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Native Merchants - The Building Of The Black Business Class In South Africa (Paperback): Phakamisa Ndzamela Native Merchants - The Building Of The Black Business Class In South Africa (Paperback)
Phakamisa Ndzamela
R360 R309 Discovery Miles 3 090 Save R51 (14%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

What do Walter Sisulu, Paul Xiniwe, Bertha Mkhize and John Tengo Jabavu have in common? They were all Black South African business people, and only a few of the names of the elite who were able to build successful enterprises against all odds in industries such as agriculture, media, financial services, retail, real estate, transport, hoteliering and more during the colonial and apartheid eras.

In many cases, they were also political activists as necessitated by the oppressive conditions of the time in order to fight for equal rights to enterprise and markets. Here their stories as entrepreneurs as well as political actors are profiled, showing the inexplicable relationship between the two.

The history of Black South African enterprise pre- and post-colonially in areas like mining is also explored, showing that this was nothing alien or unexpected and instead, that oppression curtailed the majority of enterprise that was possible and blocked out competition through dispossession.

White Trash - My Year As A High-Class Call Girl (Paperback): Terry Angelos White Trash - My Year As A High-Class Call Girl (Paperback)
Terry Angelos 1
R290 R249 Discovery Miles 2 490 Save R41 (14%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Raised during the Rhodesian bush war in the 1970s and then immigrating to South Africa at the age of 11, Terry is shaped by a white culture that is racist, unstable, privileged and deeply divided. Her childhood appears idyllic but it is tragically bizarre as the adults around her insist on living their version of normality while the world falls apart.

The first time Terry Angelos has sex with a black man, she's paid £300, working as a 19 year-old call girl in London. Back home it's 1989 and South Africa is being torn apart by political unrest. It's a year before Nelson Mandela is released and 5 years before the country's first democratic election.

White Trash is a remarkable memoir told in vivid detail, laced with dark humour and savage honesty as the narrator unravels what it means to be a white African and what draws her into the brutal world of teenage sex work. But ultimately it's a story about finding a shard of light in the darkness, in a heroic quest to reinvent the self.

Healing Racial Divides - Finding Strength in Our Diversity (Paperback): Terrell Carter Healing Racial Divides - Finding Strength in Our Diversity (Paperback)
Terrell Carter
R507 R416 Discovery Miles 4 160 Save R91 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Cradock - How Segregation and Apartheid Came to a South African Town (Paperback): Jeffrey Butler Cradock - How Segregation and Apartheid Came to a South African Town (Paperback)
Jeffrey Butler; Edited by Richard Elphick, Jeannette Hopkins
R350 R273 Discovery Miles 2 730 Save R77 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Cradock is a vivid history of a South African town in the years when segregation gradually emerged, preceding the rapid and rigorous implementation of apartheid. Through the details of one emblematic community, Jeffrey Butler offers an ambitious treatment of the racial themes that dominate recent South African history. Although Butler was born and raised in Cradock, he eschews sentimentality in favour of scholarly precision. Augmenting the obvious political narratives, Cradock examines the poor infrastructural conditions, ranging from public health to public housing, that typify a grossly unequal system of racial segregation but are otherwise neglected in the region's historiography. Butler shows, with the richness that only a local study could provide, how the lives of blacks, whites and coloureds were affected by the bitter transition from segregation before 1948 to apartheid thereafter.

Research Handbook on Motivation in Public Administration (Hardcover): Edmund C. Stazyk, Randall S Davis Research Handbook on Motivation in Public Administration (Hardcover)
Edmund C. Stazyk, Randall S Davis
R5,923 Discovery Miles 59 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This cutting-edge Research Handbook brings together international scholars to provide a comprehensive overview of motivation within and beyond the field of public administration. Discussing the implications of contemporary research for theory and practice, it offers suggestions for the development of future research in the field. Contributions offer cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary insights into the theories that underpin motivation research and how motivation drives decisions across public, nonprofit, and private sector settings, highlighting key sector differences that influence decision-making. Covering a wide range of core motivational topics and subfields relevant to the study of public and nonprofit administration, chapters emphasize the key motivational factors that affect employee recruitment, selection, and retention and how they affect - and are affected by - employee behavior. Providing a wide-ranging coverage of the field, this Research Handbook is critical reading for scholars, researchers, and upper-level students of public administration and policy. It will also benefit practitioners in public and nonprofit organizations in need of a deeper understanding of the links between motivation and employee behavior.

