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Hardback. During the Zimbabwean struggle for independence, the settler regime imprisoned numerous activists and others it suspected of being aligned with the guerrillas. This book is the first to look closely at the histories and lived experiences of these political detainees and prisoners, showing how they challenged and negotiated their incarceration. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482716
- ISBN
- 9781137482716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.23
€ 64.23
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
€ 64.66
€ 64.66
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137489494
- ISBN
- 9781137489494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61
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
€ 122.27
€ 122.27
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
€ 122.04
€ 122.04
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137493064
- ISBN
- 9781137493064
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Condition: New
€ 64.49
€ 64.49
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137493378
- ISBN
- 9781137493378
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Condition: New
€ 122.29
€ 122.29
Hardcover. This book recovers the multiplicity of meanings embedded in colonial hunting and the power it symbolized by examining both the incorporation and representation of British women hunters in the sport and how African people leveraged British hunters' dependence on their labor and knowledge to direct the impact and experience of hunting. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 229 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1H; HBTQ; JFSJ; KCZ; WSXH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137494429
- ISBN
- 9781137494429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.03
€ 123.03
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137495167
- ISBN
- 9781137495167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.98
€ 64.98
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
€ 65.10
€ 65.10
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
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Condition: New
€ 63.34
€ 63.34
Hardcover. The book analyzes Brazil's Africa engagement as a rising power's strategy to gain global recognition, linking it to Brazil's broader foreign policy objectives and shedding light on the mechanisms of Brazilian status-seeking in Africa. Num Pages: 234 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLSB; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137499561
- ISBN
- 9781137499561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.48
€ 65.48
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501820
- ISBN
- 9781137501820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.87
€ 100.87
Hardcover. This book discusses two moral panics that appeared in the media in late apartheid South Africa: the Satanism scare and the so-called epidemic of white family murder. The analysis of these symptoms of social and political change reveals important truths about whiteness, gender, violence, history, nationalism and injustice in South Africa and beyond. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HRQX9; JFC; JFSL; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503046
- ISBN
- 9781137503046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.11
€ 64.11
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137504043
- ISBN
- 9781137504043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.96
€ 100.96
Saving the Environment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Organizational Dynamics ...
Markham, William T. T., Fonjong, Lotsmart
Hardcover. This book describes how NGOs' efforts to promote sustainable development are affected by their funding, management strategies, and relationships with government, communities, and other NGOs. The authors explore implications for theory and offer suggestions for increasing NGO effectiveness. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HF; JKSR; RND; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137507181
- ISBN
- 9781137507181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.84
€ 122.84
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
€ 64.75
€ 64.75
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137520746
- ISBN
- 9781137520746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.02
€ 112.02
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137522757
- ISBN
- 9781137522757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
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
€ 64.38
€ 64.38
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137526847
- ISBN
- 9781137526847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.81
€ 132.81
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.18
€ 111.18
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.67€ 44.82
€ 50.67
€ 44.82
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137534439
- ISBN
- 9781137534439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.84
€ 122.84