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Nine Days - The Race to Save Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life and Win the 1960 Election (Paperback): Paul Kendrick, Stephen... Nine Days - The Race to Save Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life and Win the 1960 Election (Paperback)
Paul Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick
R549 R455 Discovery Miles 4 550 Save R94 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Performing Indigeneity (Paperback): Morgan Ndlovu Performing Indigeneity (Paperback)
Morgan Ndlovu
R305 R238 Discovery Miles 2 380 Save R67 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Formerly colonised people sometimes play roles that sustain the power structure of coloniality. In this book, Professor Morgan Ndlovu asks why and how they can possibly participate in a system that is responsible for their subjugation. The author uses as an example the 'staged' performances of non-Western culture in South Africa, such as traditional healing, and the creation of 'cultural villages', which while seeming to define and keep alive elements of an African culture also serve the business of international and cultural tourism. He compares practices in South Africa with parallels in India, Australia, Canada, other parts of Africa and the Americas. He argues that it is not just brute force that made the survival and continuity of coloniality possible up to the present but also the control of knowledge that justified and naturalised the colonial project. Performing Indigeneity provides an insightful evaluation of what could constitute an 'authentic' indigenous agency and the pitfalls and prospects of decolonial practices.

Jesus Takes a Side - Embracing the Political Demands of the Gospel (Hardcover): Jonny Rashid Jesus Takes a Side - Embracing the Political Demands of the Gospel (Hardcover)
Jonny Rashid
R751 R614 Discovery Miles 6 140 Save R137 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Africa Is Not A Country - Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa (Paperback): Dipo Faloyin Africa Is Not A Country - Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa (Paperback)
Dipo Faloyin
R265 R212 Discovery Miles 2 120 Save R53 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

A bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful stereotypes to tell a more comprehensive story. 'Warm, funny, biting and essential reading.' Adam Rutherford You already know these stereotypes. So often Africa is depicted simplistically as an arid red landscape of famines and safaris, uniquely plagued by poverty and strife. In this funny and insightful book, Dipo Faloyin offers a much-needed corrective. He examines each country's colonial heritage, and explores a wide range of subjects, from chronicling urban life in Lagos and the lively West African rivalry over who makes the best Jollof rice, to the story of democracy in seven dictatorships and the dangers of stereotypes in popular culture. By turns intimate and political, Africa Is Not A Country brings the story of the continent towards reality, celebrating the energy and fabric of its different cultures and communities in a way that has never been done before. 'Hilarious, ferocious, generous and convincing. It made me reconsider almost everything I thought I knew about Africa.' Oliver Bullough 'This book should be on the curriculum.' Nikki May, author of WAHALA

Let Us Dream - The Path to a Better Future (Paperback): Pope Francis, Austen Ivereigh Let Us Dream - The Path to a Better Future (Paperback)
Pope Francis, Austen Ivereigh
R424 R346 Discovery Miles 3 460 Save R78 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Walter & Albertina Sisulu - In Our Lifetime (Book): Elinor Sisulu Walter & Albertina Sisulu - In Our Lifetime (Book)
Elinor Sisulu; Foreword by Nelson Mandela
R600 R515 Discovery Miles 5 150 Save R85 (14%) Ships in 15 - 25 working days

For more than five decades Walter and Albertina Sisulu were at the forefront of the struggle against apartheid. As secretary-general of the ANC, Walter was sentenced to life imprisonment with Nelson Mandela in 1964 and spent 26 years in prison until his release in 1989. While her husband and his colleagues were in jail, Albertina played a crucial role in keeping the ANC alive underground, and in the 1980s was co-President of the United Democratic Front. Their story has been one of persecution, bitter struggle and painful separation. But it is also one of patience, hope and enduring love. This love-awaited biography of two of South Africa's most respected and loved figures has been written by their daughter-in-law Elinor. Elinor Sisulu is a journalist who has had unrivalled access to the subjects of her book and to personal and family letters as well as previously classified documents from the security police and prisons. She tells a moving story of a couple who in their different ways have embodied the struggle against injustice and oppression in South Africa.

This Will Not Pass - Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future (Paperback): Jonathan Martin, Alexander Burns This Will Not Pass - Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future (Paperback)
Jonathan Martin, Alexander Burns
R540 R452 Discovery Miles 4 520 Save R88 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Message From Ukraine (Hardcover): Volodymyr Zelensky A Message From Ukraine (Hardcover)
Volodymyr Zelensky
R240 R192 Discovery Miles 1 920 Save R48 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

President Volodymyr Zelensky's message to the world - a rallying cry for us all to stand up, support Ukraine and fight for democracy. The words of a man. The message of a people.