How to be a Good Bboy - What a cat's kindness can teach us about human justice (Hardcover): Ellen Murray How to be a Good Bboy - What a cat's kindness can teach us about human justice (Hardcover)
Ellen Murray; As told to Bilbo the Cat
R387 Discovery Miles 3 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Bboy' means 'boy' in a very particular form of internet cat-speak. You can pronounce it 'boy', 'buh-boy' or 'bee-boy', whatever makes your heart happiest. It's not always easy to live your life with kindness, but Ellen Murray and her cat Bilbo are doing their best to spread messages of positivity to their followers. As an LGBT+ and disability activist, Ellen's goal has always been to make love, care and safety a reality for all - but fighting for your own rights or standing as an ally to others can be daunting, intimidating and confusing work. How to Be a Good Bboy is an accessible guide to understanding human rights work: what it's all about, and how to get involved, navigate the inevitable pitfalls, overcome imposter syndrome, and own your vulnerability and power. It is about Bilbo, and about Ellen. About her work, and about how Bilbo's online presence is not just an accessory to that work but a way to channel the greater goals of her activism to a wider audience. It is about dignity, respect and justice, and ultimately how to be a very good bboy.

Corporate Recovery in an Integrated Europe - Harmonisation, Coordination, and Judicial Cooperation (Hardcover): Irene... Corporate Recovery in an Integrated Europe - Harmonisation, Coordination, and Judicial Cooperation (Hardcover)
Irene Lynch-Fannon, Jennifer L L Gant, Aoife Finnerty
R3,448 Discovery Miles 34 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Exploring the considerable qualitative research conducted by the Judicial Cooperation in Economic Recovery (JCOERE) Project, this book provides a rich analysis of the questions surrounding the contrasting legal traditions and cultures within the European framework. Building on existing research, this book analyses the EU Directive (2019) harmonising 'preventive restructuring' law in a number of member states of the EU. Embodying a modern approach to business failure involving radical concepts, it examines the imposition of a stay or moratorium, the process of agreeing a compromise of existing debt through cram-down and final approval, and ultimately financing the rescued business into the future. These concepts are considered in addition to the obligations imposed on courts through EU Regulation (2015) to cooperate in cross-border litigation in insolvency generally. Chapters also provide a critical analysis of legal texts and commentary, studying the development of the Preventive Restructuring Directive (PRD) and domestic preventive restructuring processes. Critically considering the legal initiatives affecting business rescue within a broader EU legal context, this book will be an insightful read for EU policy-makers and insolvency lawyers and practitioners. Academics and researchers with an interest in European law and EU integration will also benefit from this comprehensive book.

Survival in the 'Dumping Grounds' - A Social History of Apartheid Relocation (Paperback): Laura Evans Survival in the 'Dumping Grounds' - A Social History of Apartheid Relocation (Paperback)
Laura Evans
R350 R273 Discovery Miles 2 730 Save R77 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Survival in the 'Dumping Grounds' examines a defining aspect of South Africa's recent past: the history of apartheid-era relocation. While scholars and activists have long recognised the suffering caused by apartheid removals to the so-called 'homelands', the experiences of those who lived through this process more often have been obscured. Drawing on extensive archival and oral history research, this book explores the makings and multiple meanings of relocation into two of the most notorious apartheid 'dumping grounds' established in the Ciskei bantustan during the mid-1960s: Sada and Ilinge. Author Laura Evans describes the local and global dynamics of the project of bantustan relocation and develops a multi-layered analysis of the complex histories-and ramifications-of displacement and resettlement in the Ciskei.

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
From protest to challenge - challenge and violence 1953 - 1964 (Paperback): Thomas G. Karis, Gail M. Gerhart, Clive L. Glaser From protest to challenge - challenge and violence 1953 - 1964 (Paperback)
Thomas G. Karis, Gail M. Gerhart, Clive L. Glaser
R495 R387 Discovery Miles 3 870 Save R108 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Volume 3 deals with the crucial period of the 1950s and the early 1960s. These were years of mass passive resistance to apartheid; years when the ANC was able to rally hundreds of thousands of supporters for its strategy of non-violent protest. This was the period when the increasingly brutal repressive measures of the state, culminating in the Sharpeville massacre and the banning of the ANC and PAC, finally turned the movement away from its proud tradition of non-violence into the difficult and protracted path of armed struggle.

