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Paperback. The sixth edition of the Guide to Higher Education in Africa contains reliable and up-to-date information on higher education throughout Africa - over 950 institutions in 51 countries, plus details of national education systems and agencies - in a single reference source. Num Pages: 745 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1429.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Sixth Edition, Revised Edition, 6th edition
Number of pages
748
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230369603
ISBN
9780230369603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 166.41
€ 133.75

Hardcover. This project examines the development of forced labor in colonial Kenya from 1912 to 1930 and the parallel normalization of communal forced labor during this time period. Num Pages: 186 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB; HBTQ; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230392953
ISBN
9780230392953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.86

Hardcover. This book is the first comprehensive study of French medicine in nineteenth-century Algeria. It argues that the medicalization was a priority for colonial regimes, but this goal was thwarted by ineffectual French medicine, institutional rivalries, and the manner in which medicine became a focus for the resistance of French domination and rule. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HBA; 3JH; HBTB; HBTQ; MBP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230500433
ISBN
9780230500433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 48.76

Hardcover. Free market policies have been in operation across Africa for the past 25 years, yet they have failed to reverse deepening poverty. This book explores, with case studies, why such policies continue to be implemented and the ways in which they have been reinvented by socialization, depoliticization, regionalization and securitization. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 359 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230521599
ISBN
9780230521599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.36

Hardcover. Drawing on the concept of hermeneutics the book argues that the successes and setbacks of conflict transformation in Teso can be understood through analyzing the impact of memory, identity, closure and power on social change and calls for a comprehensive effort of dealing with the past in war-torn societies. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; GTJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230537620
ISBN
9780230537620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.82

Paperback. This book demonstrates that there is sufficient evidence on the Nigerian economy and society to inform many policy issues, and reveals the current problems and policy options that a democratic Nigeria will need to debate and resolve. It presents an agenda of reform as unfinished business. Editor(s): Collier, Paul; Soludo, Chukwuma C.; Pattillo, Catherine. Num Pages: 459 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; KCB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
459
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230542730
ISBN
9780230542730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 20.57

Hardcover. In 1998 the UK adopted a policy of 'new humanitarianism' to address the shortcomings of humanitarian assistance. Sierra Leone became a test case. This book provides an analysis of this approach, placing the experience of Sierra Leone in context with Sudan and Iraq, and showing how the policy affects the future of international humanitarian policy. Series: Palgrave Studies in Development. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; GTF; GTJ; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230545175
ISBN
9780230545175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.14

Hardcover. This innovative book provides an original approach to the analysis of the representation of myth, ritual, and 'magic' in African literature. Emphasizing the ambivalent nature of the sacred, it advances work on the religious dimension of canonical African texts and attends to the persistence of pre-colonial cultures in postcolonial spaces. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; DNF; DSB; GTB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230577558
ISBN
9780230577558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.18

Hardcover. Can elections create democrats? Why and how do formerly armed opposition groups decide to invest in electoral politics or to undermine them? This book argues that the answer lies in the patterns of inter- and intraparty struggles created by participation in repeated elections over time. Num Pages: 207 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1HFMQ; 1KLCS; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230600300
ISBN
9780230600300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 43.12

Hardcover. This book examines conflicting interpretations of the origins, evolution, and end of apartheid. Lipton asserts that it began around 1970 with relatively non-violent reform, and ended following President de Klerk's release of Nelson Mandela, and his reinstatement of the African National Congress and other organizations, in February 1990. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJH; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230600591
ISBN
9780230600591
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.86

Hardcover. This book explores the process by which constitutions and democratic institutions are constructed. Wing focuses on how innovative constitutional dialogues involving participation, negotiation, and recognition of groups previously excluded from political decision-making may be the key to a legitimate constitution. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDM; JPHC; JPHV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230604636
ISBN
9780230604636
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 46.64

Paperback. This book seeks to answer the key questions on partition by examining US policy toward secessionist movements in three countries during the first decade following the end of the Cold War: Iraq, Ethiopia, and Bosnia-Hercegovina. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1FBQ; 1HFGA; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230606029
ISBN
9780230606029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 17.74

Paperback. This collection looks at the on-going significance of Black Consciousness, situating it in a global frame, examining the legacy of Steve Biko, the current state of post-apartheid South African politics, and the culture and history of the anti-apartheid movements. Editor(s): Mngxitama, Andile; Alexander, Amanda; Gibson, Nigel. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230606494
ISBN
9780230606494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 28.54

Hardcover. The revolutionary political upheavals in Africa in the early 1990s continue to have an impact almost two decades later. This book argues we must look to the defining period of transition to understand how politics in these countries changed since the fall of dictatorial one-party states. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDB; 1HFDT; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230613904
ISBN
9780230613904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 43.12

Hardcover. Gender and Decolonization in the Congo focuses on women and questions of gender in its examination of Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961), the assassinated leader of the independent Congo. Num Pages: 247 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; HBTR; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230615571
ISBN
9780230615571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.17

Hardcover. Diego Garcia is a pivotal US base for all Middle East operations. This book describes its evolution from a secret US-UK bilateral deal in 1966 and the deportation of the native population in the 70s to its new role in Guantanamo-style 'renditions' and the impact of miltary construction on its environment. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HS; HBJH; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230617094
ISBN
9780230617094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 41.65

Hardcover. At once a diplomatic history and case study of African foreign policy and presidential leadership, this book illustrates how development and security assistance were used by the US as antidotes against communism in the Cold War and how Liberia was able occasionally to profit from the arrangement. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDL; 1KBB; HBLW3; HBTW; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230617353
ISBN
9780230617353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 46.89

Hardcover. With new perspectives on postcolonial studies, this volume traces the development and forms of a fascination with Eastern European cultures in South African literature during and after the Cold War. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DSBH5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 149 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230617391
ISBN
9780230617391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.32

Hardcover. This title depicts how immigrant women use international migration as a strategy to challenge existing patriarchal hegemonies operative both in the United States and Africa. It also weaves together the multidimensional strands of how African immigrant women shape and are shaped by the process of international migration. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; JFFN; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230617780
ISBN
9780230617780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 47.35

Hardcover. This book employs critical ethnography and critical discourse analysis to explore what Cape Verdeans have to say about women's lives in the era of twenty-first century globalization. The authors investigate the economic and personal difficulties they face such as poverty, managing single mother-headed households, and violence. Num Pages: 205 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDV; 3JM; JFFS; JFSJ1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230618084
ISBN
9780230618084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 43.83

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