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Literature and the Peripheral City (Hardcover): L. Ameel Literature and the Peripheral City (Hardcover)
L. Ameel; Jason Finch, Markku Salmela
R3,296 Discovery Miles 32 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Cities have always been defined by their centrality. But literature demonstrates that their diverse peripheries define them, too: from suburbs to slums, rubbish dumps to nightclubs and entire failed cities. The contributors to this collection explore literary urban peripheries through readings of literature from four continents and numerous cities.

The Little Platoons - Sub-Local Governments in Modern History (Hardcover): George Liebmann The Little Platoons - Sub-Local Governments in Modern History (Hardcover)
George Liebmann
R2,220 R2,051 Discovery Miles 20 510 Save R169 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"The Little Platoons" examines sub-local government--the small-scale structures of civil society that lie between the individual and large governmental actors--in England, France, Germany, the United States, Russia, China, and Japan. The work examines community councils, educational districts, neighborhood organizations, and the like, as seen in various societies in the modern age. And, in identifying common attributes of these civil and societal organizations, the work has particular relevance--and indeed makes ameliorative recommendations--for the problems of our modern cities. In a period of dissatisfaction with a self-regarding and centralized political class and with both market and bureaucratic institutions, Liebmann's thoughtful analysis of community and civil organization in a variety of societies and traditions broadens our understanding of comparative politics and sociology, urban planning, and state and local government.

TVA and the Grass Roots - A Study of Politics and Organization (Hardcover): Philip Selznick TVA and the Grass Roots - A Study of Politics and Organization (Hardcover)
Philip Selznick; Foreword by Jonathan Simon
R866 Discovery Miles 8 660 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Bedtime Stories for Kids - The Journey of Medina (Hardcover): Faith Miles Bedtime Stories for Kids - The Journey of Medina (Hardcover)
Faith Miles; Illustrated by Alexandra Bulankina
R562 Discovery Miles 5 620 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Childhood, Youth and Emotions in Modern History - National, Colonial and Global Perspectives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015):... Childhood, Youth and Emotions in Modern History - National, Colonial and Global Perspectives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
Stephanie Olsen
R3,636 Discovery Miles 36 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Childhood, Youth and Emotions in Modern History is the first book to innovatively combine the history of childhood and youth with the history of emotions, combining multiple national, colonial, and global perspectives.

Migration and Urban Transitions in Australia (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Iris Levin, Christian A. Nygaard, Peter W. Newton,... Migration and Urban Transitions in Australia (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Iris Levin, Christian A. Nygaard, Peter W. Newton, Sandra M. Gifford
R3,997 Discovery Miles 39 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book offers a critical reflection on the ways in which migration has shaped Australia's cities, especially over the past twenty years. Australian cities are among the world's most culturally diverse and are home to most of the nation's population. This edited collection brings together contemporary research carried out by scholars across a range of diverse disciplines, all of whom are concerned with the intersections between migration and urban change. The chapters are organised under three sections: demographic, settlement and environmental transitions; urban form and housing transitions; and socio-cultural transitions. Drawing on diverse theoretical and methodological approaches, the chapters engage with a range of factors and influences affecting migration and urban development. This book will be of special interest to scholars and practitioners in the disciplines of sociology, urban planning, geography, public policy and environmental sustainability.

The Urbanization of Injustice (Hardcover, New): Andy Merrifield, Erik Swyngedouw The Urbanization of Injustice (Hardcover, New)
Andy Merrifield, Erik Swyngedouw
R2,846 Discovery Miles 28 460 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

With the advent of AIDS, the proliferation of gangs and drugs, and the uneasy sensation that Big Brother is actually watching us, the dark side of urban living seems to be overshadowing the brighter side of pleasure, liberation, and opportunity.

The Urbanization of Injustice chronicles these bleak urban images, while taking to task exclusivist politics, globalization theory, and superficial environmentalism. Exploring the links between urbanism, power, and justice, The Urbanization of Injustice presents the thoughts and theories of Edward Soja, David Harvey, Marshall Bermann, Doreen Masey, Sharon Zukin, Susan Fainstein, Ira Katznelson, Nell Smith, and Michael Keith in one cohesive volume, bringing us one step closer to genuinely humane and socially just urban practices.

The Origin and Evolution of Freemasonry (Hardcover): Albert Churchward The Origin and Evolution of Freemasonry (Hardcover)
Albert Churchward; Foreword by Paul Tice
R799 R703 Discovery Miles 7 030 Save R96 (12%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Illinois Yearbook 2017 (Paperback): David Bonds, Bernard Brown Sr, Bruce Owens Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Illinois Yearbook 2017 (Paperback)
David Bonds, Bernard Brown Sr, Bruce Owens
R696 Discovery Miles 6 960 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Urbanization in Large Developing Countries - China, Indonesia, Brazil, and India (Hardcover, New): Gavin W. Jones, Pravin... Urbanization in Large Developing Countries - China, Indonesia, Brazil, and India (Hardcover, New)
Gavin W. Jones, Pravin Visaria
R4,633 Discovery Miles 46 330 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Urbanization is a key process in developing countries. Within the next decade over 50 per cent of the world's population will inhabit urban areas and the majority of this growth is concentrated in developing countries. Analysing data for four large countries, this volume focuses on the relationship between economic change and urban growth. Specifically the authors examine the continued growth of industrial employment at the expense of the agricultural sector, the impact of government-controlled regional and industrial policy and the role of migration in response to employment opportunities. There are also important chapters on government responses to the lack of basic infrastructure, and the resulting negative impact on human welfare, in the cities. The volume's coherence results from the cross-country comparisons made by the authors and the conclusions that are not geographically restricted but have potential applications, by urban planners, in all developing countries.