Bringing together a new introduction by Volodymyr Zelensky with his most powerful war speeches, this book recounts Ukraine's story through the words of its president. It is the story of a nation valiantly defending itself from Russian aggression. And it is the story of a people leading the world in the struggle for democracy. Above all, it is a battle cry for us all to stand up and fight for liberty. If not now, when?

'If you want to understand who we are, where we are from, what we want and where we are going, you need to learn more about who we are. This book will help you do just that.' - President Volodymyr Zelensky

All President Zelensky's proceeds from this book will go to United24, his initiative to collect donations in support of Ukraine. United24 is run by the government of Ukraine. For more information, visit u24.gov.ua.

Religion and Public Administration - An Introduction (Hardcover): Edoardo Ongaro, Michele Tantardini Religion and Public Administration - An Introduction (Hardcover)
Edoardo Ongaro, Michele Tantardini
R2,732 Discovery Miles 27 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Exploring the manifold relationships between religion and public administration, this topical book conceptualises and theorises the diverse influence of religions on the functioning of public administrative systems across the globe. International and comparative in approach, this book analyses the social and public dimensions to religion and its interplay with public administration as a field of social scientific inquiry and an area of professional activity. Taking methodological agnosticism as its sociological perspective to the study of the religious experience, chapters focus on Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Shintoism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to examine diverse religious compositions across both secularised and non-secularised societies and political regimes. The book uses a distinctive theoretical lens to analyse the influence of religions on organisational fit, public service motivation, individual and organisational behaviours and values, bureaucratic discretion, government funding, the delivery of public services, and the dynamics of social cohesion overall. It provides a fresh perspective on religion as a source of legitimacy and basis of accountability, responsibility, and delegation of power in public administration, institutional quality, and ethics. Students and scholars interested in the religious dimensions to public administration, policy, governance and management will find use in this book’s theoretical analyses. Its empirical findings will also be valuable to policymakers working in public administration and leaders of faith organisations engaged in public services.

Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free - And Other (Paperback): Jed Rakoff Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free - And Other (Paperback)
Jed Rakoff
R434 R356 Discovery Miles 3 560 Save R78 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Research Agenda for Austrian Economics (Hardcover): Steven Horwitz, Louis Rouanet A Research Agenda for Austrian Economics (Hardcover)
Steven Horwitz, Louis Rouanet
R2,726 Discovery Miles 27 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This thought-provoking Research Agenda examines themes within economic studies that have become active areas of commentary for economists of the Austrian School. Contributors establish their own distinctive interpretations of how an Austrian Research Agenda should appear, clearly demonstrating there is no set dogma within Austrian economics. Chapters provide state-of-the-art dialogues surrounding the many complex dimensions of Austrian economics, including the School’s responses to behavioral economics and the theory of public goods. This book portrays Austrian economics as constantly evolving and its ultimate endeavour is to prompt further contributions and discussions surrounding the Austrian School. This erudite Research Agenda will be highly beneficial for graduate students studying political economics, market processes and economic development, seeking to understand the unique dimensions of Austrian economics. It will also be of great value to academics endeavouring to conduct comparative studies of different economic schools of thought.

Tobacco Wars - Inside The Spy Games And Dirty Tricks Of Southern Africa's Cigarette Trade (Paperback): Johann van... Tobacco Wars - Inside The Spy Games And Dirty Tricks Of Southern Africa's Cigarette Trade (Paperback)
Johann van Loggerenberg 2
R370 R318 Discovery Miles 3 180 Save R52 (14%) In Stock

"Warning. Smoking Kills!" It also corrupts law enforcement officials and eviscerates state institutions. It devours politicians, professionals, business people and ordinary workers in the chase for big bucks and the battle for a slice of an ever-shrinking cigarette market.

Join one of South Africa's former tax sleuths, Johann van Loggerenberg, in a wild ride through the double-dealing world of tobacco's colourful characters and ruthless corporates. Meet the femme fatales, mavericks, mercenaries and grandmasters, and learn how the crime-busting unit led by van Loggerenberg at SARS and its "Project Honey Badger" became a victim of war between industry players and a high-stakes political game driven by state capture.

This is the tale of a few good men and women who dared to try to hold to account a billion-dollar international industry rife with private spy networks, tax evasion, collusion and corruption - ultimately at great cost to themselves and South Africa.

