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This title is inspired by the courage of a young woman, known
variously as "Khwezi" and "the complainant", who took a principled
decision to lay a charge of rape against Jacob Zuma, a man who was
to her a father-figure, a family friend, a comrade, and the Deputy
President of South Africa. She took on the fight against
considerable odds. Zuma is one of the most popular and powerful
political leaders of his time. She could not have known, however,
the immense strength she would need to face the prolonged public
attacks on her. As the Zuma supporters spat the words "Burn the
Bitch" outside the courtroom, the young woman faced an
interrogation inside. Her accusers, and the judge, concurred that
having worn a kanga that evening, the complainant had, like so many
other women, "asked for it'. This title speaks truth to power - not
just male power, but political power, religious and cultural power,
imperial and military power. By using the trial of Jacob Zuma as a
mirror, the title reveals the hidden yet public forms of violence
against women in their homes, marriages, churches and political
organisations. Caught in the crossfire of the nation's political
succession battle, the young woman refused to back down. By
speaking out, she amplified the muffled screams of many other women
who have been raped by those who parade their power in the
corridors of parliament, government, corporations, and religious
and traditional institutions. Crushed and conquered by the
mechanics of power, she was forced by a so-called free country to
flee into exile. We hope that in reading the story of this trial
and seeing the particular ways in which women can be subjugated by
power, South Africans will have the opportunity to reflect on, and
demand better of, the kind of leaders and leadership they deserve.
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Systems Thinking
(Hardcover)
Cliff Whitcomb, Heidi Davidz, Stefan Groesser
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While there are many English books available on academic research
methods and philosophy, many complain that they are difficult for
budding, non-native English-speaking researchers to use and
understand. Rather than hiding behind jargon, writers should
describe and define the concepts for the benefit of non-native
English speakers. Social Research Methodology and Publishing
Results: A Guide to Non-Native English Speakers explains methods
commonly used in the field of academic research, provides stimulus
to non-native English-speaking researchers for successful
implementation of academic research, and meets the need for an
appropriate course framework and materials for teaching research
methodology. Covering topics such as pragmatism, research design,
and empirical modeling, this premier reference source is a dynamic
resource for educators and administrators of higher education,
pre-service teachers, librarians, teacher educators, non-native
English-speaking researchers, and academicians.
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The Art of War
(Hardcover)
Niccolo Machiavelli; Translated by Henry Neville
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Social innovation is identified as a mechanism response to burning
social challenges and the evolution of hybrid organizations such as
social enterprises. As a result, there is an overwhelming growing
interest among researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to know
more about the significant concept of social innovation. Despite
this significance, it is often argued that the meaning of social
innovation is ambiguous and vague with theory lagging social
innovation practice as the field is nascent, emerging, and remains
underdeveloped. This may impede the research endeavors of
conceptualizing and establishing its socio-economic underpinnings
and the legitimization of the field. Theoretical and Practical
Approaches to Social Innovation illuminates and consolidates
multiple views of social innovation theory, research, and practice,
which to date have not been presented in one publication. The book
provides an in-depth theoretical and practical understanding
coupled with an assessment of the current research in
multidisciplinary perspectives complemented by case studies
representing each knowledge cluster in social innovation research.
In this unique way, this book links theory to practice
demonstrating praxis. While highlighting topics such as social
enterprise, urban studies, management, ecological resilience, and
social policy and networks, this book is ideal for students,
academics, practitioners, researchers, and entrepreneurs looking to
expand their knowledge, skills, and passion, and to sustainably
pursue their social missions to bring about real social change that
can transform communities and ignite innovative approaches to
solving social challenges.
During a remarkable lifetime, Andrew Sinclair has bridged the
worlds of university and literature, art and cinema. A child of the
Second World War, he has known many of the leading figures of the
past seventy years - ranging from William Golding to Ted Hughes,
Harold Pinter to Francis Bacon, Robert Lowell to Graham Greene, as
well as publishing such classic screenplays as 'The Blue Angel',
'The Third Man' and 'Stagecoach'. He also directed a number of
films including Dylan Thomas's 'Under Milk Wood' starring Richard
Burton, Elizabeth Taylor and Peter O'Toole. This unique
`anti-memoires' of episodes and encounters captures new insights
into many of the leading creative talents and stars of their times.