Social Rights and the European Monetary Union - Challenges Ahead (Hardcover): Maribel Gonzalez Pascual, Aida Torres Perez Social Rights and the European Monetary Union - Challenges Ahead (Hardcover)
Maribel Gonzalez Pascual, Aida Torres Perez
R2,868 Discovery Miles 28 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This thought-provoking book examines the state of the European Monetary Union (EMU) and its shortcomings in terms of social rights protection in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the aftermath of the Euro crisis. Providing a critical analysis of the basic tenets of European economic governance, it highlights current challenges for a Social Europe and proposes new avenues for tackling these issues. Focusing on the existing mechanisms of social rights protection in the EU, chapters explore the imbalance between economic and social goals within the EMU, discussing how to strengthen the building blocks of Social Europe in order to address this. The book also investigates the challenges for the adjudication of social rights before European and domestic courts, and considers alternative models of judicial review that offer better protection in the context of crisis. Scholars and students of EU law, constitutional law, and public international law will find this book a crucial read, in particular those with an interest in law and economics. It will also be useful for EU law practitioners working in social rights.

Democracy Rules (Paperback): Jan-Werner Muller Democracy Rules (Paperback)
Jan-Werner Muller
R466 R385 Discovery Miles 3 850 Save R81 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Economics and Power in EU Chemicals Policy and Regulation - Socio-economic Analysis for Managing Risks (Hardcover): Laura Maxim Economics and Power in EU Chemicals Policy and Regulation - Socio-economic Analysis for Managing Risks (Hardcover)
Laura Maxim
R2,732 Discovery Miles 27 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this timely and insightful book, Laura Maxim evaluates the use of socio-economic analysis (SEA) in the regulation of potentially carcinogenic, mutagenic, and toxic chemicals. Retracing the history of the use of cost-benefit analysis in chemical risk policies, this book presents contemporary discourse on the political success of SEA. Informed by empirical research, theoretical analysis, and professional experience in implementing EU Regulation on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), Maxim proposes a new form of risk regulation called 'regulatory co-management', of which SEA has become a convenient tool. Chapters outline the controversy surrounding cost-benefit analysis in the US, the history of chemical regulation in Europe since 1967, and the construction and institutionalization of the European Chemicals Agency's (ECHA) socio-economic guidelines. The book concludes by analyzing legal, political, and ethical criticisms of the role of SEA in the authorization of chemicals such as lead chromate, chromium trioxide, and sodium dichromate. With direct relevance to ongoing debates about the revision of EU chemicals policy, this unique book will be essential reading for practitioners of socio-economic analysis and stakeholders involved in REACH. It will also be beneficial to academics and students of environmental governance and regulation, European politics and policy, and industrial economics.

Handbook on Governance and Development (Hardcover): Wil Hout, Jane Hutchison Handbook on Governance and Development (Hardcover)
Wil Hout, Jane Hutchison
R5,932 Discovery Miles 59 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This Handbook provides readers with an expert overview of the key theoretical approaches to governance and development, covering a broad range of policy areas and domains. Utilising a critical approach to assess issues from a multidisciplinary perspective, the contributions in this Handbook review different social contexts and policy areas, governance arrangements, and processes relating to issues of development. Chapters illustrate at global, regional and national levels how the specific forms of governance impact development and how ongoing trends of development can influence governance concerns. Further insights are also offered regarding the functioning of the state and the transformation of the role of the state in modern society, illustrating the place for governance in future development policies. Researchers in governance and development will find this comprehensive Handbook an excellent resource for their area of specialisation, and scholars in governance, political science, social sciences and economics will be provided with a useful entry point into the literature. Practitioners will also welcome this as an informative read for updating their knowledge and accessing the latest research findings.

