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Pitch Battles - Sport, Racism And Resistance (Paperback): Peter Hain, Andre Odendaal Pitch Battles - Sport, Racism And Resistance (Paperback)
Peter Hain, Andre Odendaal
R365 R292 Discovery Miles 2 920 Save R73 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

“There will be a black Springbok over my dead body.” — Dr Danie Craven, President of the South African Rugby Board, 1969

Just a year after the controversial D’Oliveira affair, the organised disruption of the all-white 1969/70 South African rugby and cricket tours to Britain represented a significant challenge to apartheid politics. Led by future cabinet minister Peter Hain, the ‘Stop the Seventy Tour’ campaign brought about the cancellation of both tours, presaging white South Africa’s expulsion from the Olympics and the end of apartheid sport altogether.

With his brand of attention-grabbing, direct action sports protest, the 19-year-old Hain emerged as a hero to some and enemy to others. Now, reflecting on these experiences with fifty years of hindsight, Lord Hain, together with South Africa’s foremost sports historian and fellow anti-apartheid activist André Odendaal, shows how decades of relentless international and domestic campaigning for equality led to a Springbok team captained by black athlete Siya Kolisi winning the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

Interspersing a wide range of examples with personal testimony, Pitch Battles explores the themes of sport, globalisation and resistance from the deep past to the present day. Published in the same year as the Stop The Tour documentary from acclaimed director Louis Myles, this compelling story of sacrifice, struggle and triumph reveals how sport should never be divorced from politics or society’s values.

Land In South Africa - Contested Meanings And Nation Formation (Paperback): Khwezi Mabasa, Bulelwa Mabasa Land In South Africa - Contested Meanings And Nation Formation (Paperback)
Khwezi Mabasa, Bulelwa Mabasa
R1,907 Discovery Miles 19 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Land In South Africa examines how land and agrarian reform impacts nation building, citizenship, and identity formation. The publication draws attention to the limitations of reducing land to a commodity, and how this approach perpetuates social conflict and inequality in land reform policy implementation.

The book posits an alternative policy paradigm, which discusses contested meanings of land and their relation to nation formation. It brings to the fore citizen stakeholder perspectives from former labour tenants, citizens residing in communally owned land, women subsistence farmers, peasant movements and land reform civil society groups.

The chapters investigate the diverse and contested meanings of land to elevate how South Africans perceive land justice and reform, while also including several international case studies. The publication argues that land power relations and policy debates are constitutive components of nation building. And, importantly, that land shapes essential pillars in nation formation such as citizenship, political identity, heritage, a sense of belonging and social disparities.

RLE: Iran (Hardcover): Various RLE: Iran (Hardcover)
Various
R80,725 Discovery Miles 807 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Routledge Library Editions: Iran will re-issue works originally published between 1890 and 2005. As well as looking at the (often turbulent) history and politics of this key power in the Middle East, the set includes works of literature and literary criticism by both Persian and Western writers.

For institutional purchases for e-book sets please contact [email protected] (customers in the UK, Europe and Rest of World)

Routledge Library Editions: Iran Mini-Set A: History 10 vol set (Hardcover): Various Routledge Library Editions: Iran Mini-Set A: History 10 vol set (Hardcover)
Various
R26,805 Discovery Miles 268 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Mini-set A:History re-issues 10 volumes originally published between 1902 and 1984 and examines the legacy of British control in Persia and the origins of the conflict between Iran & Iraq. For institutional purchases for e-book sets please contact [email protected] (customers in the UK, Europe and Rest of World)

Routledge Library Editions: Iran Mini-Set D: Politics & Sociology 13 vol set (Hardcover): Various Routledge Library Editions: Iran Mini-Set D: Politics & Sociology 13 vol set (Hardcover)
Various
R26,966 Discovery Miles 269 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Mini-set D:Politics and Sociology re-issues 13 volumes originally published between 1977 and 1991. It discusses the revolution in Iran and what that has meant for the wider region of the Persian Gulf in terms of stability and relations with other countries, as well as issues of poverty in Iran and the position of minorities. For institutional purchases for e-book sets please contact [email protected] (customers in the UK, Europe and Rest of World)

South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2004 (Hardcover, 12): Jacqueline West South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2004 (Hardcover, 12)
Jacqueline West; Europa Publications
R11,631 R8,987 Discovery Miles 89 870 Save R2,644 (23%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days