White Too Long - The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity (Paperback): Robert P. Jones White Too Long - The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity (Paperback)
Robert P. Jones
R451 R375 Discovery Miles 3 750 Save R76 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A world of their own - A history of African Women's education and the politics of social reproduction in South Africa... A world of their own - A history of African Women's education and the politics of social reproduction in South Africa (Paperback)
Meghan Healy-Clancy
R195 R153 Discovery Miles 1 530 Save R42 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The politics of black education has long been a key issue in southern African studies, but despite rich debates on the racial and class dimensions of schooling, historians have neglected their distinctive gendered dynamics. "A World of Their Own" is the first book to explore the meanings of black women's education in the making of modern South Africa. Its lens is a social history of the first high school for black South African women, Inanda Seminary, from its 1869 founding outside of Durban through the recent past.

Employing diverse archival and oral historical sources, Meghan Healy-Clancy reveals how educated black South African women developed a tradition of social leadership, by both working within and pushing at the boundaries of state power. She demonstrates that although colonial and apartheid governance marginalized women politically, it also valorized the social contributions of small cohorts of educated black women. This made space for growing numbers of black women to pursue careers as teachers and health workers over the course of the twentieth century. After the student uprisings of 1976, as young black men increasingly rejected formal education for exile and street politics, young black women increasingly stayed in school and cultivated an alternative form of student politics. Inanda Seminary students' experiences vividly show how their academic achievements challenged the narrow conceptions of black women's social roles harbored by both officials and black male activists. By the transition to democracy in the early 1990s, black women outnumbered black men at every level of education--introducing both new opportunities for women and gendered conflicts that remain acute today.

Snakes and Ladders - Navigating the ups and downs of politics (Hardcover): Andrea Leadsom Snakes and Ladders - Navigating the ups and downs of politics (Hardcover)
Andrea Leadsom
R452 Discovery Miles 4 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the high-stakes world of politics, there are superb highs and terrible lows - and never more so than in the period since 2010, during which so much has changed. Few are better placed to give an insider's view of the turmoil than the Rt Hon. Dame Andrea Leadsom MP. From working cross-party on reform of the European Union to taking to the stage at Wembley as a key figure in the Leave campaign, through two leadership bids, Cabinet intrigue, squaring off against an increasingly erratic Speaker, founding a campaign to give babies the best start for life and securing a landmark Spending Review settlement, Andrea's story tracks the ups and downs of a political career and particularly some of the challenges for female MPs. In this very personal account, she gives a real insight into the daily goings-on with ministers, parliamentary colleagues, civil servants, special advisers, the media and constituents. As a lifelong optimist, Andrea argues that political careers don't always - as is so often claimed - end in failure, and explains how, like a game of snakes and ladders, politics is often about getting yourself into the right place at the right time.

The Gospel of Creation - Part 1: Exploring the Word's Forgotten Scientific Side (Paperback): J.A. Victor The Gospel of Creation - Part 1: Exploring the Word's Forgotten Scientific Side (Paperback)
J.A. Victor
R392 R340 Discovery Miles 3 400 Save R52 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Brexit Tapes (Paperback): John Bull The Brexit Tapes (Paperback)
John Bull
R291 Discovery Miles 2 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Brextorians had long suspected that at the time of the Brexit negotiations, a series of audio recordings were made by and of government officials. In the year 3563, their suspicions were confirmed with the discovery of the first cache of tapes: conversations in the halls of Westminster and in private residences, secretly recorded in direct contravention of privacy laws. In The Brexit Tapes, the transcripts of these recordings are published for the very first time. Compiled by leading Brextorian John Bull, they offer a remarkable insight into the lost years from the Referendum to the Second Dark Age, and a clear picture of the events leading up to the civil war that followed. Directly challenging the accounts of Brexit provided in The Book of Mogg and Lord Johnson's Res Brexitica, these transcripts are our first concrete record of history as it happened and, for the modern reader, a way to finally understand one of the most tumultuous periods of British history.

Penal Theories and Institutions - Lectures at the College de France (Paperback): Michel Foucault Penal Theories and Institutions - Lectures at the College de France (Paperback)
Michel Foucault; Translated by Graham Burchell; Edited by Francois Ewald, Alessandro Fontana, Arnold I. Davidson
R526 R437 Discovery Miles 4 370 Save R89 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Art for All - British socially committed art from World War Two to the Cold War (Paperback): Christine Lindey Art for All - British socially committed art from World War Two to the Cold War (Paperback)
Christine Lindey
R678 Discovery Miles 6 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
European Union Law (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Robert Schutze European Union Law (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Robert Schutze
R1,693 Discovery Miles 16 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

European law has come to influence almost all fields of national law, including administrative, constitutional, contract, criminal and even tort law. But what is the European Union? How does it work? How does it produce European law? This book uses a clear framework to guide readers through all core constitutional and substantive topics of EU law. New content includes: a Brexit chapter covering the negotiation process and the possible future relationships between the United Kingdom and the European Union, new EU private international law and EU criminal law sections, and extended coverage of delegated legislation, human rights and free movement of persons. All chapters reflect judicial and legislative practice up to 31st December 2017. Key features include case extracts accompanied by extensive critical discussion of the theoretical and practical aspects of EU law, over 100 figures and tables clarifying complex topics and a companion website with full 'Lisbonised' versions of cited cases and many extra materials.