Desperate - An Epic Battle for Clean Water and Justice in Appalachia (Paperback): Kris Maher Desperate - An Epic Battle for Clean Water and Justice in Appalachia (Paperback)
Kris Maher
R475 R395 Discovery Miles 3 950 Save R80 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Handbook on the Politics of International Development (Hardcover): Melisa Deciancio, Pablo Nemina, Diana Tussie Handbook on the Politics of International Development (Hardcover)
Melisa Deciancio, Pablo Nemina, Diana Tussie
R6,369 Discovery Miles 63 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This timely Handbook considers the increasing struggles facing international development in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. It investigates the role global co-operation must play in resolving the multiple crises of the pandemic, resultant economic devastation and existing climate changes and external-debt concerns. Contributions identify the need to question current assumptions and approaches to international development in the context of how markets are constructed, states reformed and resources distributed. Split across four thematic parts, this thought-provoking Handbook explores the concept and politics of development, development and contested globalization, the politics of development agendas and global actors in the politics of development. Chapters examine the politics of: developmental regionalism, crime, law and development in historical perspective, international monetary relations, food, global health, the global gender agenda, the sustainable development goals, development in the WTO, and private foundations. Engaging and accessible, the Handbook on the Politics of International Development will be a key resource for students and scholars of international politics and relations, public policy, geopolitics and development studies.

The College Scam - How America's Universities Are Bankrupting and Brainwashing Away the Future of America's Youth... The College Scam - How America's Universities Are Bankrupting and Brainwashing Away the Future of America's Youth (Hardcover)
Charlie Kirk
R780 Discovery Miles 7 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Political Compendium - An Absorbing Collection of Political Facts, Feats and Useful Knowledge (Hardcover): Jeff Evans The Political Compendium - An Absorbing Collection of Political Facts, Feats and Useful Knowledge (Hardcover)
Jeff Evans
R304 R275 Discovery Miles 2 750 Save R29 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Liberalism and Its Discontents (Paperback, Main): Francis Fukuyama Liberalism and Its Discontents (Paperback, Main)
Francis Fukuyama
R253 R240 Discovery Miles 2 400 Save R13 (5%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A TIMES BEST PHILOSOPHY & IDEAS BOOK OF 2022 A defence of liberalism by the renowned political philosopher 'We need more thinkers as wise as Fukuyama digging their fingers into the soil of our predicament' The New York Times 'A brilliantly acute summary of the way some aspects of liberal thought have consumed themselves' Guardian 'One of the West's most interesting public intellectuals' Times 'Hard to think of a better case for liberal centrism' FT Liberalism - the comparatively mild-mannered sibling to the more ardent camps of nationalism and socialism - has never been so divisive as today. From Putin's populism, the Trump administration and autocratic rulers in democracies the world over, it has both thrived and failed under identity politics, authoritarianism, social media and a weakened free press the world over. Since its inception following the post-Reformation wars, liberalism has come under attack from conservatives and progressives alike, and today is dismissed by many as an 'obsolete doctrine'. In this brilliant and concise exposition, Francis Fukuyama sets out the cases for and against its classical premises: observing the rule of law, independence of judges, means over ends, and most of all, tolerance. Pithy, to the point, and ever pertinent, this is political dissection at its very best.

The Institutional Context of Public-Private Partnerships - Lessons from the Arab States of the Gulf Cooperation Council... The Institutional Context of Public-Private Partnerships - Lessons from the Arab States of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Hardcover)
Mhamed Biygautane
R2,999 Discovery Miles 29 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Based on original empirical data collected from three Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, this engaging book offers comprehensive insights into the institutional environment of public-private partnership (PPP) from a unique and under-explored context. Drawing on ideas from the fields of project management, neo-institutional theory and research on the Gulf rentier states, this book unpacks how individual and organizational actors engage in several strategies to either enable the implementation of PPPs or to resist them. It explores why and how individual and organizational actors in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar seek to disrupt or maintain existing forms of project organizing. Chapters from this book highlight both the macro- and micro-dynamics of initiating, implementing or resisting new forms of project organizing, and offer several theoretical contributions to project management, PPP literature and neo-institutional theory. This book will be an essential read for academics and policymakers interested in broader questions of how the institutional context affects public sector reforms and the introduction of New Public Management ideas to non-western contexts. Public policy and management students and practitioners will also find this book to be a valuable resource.

