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Ejected - The Story that Solves the Climate Crisis (Paperback): Dawn Pape Ejected - The Story that Solves the Climate Crisis (Paperback)
Dawn Pape
R251 Discovery Miles 2 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Many Faces of John McAfee - Biography of an American Hustler (Paperback): Steven Matthews The Many Faces of John McAfee - Biography of an American Hustler (Paperback)
Steven Matthews 1
R325 R304 Discovery Miles 3 040 Save R21 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Global Citizenship Education - Challenges and Successes (Hardcover): Eva Aboagye, S. Nombuso Dlamini Global Citizenship Education - Challenges and Successes (Hardcover)
Eva Aboagye, S. Nombuso Dlamini
R1,400 R1,166 Discovery Miles 11 660 Save R234 (17%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The idea of citizenship and conceptions of what it means to be a good citizen have evolved over time. On the one hand, good citizenship entails the ability to live with others in diverse societies and to promote a common set of values of acceptance, human rights, and democracy. On the other hand, in order to compete in the global economy, nations require a more innovative, autonomous, and reflective workforce, meaning good citizens are also those who successfully participate in the economic development of themselves and their country. These competing conceptions of good citizenship can result in people's participation in activities, such as profit-driven labor exploitation, that contradict human rights and democratic tenants. Thus, global citizenship education is fundamental to teaching, learning, and redressing sociopolitical, economic, and environmental exploitation around the world. Detailing the historical development of this field of study to achieve recognition, Global Citizenship Education: Challenges and Successes provides a critical discourse on global citizenship education (GCE). Authors in this collection discuss the underpinnings of global citizenship education via contemporary theories and methodologies, as well as specific case studies that illustrate the application of GCE initiatives. Editors Eva Aboagye and S. Nombuso Dlamini aim to motivate learners and educators in post-secondary institutions not only to understand the issues of social and economic inequality and political and civil unrest facing us, but also to take action that will lead to equitable change in both local and global spaces.

Becoming a Marihuana User (Paperback): Howard S. Becker Becoming a Marihuana User (Paperback)
Howard S. Becker
R395 Discovery Miles 3 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

OG Kush. Sour Diesel. Wax, shatter, and vapes. Marijuana has come a long way since its seedy days in the back parking lots of our culture. So has Howard S. Becker, the eminent sociologist, jazz musician, expert on "deviant" culture, and founding NORML board member. When he published Becoming a Marihuana User more than sixty years ago, hardly anyone paid attention-because few people smoked pot. Decades of Cheech and Chong films, Grateful Dead shows, and Cannabis Cups later, and it's clear-marijuana isn't just an established commodity, it's an entire culture. And that's just the thing-Becker totally called it: pot has everything to do with culture. It's not a blight on culture, but a culture itself-in fact, you'll see in this book the first use of the term "users," rather than "abusers" or "addicts." Come along on this short little study-now a famous timestamp in weed studies-and you will be astonished at how relevant it is to us today. Becker doesn't judge, but neither does he holler for legalization, tell you how to grow it in a hollowed-out dresser, or anything else like that for which there are plenty of other books you can buy. Instead, he looks at marijuana with a clear sociological lens-as a substance that some people enjoy, and that some others have decided none of us should. From there he asks: so how do people decide to get high, and what kind of experience do they have as a result of being part of the marijuana world? What he discovers will bother some, especially those who proselytize the irrefutably stunning effects of the latest strain: chemistry isn't everything-the important thing about pot is how we interact with it. We learn to be high. We learn to like it. And from there, we teach others, passing the pipe in a circle that begins to resemble a bona fide community, defined by shared norms, values, and definitions just like any other community. All throughout this book, you'll see the intimate moments when this transformation takes place. You'll see people doing it for the first time and those with considerable experience. You'll see the early signs of the truths that have come to define the marijuana experience: that you probably won't get high at first, that you have to hold the hit in, and that there are other people here who are going to smoke that, too.