An unrivalled survey on the countries and territories of this immense region.
* Over 900 pages of in-depth analysis, up-to-date statistics and invaluable directory details
* Includes contributions from acknowledged authorities who examine topics of regional importance.
Introductory Survey
* Issues of regional importance are examined by acknowledged authorities of the area, subjects covered include: Indigenous Peoples in Latin America; the Environment; North American Regional Relations; International Responses to Natural Disasters in Central America; Latin American Economy; Role of the Church in Latin America in the 21st Century.
Country Surveys
* Separate chapters are included for each country
* Includes a facts in brief section, details of history and the economy.
Statistical Survey
* The latest available statistics are provided on industry, agriculture, trade, population, education, transport and tourism.
Directory
* A collection of essential contact names, postal addresses, e-mail and internet addresses.
A Bibliography

The USA and Canada 2002 (Hardcover, 4th edition): Europa Publications The USA and Canada 2002 (Hardcover, 4th edition)
Europa Publications
R11,864 Discovery Miles 118 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This study brings together statistical, factual and directory information on these two vast nations and their constituent states, provinces and territories.It includes: * over 600 pages of in-depth analysis and thoroughly researched data * comprehensive geographical, historical, economic and political data * contributions from acknowledged regional experts.

Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2002 (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Imogen Bell Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2002 (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Imogen Bell
R10,439 Discovery Miles 104 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This all-encompassing guide: * Includes over 600 pages of current political, economic and social affairs of the region * Provides an impartial perspective on all the countries and territories of Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia * Combines detailed analysis by acknowledged experts, the latest statistics and invaluable directory material.

Western Europe 2002 (Hardcover, 4th edition): Europa Publications Western Europe 2002 (Hardcover, 4th edition)
Europa Publications
R10,753 R8,678 Discovery Miles 86 780 Save R2,075 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Presents text, statistics and directory information on the geography, recent history and economy of the Western European countries and territories.

Central and South-Eastern Europe 2002 (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Europa Publications Central and South-Eastern Europe 2002 (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Europa Publications
R9,290 R7,480 Discovery Miles 74 800 Save R1,810 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Provides a comprehensive survey of all the countries and territories of Central and South-Eastern Europe. * Provides an impartial and current perspective on economic and political developments * Over 700 pages of authoritative analysis, current statistics, directory data and biographical details.

The Geography of Academic Entrepreneurship - Spin-offs, Firm Growth and Regional Impact (Hardcover): Helen Lawton Smith The Geography of Academic Entrepreneurship - Spin-offs, Firm Growth and Regional Impact (Hardcover)
Helen Lawton Smith
R2,432 Discovery Miles 24 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Building on a variety of contrasting perspectives, this book focuses on the connection between university spin-offs and regional economic development. It aptly captures the diverse range of concepts relating to the main participants in the process of university spin-offs, reflecting on their roles and how these may have changed. This fascinating book provides the reader with an in-depth exploration into the spin-off process, examining how it can begin and evolve over time and how it links to regional development. Chapters highlight pertinent methodological issues previous studies have faced, while putting forward intriguing critiques of the institutional environment. The lifespan and performance of these spin-offs is scrutinised, as well as their operation at different stages of development. Interdisciplinary perspectives are summarised in order to fully investigate the importance of university spin-offs to the economic development of regions. The Geography of Academic Entrepreneurship will be of keen interest to academics within the fields of economic geography and entrepreneurial business, and to those researching technology transfer processes in various national contexts. It will additionally be of great use to postgraduate students researching these processes, as well as policymakers seeking to ascertain how university spin-offs should be comprehended.

South America 2001 (Hardcover, 9th edition): Europa Publications South America 2001 (Hardcover, 9th edition)
Europa Publications
R11,254 Discovery Miles 112 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2001 has been thoroughly revised and updated by Europa's experienced editorial team. The information included is as invaluable to those who know little of the region as it is to the seasoned businessman or academic. It should be in the reference collections of public and academic libraries, international organizations, trade and industrial companies, diplomats, government and the media. Containing a wealth of up-to-date information on the 48 countries and territories of the region, This reference provides a unique perspective on the region with its exhaustive collection of facts, up-to-date statistics, extensive directory details and expert comment.

