331
ISBN
9780230600331
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.11

Hardback. In this book, top scholars look at the efficacy of trade union and worker protest in overthrowing authoritarian governments in Africa. The analytical introduction and case studies from major African countries argue that unions were often the most important single social force in the democratization process. Editor(s): Kraus, Jon. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JPHV; JPVH2; KNXB2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 597.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230600614
ISBN
9780230600614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.71

hardcover. The book describes how Botswana's leaders effectively employed the instruments of power at their disposal, portraying a state that works. It argues that Africans are contributing meaningfully to emerging global thinking on security and urges Africa's friends to take advantage of opportunities for productive partnerships over environmental issues. Series: Initiatives in Strategic Studies: Issues and Policies. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; JP; JW; RN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2007th Edition
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230602182
ISBN
9780230602182
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. This book critically investigates the conditions facing the warring parties during the implementation of peace agreements in Mozambique, Angola and Liberia, as successes and failures in these countries highlight incentives for the international community to keep peace processes from faltering. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTJ; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230602595
ISBN
9780230602595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Hardback. This book examines the achievements and limitations of democratization in Senegal - and Africa more broadly - as a result of the continuing political culture of clientelism Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; JPHV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230602830
ISBN
9780230602830
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.25

Hardback. This book uses political and socio-anthropological theory to examine the relationship between power, interest, and agency within population and family planning discourse across Africa, with particular emphasis on case studies from Tanzania. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JPA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230602922
ISBN
9780230602922
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.16

Hardback. This book challenges the received scholarship on the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. The author applies economic and social theory to understanding the African Commission's dynamic treaty interpretation and the Commission's strategic manipulation of the Rules of Procedure to strengthen the African human rights system. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230605053
ISBN
9780230605053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. This book compares the Communist parties of India and South Africa in their pursuits of socialist democracy. Williams looks at their organizational characteristics, party history, and their competing tendencies, as well as how they have pushed forward their similar ideologies within their unique political and economic environments. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFMS; JPFC; JPHV; JPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230606401
ISBN
9780230606401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.43

Hardcover. This edited volume provides the first fully comprehensive evaluation of Libya since the Qadhafi coup in 1969. Throughout the different chapters the authors explore the rise of the military in Libya, the impact of its self-styled revolution on Libyan society and economy. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBL; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJH; HBTV; HBWQ; JPS; JPWQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230607651
ISBN
9780230607651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.36
€ 47.33

hardcover. This book is a comprehensive investigation, discussion and analysis of the origins and development of the first civil war in the Sudan, which occured between 1955 and 1972. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJH; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2009th Edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230607965
ISBN
9780230607965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.16

Hardback. This book analyzes the outstanding development problems confronting Africa today, and the policies necessary for improving Africa's governance, economic performance, and the very possible achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230608344
ISBN
9780230608344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.40

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