Chalet Fields of The Gower (Paperback, Archive ed.): Stefan Szczelkun, Owen Short Chalet Fields of The Gower (Paperback, Archive ed.)
Stefan Szczelkun, Owen Short
R503 R460 Discovery Miles 4 600 Save R43 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Shaman - The Mysterious Life and Impeccable Death of Carlos Castaneda (Paperback): Mike Sager Shaman - The Mysterious Life and Impeccable Death of Carlos Castaneda (Paperback)
Mike Sager
R265 Discovery Miles 2 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Built to Burn - Tales of the Desert Carnies of Burning Man (Paperback): Tony Coyote Perez Built to Burn - Tales of the Desert Carnies of Burning Man (Paperback)
Tony Coyote Perez; Cover design or artwork by Dominic Da Tinio; Edited by Stuart Mangrum
R569 R529 Discovery Miles 5 290 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Children in Minority Religions - Growing up in Controversial Religious (Hardcover): Liselotte Frisk, Peter Akerback, Sanja... Children in Minority Religions - Growing up in Controversial Religious (Hardcover)
Liselotte Frisk, Peter Akerback, Sanja Nilsson
R2,556 Discovery Miles 25 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Minority religions that differ from the mainstream are often perceived as controversial and as a threat to the individual and to society. During the 1970s and 80s, there were intense discussions about whether conversion to these groups was voluntary or an effect of brainwashing or manipulation. In recent years, however, the situation of children in these groups has taken over the public debate regarding minority religions. Many believe that childhoods in cults involve physical and psychological abuse, and that severe punishment, starvation, sexual abuse, manipulation, forced obedience, lack of medical care and demonization of the outside world is part of everyday life. This book presents four years of research. Its purpose is to highlight children's upbringing in certain minority religions with a high degree of "sectarian" criteria in a sociological sense including high tension with society/world, unique legitimacy and high level of commitment. The study examines mainly, but not exclusively, seven minority religious communities: The Hare Krishna movement, The Family International (formerly Children of God), The Church of Scientology, The Family Federation (formerly The Unification Church), Knutby Filadelfia (a Pentecostal group), The Exclusive Brethren, and Jehovah's Witnesses. The fieldwork was conducted in Sweden, but the situation of the children and the findings are relevant to other countries. Most of the minority groups discussed have an international character with a presence in many countries, with only minor differences depending on local circumstances. The study is based on literature from the religions and observations of children and parents in religious rituals and daily life. However, the most important material for the book are eighteen in-depth interviews with children between the ages of 8 and 17 living in these groups and seventy-five in-depth interviews with adults who grew up in minority religions and who are still involved, who grew up in minority religions, but are not now engaged, and who raised children in the minority religions.

The Sea is so Great - A small boat voyage in the Pacific Ocean (Paperback): Alan Nebauer The Sea is so Great - A small boat voyage in the Pacific Ocean (Paperback)
Alan Nebauer
R484 Discovery Miles 4 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Critical Theory, Democracy, and the Challenge of Neoliberalism (Hardcover): Brian Caterino, Phillip Hansen Critical Theory, Democracy, and the Challenge of Neoliberalism (Hardcover)
Brian Caterino, Phillip Hansen
R2,053 R1,397 Discovery Miles 13 970 Save R656 (32%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

With a few exceptions, critical theorists have been late to provide a comprehensive diagnosis of neoliberalism comparable in scope to their extensive analyses of advanced welfare state capitalism. Instead, the main lines of critical theory have focused on questions of international justice which, while no doubt significant, restrict the scope of critical theory by deemphasizing linkages to larger political and economic conditions. Providing a critique of the Frankfurt School, Brian Caterino and Phillip Hansen move beyond its foundations, and call for a rethinking of the bases of critical theory as a practical, freedom-creating project. Outlining a resurgence of neoliberalism, the authors encourage a fresh, nuanced analysis that elucidates its political and economic structures and demonstrates the threats to freedom and democracy that neoliberalism poses. They propose the reformulation of a radical democratic alternative to neoliberalism, one that critically addresses its limitations while promoting an enhancement of communicative and social freedom.

Their Day Has Passed - Gypsies in Victorian and Edwardian Surrey (Paperback): Alan Wright Their Day Has Passed - Gypsies in Victorian and Edwardian Surrey (Paperback)
Alan Wright
R498 Discovery Miles 4 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book throws fresh light on the experiences of Gypsies in Surrey and South London at the dawn of the modern era. It uses a wide range of records to paint a detailed picture of people who left few written records themselves. It shows how external forces including enclosure, urban expansion, changing economic circumstances and ever-intrusive legislation, increasingly challenged their way of life. The parallel struggles of local communities and institutions to respond effectively and the development of perceptions and prejudices have a contemporary resonance that should interest the general reader as well as academics and local and family historians.