The Rise of Algorithmic Society and the Strategic Role of Arts and Culture (Hardcover): Luciana Lazzeretti The Rise of Algorithmic Society and the Strategic Role of Arts and Culture (Hardcover)
Luciana Lazzeretti
R2,129 Discovery Miles 21 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Illustrating the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the changes it has generated in the economy, society and culture, this expansive book continues the debate concerning the digital revolution and the rise of the algorithmic society. Examining technological, economic and social transformations, and the role played by culture in terms of risks and new opportunities, Luciana Lazzeretti expertly reviews the issues surrounding the economics of innovation and the interaction with culture, creativity and local development to establish a future agenda for research. Commencing with a historical overview, Lazzeretti discusses how culture and creativity allow us to face the challenges of the new digital revolution and provides insightful antidotes to the risks generated by the rise and evolution of an algorithmic society. The key elements of the art of imagination and human intelligence are examined together with their mutual interactions and relationship with AI as they continue to remain intertwined. With a contemporary approach, this invaluable book will be an excellent resource for researchers and scholars interested in cultural economy and digitalization of cultural heritage. It will also be of interest to professionals who want to develop competencies relating to new technologies and the role of cultural organizations in the digital revolution.

E.Europe Russia & C Asia 2001 (Hardcover): Europa Publications E.Europe Russia & C Asia 2001 (Hardcover)
Europa Publications
R10,426 Discovery Miles 104 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume offers extensive coverage of current political, economic and social affairs of the region. It provides an impartial perspective on all the countries and territores of Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia. With easy-to-use data, it contains almost 600 pages of analysis by acknowledged experts, recent statistics and useful directory material.

Regional Economic Systems after COVID-19 - Actionable Insights for an Equitable and Resilient Recovery (Hardcover): Fred Olayele Regional Economic Systems after COVID-19 - Actionable Insights for an Equitable and Resilient Recovery (Hardcover)
Fred Olayele
R3,026 Discovery Miles 30 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Healing the economic and social wounds inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic will take time, but the long road to recovery presents a unique opportunity to build back better. To catalyze change and succeed in the post-pandemic era, economic development policy and practice must see the crisis as an opportunity to rethink and redesign regional economic systems. This will involve creating a shared understanding of – and policies to address – the differential impacts of the pandemic across occupations, industries, and socioeconomic groups. Rethinking how existing economic development tools, frameworks, and practices can be optimized has never been more compelling. Special attention must be given to interventions capable of accelerating desirable trends that will shape the next normal in our contemporary discussions on the COVID-19 pandemic. This book explores the challenges and opportunities heralded by the virus in the broadest sense and presents case studies on equitable and inclusive economic recoveries. Regional Economic Systems after COVID-19 offers actionable insights for regional policymakers, business leaders, investment and trade promotion agencies, site selectors, students, scholars, researchers, and organizations involved in tourism, foreign direct investment, and economic development.

Dear Pastors and Priests - Messages from Peace-Loving Muslim Families: The Judeo-Christian-Islamic Covenant (Paperback): Ayman... Dear Pastors and Priests - Messages from Peace-Loving Muslim Families: The Judeo-Christian-Islamic Covenant (Paperback)
Ayman Alhasan
R815 R682 Discovery Miles 6 820 Save R133 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Peak District (Hardcover): Penny Anderson Peak District (Hardcover)
Penny Anderson
R1,495 Discovery Miles 14 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Handbook on Global Governance and Regionalism (Hardcover): Jurgen Ruland, Astrid Carrapatoso Handbook on Global Governance and Regionalism (Hardcover)
Jurgen Ruland, Astrid Carrapatoso
R6,838 Discovery Miles 68 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This Handbook expertly explores the profound transformations in international relations (IR) in recent decades. Proliferating cross-border challenges, including global financial crises, climate change, environmental degradation, irregular migration, and COVID-19, require governance structures that transcend the nation state and take both global and regional interplay, as well as problem-solving capacities, into account. Contributing authors investigate the effectiveness of international cooperation and performance in a diverse range of policy fields. Offering a comprehensive overview of the latest theoretical and empirical research on the interactions between global and regional governance, this book explicitly takes into account the rise of new powers and the Global South. It seeks to integrate perspectives, ideas and policies from both Western and non-Western societies in order to better explain relationships among multiplying actors in a highly interdependent world. This cutting-edge Handbook will be an essential read for academics and students of political science, IR, and related disciplines. Professionals in diplomatic, developmental, environmental, trade, and financial fields will also benefit from its accessible evaluation of global and regional governance.