Rage (Paperback): Bob Woodward Rage (Paperback)
Bob Woodward
R494 R416 Discovery Miles 4 160 Save R78 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ocean Geopolitics - Marine Resources, Maritime Boundary Disputes and the Law of the Sea (Hardcover): Andreas Osthagen Ocean Geopolitics - Marine Resources, Maritime Boundary Disputes and the Law of the Sea (Hardcover)
Andreas Osthagen
R2,378 Discovery Miles 23 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In an era of turbulent ocean geopolitics, where environmental concerns and resource extraction are increasing interest in who owns what at sea, this timely book examines the international politics involved in how states delineate ownership and rights in the ocean. Analysing why some states settle their maritime boundary disputes and why others erupt into conflict, Andreas Osthagen uses the innovative approach of combining international law and international relations theory to examine four countries and their maritime disputes: Australia, Canada, Colombia and Norway. With a focus on marine resources, chapters unpack the dispute dynamics concerning offshore oil and gas, fisheries, and strategic security concerns. Through an examination of what led these states to settle their disputes, this innovative book delineates the wider political and legal factors behind boundary-making at sea and aims to improve the way that society resolves ocean conflicts. Navigating the complexities of international law and conflict resolution at sea, this book will prove a thought-provoking read for students and scholars of geopolitics and law. With ocean-governance an increasingly pressing matter on the political agenda of international negotiations such as UN Climate Change conferences, it will also prove an informative resource for officials engaged in ocean affairs, geopolitics, and the law of the sea.

Beyond the Wall - East Germany, 1949-1990 (Hardcover): Katja Hoyer Beyond the Wall - East Germany, 1949-1990 (Hardcover)
Katja Hoyer
R777 R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Save R139 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'Utterly brilliant . . . Authoritative, lively and profoundly human, it is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand post-World War II Europe' Julia Boyd 'One of the best young historians writing in English today. . . Well-researched, well-written and profoundly insightful, Beyond the Wall explodes many of the lazy Western cliches about East Germany' Andrew Roberts In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For over forty years, from the ruin of the Second World War to the cusp of a new millennium, the GDR presented a radically different German identity to anything that had come before, and anything that exists today. Socialist solidarity, secret police, central planning, barbed wire: this was a Germany forged on the fault lines of ideology and geopolitics. In Beyond the Wall, acclaimed historian Katja Hoyer offers a kaleidoscopic new vision of this vanished country. Beginning with the bitter experience of German Marxists exiled by Hitler, she traces the arc of the state they would go on to create, first under the watchful eye of Stalin, and then in an increasingly distinctive German fashion. From the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961, to the relative prosperity of the 1970s, and on to the creaking foundations of socialism in the mid-1980s, Hoyer argues that amid oppression and frequent hardship, East Germany was yet home to a rich political, social and cultural landscape, a place far more dynamic than the Cold War caricature often painted in the West. Powerfully told, and drawing on a vast array of never-before-seen interviews, letters and records, this is the definitive history of the other Germany, the one beyond the Wall.

The Economy in the 1980s - A Program for Growth Stability (Paperback): Michael J Boskin The Economy in the 1980s - A Program for Growth Stability (Paperback)
Michael J Boskin
R1,389 Discovery Miles 13 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Handbook of Fragile States (Hardcover): David Carment, Yiagadeesen Samy Handbook of Fragile States (Hardcover)
David Carment, Yiagadeesen Samy
R5,981 Discovery Miles 59 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This timely Handbook examines the causes, costs and consequences of state fragility, advancing key debates in the field. Demonstrating the multidimensionality of fragility by applying diverse theories and methodologies, it provides new insights on effective policy development and application in the context of fragile states. Drawing on a wide variety of disciplines, approaches and case studies, the Handbook pays particular attention to the root causes and drivers of fragility. It centres authority, legitimacy and the citizen-state relationship alongside state capacity, revealing the flaws in the reasoning behind previous Western policy interventions in fragile states. Chapters address a broad range of issues facing fragile states, from fragility traps, refugees and urbanisation to recent events including the Covid-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war and the increasing pressures of climate change. Ultimately, the Handbook advances the state of both academic and policy knowledge on state fragility, revealing the deep links between the two. This Handbook will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of political science, international relations, development studies, economics, and sociology. It will also benefit practitioners seeking to improve the effectiveness of their policy proposals.

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