Communities Directory - A Comprehensive Guide to Intentional Communities and Cooperative Living (Paperback, 6th Revised... Communities Directory - A Comprehensive Guide to Intentional Communities and Cooperative Living (Paperback, 6th Revised edition)
Laird Schaub, Chris Roth
R695 Discovery Miles 6 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Hippie - A Metaphysical Pseudo-Biography (Paperback): Martin Lee Hippie - A Metaphysical Pseudo-Biography (Paperback)
Martin Lee
R387 Discovery Miles 3 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Auroville (Paperback): Anuradha Majumdar Auroville (Paperback)
Anuradha Majumdar
R459 Discovery Miles 4 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Best of Communities: V - Consensus (Paperback): Laird Schaub, Beatrice Briggs, Tim Hartnett Best of Communities: V - Consensus (Paperback)
Laird Schaub, Beatrice Briggs, Tim Hartnett; Edited by Chris Roth, Marty Klaif, …
R424 Discovery Miles 4 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Practising Social Work Research - Case Studies for Learning (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Rick Csiernik, Rachel Birnbaum Practising Social Work Research - Case Studies for Learning (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Rick Csiernik, Rachel Birnbaum
R1,530 Discovery Miles 15 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Research skills are as critical to social work practitioners as skills in individual and group counselling, policy analysis, and community development. Adopting strategies similar to those used in direct practice courses, this book integrates research with social work practice, and in so doing promotes an understanding and appreciation of the research process. This second edition of Practising Social Work Research comprises twenty-three case studies that illustrate different research approaches, including quantitative, qualitative, single-subject, and mixed methods. Six are new to this edition, and examine research with First Nations, organizing qualitative data, and statistics. Through these real-life examples, the authors demonstrate the processes of conceptualization, operationalization, sampling, data collection and processing, and implementation. Designed to help the student and practitioner become more comfortable with research procedures, Practising Social Work Research capitalizes on the strengths that social work students bring to assessment and problem solving.

The Chameleon's Last Dance (Paperback): Keith Brazil The Chameleon's Last Dance (Paperback)
Keith Brazil; Edited by Kitty Malone; Illustrated by Adam Wiltshire, Michael Brazil, Colin Francolino-Scott
R180 Discovery Miles 1 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Chameleon's Last Dance - Join the revellers in a bawdy 'world of men', between Christmas and New Year, as a somnambulist chameleon, a dancing bear and ten lords-a-leaping prance into a bag of glees and good tidings at the retro-Hustler's Ball. Swirling through music, memories of childhood, places, teenage years, TV characters, and friends, past and present, can the chameleon trance-dance through fire and attain the state of 'Mok'sha'?

Best of Communities: VII - Relationships, Intimacy, Health, and Well-Being (Paperback): Laird Schaub, Tree Bressen, Ina... Best of Communities: VII - Relationships, Intimacy, Health, and Well-Being (Paperback)
Laird Schaub, Tree Bressen, Ina Meyer-Stoll; Edited by Marty Klaif, Laird Schaub, …
R424 Discovery Miles 4 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Best of Communities: XV - The Peripatetic Communitarian - the Best of Geoph Kozeny (Paperback): Geoph Kozeny, Laird Schaub Best of Communities: XV - The Peripatetic Communitarian - the Best of Geoph Kozeny (Paperback)
Geoph Kozeny, Laird Schaub; Edited by Marty Klaif, Chris Roth, Christopher Kindig
R424 Discovery Miles 4 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
This Book Won't Cure Your Cancer (Paperback): Gideon Burrows This Book Won't Cure Your Cancer (Paperback)
Gideon Burrows
R440 Discovery Miles 4 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Best of Communities: XI - Green Building, Ecovillage Design, and Land Preservation (Paperback): Brandy Gallagher, Jeff... Best of Communities: XI - Green Building, Ecovillage Design, and Land Preservation (Paperback)
Brandy Gallagher, Jeff Clearwater, Kim Scheidt; Edited by Chris Roth, Marty Klaif, …
R424 Discovery Miles 4 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Two Chucks and a Tabby Cat, Book 1 (Paperback): Gail Jennie Orbell Two Chucks and a Tabby Cat, Book 1 (Paperback)
Gail Jennie Orbell
R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Naturally: Tread Softly on the Planet (Paperback): Vikram Soni Naturally: Tread Softly on the Planet (Paperback)
Vikram Soni
R385 R364 Discovery Miles 3 640 Save R21 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Best of Communities: II - Seeking and Visiting Community (Paperback): Chris Roth, Geoph Kozeny, Giovanni Ciarlo Best of Communities: II - Seeking and Visiting Community (Paperback)
Chris Roth, Geoph Kozeny, Giovanni Ciarlo; Edited by Marty Klaif, Chris Roth, …
R424 Discovery Miles 4 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Best of Communities, X - Sustainable Food, Energy, and Transportation (Paperback): Chris Roth, Alyson Ewald, Ma'Ikwe Ludwig Best of Communities, X - Sustainable Food, Energy, and Transportation (Paperback)
Chris Roth, Alyson Ewald, Ma'Ikwe Ludwig; Edited by Chris Roth, Marty Klaif, …
R424 Discovery Miles 4 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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