World War Ii - Imperialist War: Anti-Proletarian And Counter-Revolutionary (Paperback): International Communist Party World War Ii - Imperialist War: Anti-Proletarian And Counter-Revolutionary (Paperback)
International Communist Party
R332 Discovery Miles 3 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Elusive Capital - Merchant Networks, Economic Institutions and Business Practices in Late Imperial China (Hardcover): Francois... Elusive Capital - Merchant Networks, Economic Institutions and Business Practices in Late Imperial China (Hardcover)
Francois Gipouloux
R3,150 Discovery Miles 31 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Offering a fresh analysis of late imperial China, this cutting-edge book revisits the roles played by merchant networks, economic institutions, and business practices in the divergence between Europe and China during the trade revolution. Focusing on the operating modes of three major regional trading networks active in Fujian, Huizhou, and Shanxi from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, Francois Gipouloux assesses the driving forces behind their dynamism, the role they played in Chinese economic development, and the constraints in which they were embedded. Examining merchants' business practices, partnerships,and investment strategies, chapters portray the three central figures of China's economy - the financier, the middleman, and the business entrepreneur - and their complex relationships with the imperial bureaucracy. By analysing the divergent trajectory of seemingly identical institutions in China and Europe, Elusive Capital takes a comparative approach to shed light on the factors that inhibited the transformation of commercial development into an industrial revolution, ultimately discovering why capital accumulation proved so elusive in late imperial China. Revealing novel insights from primary documentation including trial accounts, Elusive Capital will prove an invigorating read for students and scholars of economic history, business studies, and Asian urban and regional studies

Putin's Kleptocracy - Who Owns Russia? (Paperback): Karen Dawisha Putin's Kleptocracy - Who Owns Russia? (Paperback)
Karen Dawisha
R544 R457 Discovery Miles 4 570 Save R87 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Reinventing the Sheikhdom - Clan, Power and Patronage in Mohammed Bin Zayed's Uae (Hardcover): Matthew Hedges Reinventing the Sheikhdom - Clan, Power and Patronage in Mohammed Bin Zayed's Uae (Hardcover)
Matthew Hedges
R1,098 Discovery Miles 10 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Circling the Square - Stories from the Egyptian Revolution (Paperback): Wendell Steavenson Circling the Square - Stories from the Egyptian Revolution (Paperback)
Wendell Steavenson
R425 R354 Discovery Miles 3 540 Save R71 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Tombstone - The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962 (Paperback): Yang Jisheng Tombstone - The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962 (Paperback)
Yang Jisheng; Introduction by Edward Friedman, Roderick MacFarquhar; Translated by Stacy Mosher, Guo Jian; Edited by …
R632 R539 Discovery Miles 5 390 Save R93 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The much-anticipated definitive account of China's Great Famine

An estimated thirty-six million Chinese men, women, and children starved to death during China's Great Leap Forward in the late 1950s and early '60s. One of the greatest tragedies of the twentieth century, the famine is poorly understood, and in China is still euphemistically referred to as "the three years of natural disaster."

As a journalist with privileged access to official and unofficial sources, Yang Jisheng spent twenty years piecing together the events that led to mass nationwide starvation, including the death of his own father. Finding no natural causes, Yang attributes responsibility for the deaths to China's totalitarian system and the refusal of officials at every level to value human life over ideology and self-interest.

"Tombstone" is a testament to inhumanity and occasional heroism that pits collective memory against the historical amnesia imposed by those in power. Stunning in scale and arresting in its detailed account of the staggering human cost of this tragedy, "Tombstone" is written both as a memorial to the lives lost--an enduring tombstone in memory of the dead--and in hopeful anticipation of the final demise of the totalitarian system. Ian Johnson, writing in "The New York Review of Books," called the Chinese edition of "Tombstone ""groundbreaking . . . One of the most important books to come out of China in recent years."

Central Banks and Monetary Regimes in Emerging Countries - Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Latin America (Hardcover):... Central Banks and Monetary Regimes in Emerging Countries - Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Latin America (Hardcover)
Fernando Ferrari-Filho, Liuz F. De Paula
R3,034 Discovery Miles 30 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Responding to global events, including the international financial crisis (IFC) and the COVID-19 pandemic, central banks and the monetary regimes in many Latin American countries responded with actions to mitigate the worst impacts. The authors in this book focus on the recent trends of monetary policy in Latin America and analyze how the actions that were taken have affected the economic performance of these countries. The book is composed of 11 chapters that analyze, theoretically and empirically, the central banks' actions and the monetary regimes of the following countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay. As most of these countries implemented inflation-targeting regimes in the 1990s and 2000s, a special focus will be given on these experiences and how central banks dealt with the IFC and COVID-19 crises. Academic researchers and students of economics will find a wealth of knowledge contained in these chapters, as will anyone looking for a better understanding of the economy of this important region.

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