In his own adventures, Andrew became involved in the revolt against
the Suez invasion and overground nuclear tests, the Cuban
revolution led by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, the 1968 global
student uprisings and finally in the worldwide digital revolution
in education and the arts. Now in his ninth decade, this author of
some 40 books, including the much-lauded The Breaking of Bumbo and
Gog, Andrew Sinclair in the tradition of John Aubrey's Brief Lives
looks back on a rich life and fond memories of the people he has
studied and known.
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Oshun's Flow
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Winmilawe; Illustrated by Sadiq Olajide
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A first of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean, this
multi-disciplinary collection brings together contributions from a
variety of Caribbean-based and diasporic researchers and activists
about the main methods used in existing feminist research practice.
Comprising 29 chapters organized around 7 main themes - History
& Historiography; Methodologies for Feminist Organizing &
Action Research; Researching Gender; Researching Sexualities;
Researching the Visual & Cultural; Methods for Analysing Talk
& Text; and Reflections on Positionality - this book brings
together canonical texts on Caribbean gender and sexuality research
methods and methodology, recent research on digital cultures and
critical reflections on positionality in fieldwork. The collection
reveals both the embrace of multiple methods by Caribbean
researchers and the limitations that the need to produce detailed
and comprehensive knowledge about gender and sexuality imposes on
the research process. It is an invaluable resource for university
students, for teaching purposes in women, gender and sexuality
studies, and methods courses.
This sequel to Justice and Only Justice is divided into three
parts. The first part focuses on events since the Intifada of 1987,
including the violence that has come from Israel's aggression and
from the use of suicide bombers by Palestinians. The second part of
the book draws on scripture, raising up biblical figures such as
Samson, Jonah, Daniel, and Jesus as it examines issues of ownership
of the land. In the final section, Ateek presents a strategy to
achieve peace and justice nonviolently that will promote justice
for the Palestinians and security for both Israel and Palestine.
Humane Alternatives to the Psychiatric Model is the second Volume
of the Ethics International Press Critical Psychology and Critical
Psychiatry Series. Understanding the current systems of psychology
and psychiatry is profoundly important. So is exploring
alternatives. The Critical Psychology Critical Psychology and
Critical Psychiatry Series presents solicited chapters from
international experts on a wide variety of underexplored subjects.
This is a series for mental health researchers, teachers, and
practitioners, for parents and interested lay readers, and for
anyone trying to make sense of anxiety, depression, and other
emotional difficulties. Humane Alternatives to the Psychiatric
Modelpresents a variety of alternative models and approaches that
are available in addition to, or instead of, the current
predominant psychiatric "mental disorder" model. Humane
Alternatives to the Psychiatric Modelprovides more than twenty
solicited chapters from experts worldwide, among them Peter
Kinderman, former president of the British Psychological Society,
and other respected cultural commentators and mental health
experts.
In 1933 and 1934, Thomas Minehan, a young sociologist at the
University of Minnesota, joined the ranks of a roving army of
250,000 boys and girls torn from their homes during the Great
Depression. Disguised in old clothes, he hopped freight trains
crisscrossing six midwestern states. While undercover, Minehan
associated on terms of social equality with several thousand
transients, collecting five hundred life histories of the young
migrants. The result was a vivid and intimate portrayal of a
harrowing existence, one in which young people suffered some of the
deadliest blows of the economic disaster. Boy and Girl Tramps of
America reveals the poignant experiences of American youth who were
sent out on the road by grinding poverty, shattered family
relationships, and financially strapped schools that locked their
doors. For these young people, danger was a constant companion that
could turn deadly in an instant. The book documents the hunger and
hardships these youth faced, capturing an appalling spectacle and
social problem in America's history before any effort was made to
meet the problem on a nationwide basis by the federal government.
Boy and Girl Tramps of America is a work unique in its ability to
extend beyond statistical analyses to uncover the opinions, ideas,
and attitudes of the boxcar boys and girls. Originally published in
1934, it remains highly relevant to the turbulent moments of the
twenty-first century. This reprint features an introduction by
scholar Susan Honeyman that puts the work into our current context.
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