The Prisoner in His Palace - Saddam Hussein, His American Guards, and What History Leaves Unsaid (Paperback): Will Bardenwerper The Prisoner in His Palace - Saddam Hussein, His American Guards, and What History Leaves Unsaid (Paperback)
Will Bardenwerper
R461 R380 Discovery Miles 3 800 Save R81 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Understanding the EU as a Good Global Actor - Ambitions, Values and Metrics (Hardcover): Elaine Fahey, Isabella Mancini Understanding the EU as a Good Global Actor - Ambitions, Values and Metrics (Hardcover)
Elaine Fahey, Isabella Mancini
R3,295 Discovery Miles 32 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This timely book investigates the EU's multi-faceted development as a global actor, unpacking its legal mission to be a 'good' actor as well as exploring the complexities of fulfilling this objective. It elicits critical reflections on the question of 'goodness' in EU external relations from descriptive, analytical and normative perspectives, and examines which metrics of actorness are useful in tackling this subject. Featuring contributions from more than 20 leading EU scholars and emerging voices, the book develops four themes through which it advances a research agenda for the study of the EU as a good global actor. The book begins by unpacking the complexities of the EU as a global trade actor, before discussing 'good' trade governance and a deeper trade agenda, the issue of data governance in digital trade and in other regulatory frameworks, and finally the institutional dimension of EU actorness. Understanding the EU as a Good Global Actor will be a crucial read for scholars and students in EU law and politics, particularly those with an interest in EU governance, trade and external relations. It will also prove useful for policy makers both within and outside the EU.

Norms, Gender and Corruption - Understanding the Nexus (Hardcover): Ina Kubbe, Ortrun Merkle Norms, Gender and Corruption - Understanding the Nexus (Hardcover)
Ina Kubbe, Ortrun Merkle
R3,308 Discovery Miles 33 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Building upon the body of existing literature that has established the importance of norms in understanding why genders interact with social phenomena differently, and how gender plays a role in most aspects of corruption, this cutting-edge book expands the fields to explore the nexus between norms, gender and corruption. Making a timely and innovative contribution to all three streams of research, the book dives deeper into the role of norms in understanding the relationship between gender and corruption. An international, multidisciplinary group of experts combine global qualitative, in-depth case studies with large scale quantitative analysis to demonstrate the complementary use of different methods in the fields of gender, norms and corruption. Considering gendered differences in attitudes towards, and experiences of, corruption, the chapters examine political and institutional participation in corruption, looking closely at gender representation, stereotypes, and norms-based barriers. Analysing norms from different perspectives, with the main focus on social norms, this forward-thinking book makes a convincing case for why norms should be included in the research agenda on gender and corruption. Interdisciplinary in scope, this insightful book will prove invaluable to students and scholars of gender politics, social policy and sociology, and law, regulation and governance. It will also prove a useful reference guide to policymakers concerned with the relationship between gender and corruption.

Advanced Introduction to Human Dignity and Law (Paperback): James R. May, Erin Daly Advanced Introduction to Human Dignity and Law (Paperback)
James R. May, Erin Daly
R599 Discovery Miles 5 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. This thought-provoking introduction provides an incisive overview of dignity law, a field of law emerging in every region of the globe that touches all significant aspects of the human experience. Through an examination of the burgeoning case law in this area, James R. May and Erin Daly reveal a strong overlapping consensus surrounding the meaning of human dignity as a legal right and a fundamental value of nations large and small, and how this global jurisprudence is redefining the relationship between individuals and the state. Key features include: Analyses of cases from a range of jurisdictions all over the world A history of the shift of the concept of dignity from a philosophical idea to a legally enforceable right Discussion of dignity as a value and a right in different major legal contexts, and its roots in African, Asian, European and Islamic traditions. This Advanced Introduction will be invaluable to scholars and students of law, particularly those interested in human rights, looking to understand this emerging area of law. It will inform lawyers, judges, policymakers and other advocates interested in how dignity and the law can be used to protect everyone, including the most vulnerable among us.

Advanced Introduction to Public Choice (Paperback): Randall G. Holcombe Advanced Introduction to Public Choice (Paperback)
Randall G. Holcombe
R694 Discovery Miles 6 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. This Advanced Introduction presents a focused narrative about political decision-making based on the work that has defined public choice as a discipline. Randall G. Holcombe emphasizes the theoretical foundations of Public Choice, examining the way that voter preferences are aggregated through democratic decision-making, the way that political exchange leads to the production of public policy, and the way that the constitutional framework within which political activity takes place is designed. He provides a concise discussion of the main models of Public Choice in an engaging manner, giving readers a foundation for understanding the theoretical and empirical work in the field. Each chapter ends with a Notes section that discusses the research on which the chapter is based, with an emphasis on the pioneering work that has shaped the development of Public Choice. Undergraduate and graduate level students in economics, political science and public administration will find this introduction an essential resource for understanding political decision making. Instructors in those fields will find this book a useful and affordable text and an indispensable resource for teaching Public Choice.

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