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Hardcover. Reintegration programmes for ex-combatants are supposed to support the wider peace process. This study, based on detailed fieldwork, looks at the way they were carried out in Sierra Leone and Liberia and assesses the degree to which they were conducted in a participatory way. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; 1HFDL; GTJ; JPS; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428981
- ISBN
- 9781137428981
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Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardcover. This book examines the transformations of Egyptian childhoods that occurred across gender, class, and rural/urban divides. It also questions the role of nostalgia and representation of childhood in illuminating key underlying political, social, and cultural developments in Egypt. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137432773
- ISBN
- 9781137432773
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€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardback. This book examines the increasing role of development organizations in securitization processes and argues that the new security-development counter piracy framework is (re)shaping political geographies of piracy by promoting disciplinary strategies aimed at the prevention and containment of gendered and racialized actions and bodies in Somalia. Num Pages: 209 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137434227
- ISBN
- 9781137434227
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€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. An insightful account of the devastating impact of the Great War, upon the already fragile British colonial African state of Northern Rhodesia. Deploying extensive archival and rare evidence from surviving African veterans, it investigates African resistance at this time. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 358 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMZ; 3JJF; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137435774
- ISBN
- 9781137435774
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Condition: New
€ 140.01
€ 140.01
Hardcover. South Africa's current political upheavals are the most significant since the transition from apartheid. Its powerful trade unions are playing a central role, and the political direction they take will have huge significance for how we understand the role of labour movements in struggles for social justice in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JPHC; KCF; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137436597
- ISBN
- 9781137436597
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Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Hardcover. The Republic of Sudan's former Culture Minister and a leading architect in the movement to gain independence for South Sudan, Bona Malwal, provides a factual and personal account of the break up of Sudan. He explores its troubled history post-colonialism and offers a frank account of the many challenges that both nations face in the coming years. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBJH; HBLW3; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137437136
- ISBN
- 9781137437136
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Condition: New
€ 127.53
€ 127.53
Hardcover. Using auto-ethnography, Taieb narrates the journey of developing a educational philosophy from and for the Kayble of Algeria and undertakes to write the sociological foundations of an Kayble education system. Series: Postcolonial Studies in Education. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBA; JFSL9; JNFR; JNKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137446916
- ISBN
- 9781137446916
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Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 46.56
€ 53.36
€ 46.56
Hardcover. African cultures and politics remain significantly affected by precolonial and postcolonial configurations of modernity, as well as hegemonic global systems. This project explores Africa's conversation with itself and the rest of the world, critiquing universalist notions of democratization. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137446923
- ISBN
- 9781137446923
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Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardcover. The author analyses the implementation of the agricultural and industrial parts of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) in Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco. Following a sectoral approach to assess the implementation of the ENP, he investigates which interest groups win and which lose from the policy. Num Pages: 124 pages, 3 black & white tables, 1 diagrames. BIC Classification: 1HB; JPSN2; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137449061
- ISBN
- 9781137449061
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Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Hardback. Seekings and Nattrass explain why poverty persisted in South Africa after the transition to democracy in 1994. The book examines how public policies both mitigated and reproduced poverty, and explains how and why these policies were adopted. The analysis offers lessons for the study of poverty elsewhere in the world. Series: Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFA; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 540.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137452689
- ISBN
- 9781137452689
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Condition: New
€ 150.31
€ 150.31
Hardcover. Exploring the relationship between space, place, and gendered violence as depicted in a range of South African writing, Gunne examines the social and political conditions of exceptionality during and after apartheid. Writers covered include: Hilda Bernstein, J.M. Coetzee, Achmat Dangor, Ruth First, Nadine Gordimer, and Antjie Krog. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137453426
- ISBN
- 9781137453426
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Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. The experiences of African women in the era before independence remain a woefully understudied facet of African history. This innovative and carefully argued study thus adds tremendously to our understanding of colonial history by focusing on women's education, professionalization, and political mobilization in the East African islands of Zanzibar. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; HBJH; HBTR; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137465290
- ISBN
- 9781137465290
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Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardback. Since 2007, South Africa has been one of the world's upcoming Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) offshore destinations. This book is based on the authors' most recent research into high performance BPO globally and new research streams specifically on South Africa. Series: Technology, Work and Globalization. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; KJC; KJK; KJVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 245 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137474049
- ISBN
- 9781137474049
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Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Hardcover. Based on the author's fieldwork and readings of media, government reports, and historical and contemporary records, this book explores how Muslim migrants in Europe contribute to a changing European landscape, focusing on Muslim Moroccan migrants. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1HBM; JFFN; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137476487
- ISBN
- 9781137476487
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Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover. This book describes how Christian communities in South Africa have responded to HIV/AIDS and how these responses have affected the lives HIV-positive people, youth and broader communities. Drawing on Foucault and the sociology of knowledge, it explains how religion became influential in reshaping ideas about sexuality, medicine and modernity. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JM; HRCX6; JFFH2; JHMC; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137477767
- ISBN
- 9781137477767
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Leadership in Colonial Africa highlights colonial disruptions of traditional leadership patterns in Africa and how African leaders, traditional and nationalist, reacted to these disruptions. Editor(s): Jallow, Baba G. Series: Palgrave Studies in African Leadership. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; KJK; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137477958
- ISBN
- 9781137477958
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Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
The Transnationally Partnered University: Insights from Research and S...
Koehn, Peter H., Obamba, Milton O.
Hardcover. Analyzing the growing importance of the transnational higher education landscape and the role of African universities, Koehn and Obamba show how transnational partnerships among universities can inform policy, strengthen synergies between knowledge producers and knowledge users, and advance sustainable-development practice. Series: International and Development Education. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JNFR; JNKP; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137481740
- ISBN
- 9781137481740
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Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.07
€ 53.36
€ 47.07
Hardcover. Based on an analysis of the changing practice of sovereignty in Brazil, India and South Africa, this book argues that soft sovereignty provides an adequate, yet unrecognized, basis for a moderate, embedded and plural cosmopolitanism situated between globalism's demand for a world state and statism's defence of the status quo. Series: International Political Theory. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFMS; 1KLSB; JPA; JPB; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137488213
- ISBN
- 9781137488213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardback. Series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBL; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137489494
- ISBN
- 9781137489494
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Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Political and Socio-Economic Change in the Middle East and North Afric...
. Ed(S): Bahramitash, Roksana; Esfahani, Hadi...
Hardback. The contributions to this collection examine the shortcomings of the economic development policies in the MENA region before and after the Arab Spring, with particular attention to the role of gender and the ways in which policies translate into economic outcomes. Editor(s): Bahramitash, Roksana; Esfahani, Hadi Salehi. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JFSJ; JP; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137490698
- ISBN
- 9781137490698
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Condition: New
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
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
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
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Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
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
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