Urbanization and Urban Development (Hardcover): Matthew Perez Urbanization and Urban Development (Hardcover)
Matthew Perez
R3,077 R2,789 Discovery Miles 27 890 Save R288 (9%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Accounting in Conflict - Globalization, Gender, Race and Class (Hardcover): Cheryl R Lehman Accounting in Conflict - Globalization, Gender, Race and Class (Hardcover)
Cheryl R Lehman
R3,299 Discovery Miles 32 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Global forces and accountability once again converge in this volume, illustrating the significant and multifaceted nature of the role of accounting in societies. The accounting discipline in its numbers, its silences, its privileging of select classifications over others, it is continually constructing knowledge, cultivates meaning, and impacts public policy in the intersection of socio-political-economic realms. The research in this volume responds to calls for examining accounting as an interdisciplinary role in neoliberal governance by examining migration, race, gender, class and the creation of the 'other'. Each paper uniquely contributes toward significantly exploring accounting's role in disenfranchising populations while identifying participants actualized and potential role in emancipatory struggles. By recognizing marginalized groups embedded power rather than casting them as victims, the authors reject an inevitability of widening inequalities and forms of violence to world populations. Rather these critical accounting researchers seriously tackle the task of transformation, providing pathways for thinking differently and aspiring for change.

Kids Off the Block - The Inspiring True Story of One Woman`s Quest to Protect Chicago`s Most Vulnerable Youth (Paperback):... Kids Off the Block - The Inspiring True Story of One Woman`s Quest to Protect Chicago`s Most Vulnerable Youth (Paperback)
Diane Latiker, Bethany Mauger, Bill Duke
R474 R447 Discovery Miles 4 470 Save R27 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

"What can I do?" That was the question Diane Latiker asked of herself as she watched the teens in her Chicago neighborhood succumb at an alarming rate to gangs and gun violence. Her answer started small, inviting ten kids into her living room to talk about their struggles and dreams. But over the years it grew. With the help of God, her family, and many other people along the way, Diane's Kids Off the Block morphed from a personal crusade to do what she could into a nationally known program that has helped more than 3,000 at-risk Chicago teens. In this powerful, energizing book, she tells her incredible story to men and women who are sick of sitting behind their keyboards watching the world crumble and are ready to do something to make a difference. Through doubt, financial strain, and deep grief over lives lost, Diane has never lost her faith that God called her to this life-transforming work. In these pages she'll show you that God is calling you to do something too. Maybe something that feels small . . . definitely something that will change the world.

Girls and Literacy in America - Historical Perspectives to the Present (Hardcover): Jane Greer Girls and Literacy in America - Historical Perspectives to the Present (Hardcover)
Jane Greer
R3,048 R2,725 Discovery Miles 27 250 Save R323 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An exploration of the fascinating and controversial history of girls' education in America from the colonial era to the computer age. Girls and Literacy in America offers a tour of opportunities, obstacles, and achievements in girls' education from the limited possibilities of colonial days to the wide-open potential of the Internet generation. Six essays, written by historians and focused on particular historical periods, examine the extensive range of girls' literacies in both educational and extracurricular settings. Girls from various ethnic and racial backgrounds, social classes, religions, and geographic areas of the nation are included. A host of primary documents, including such items as an 18th century hornbook to excerpts from girls' "conversations" in Internet chat rooms allow readers an opportunity to evaluate for themselves some of the materials mentioned in the volume's opening essays. And finally, an extensive bibliography will be invaluable to students expected to conduct more extensive primary research. Contributors are experts on literacy including E. Jennifer Monaghan (Brooklyn College), Amy Goodburn (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), and Andrea A. Lunsford (Stanford University) Primary documents printed in full or excerpted include diaries, letters, school assignments, newspaper advice columns, short stories, and poems, all targeted to or written by girls A chronology of the reading and writing done by girls is presented in six essays beginning in the colonial period and ending in the 21st century An extensive bibliography includes archival holdings, secondary scholarship, and online resources

Congregations in Europe (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Christophe Monnot, Joerg Stolz Congregations in Europe (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Christophe Monnot, Joerg Stolz
R1,421 Discovery Miles 14 210 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume describes and maps congregations of Christian confessions and denominations, as well as groups with Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, and various other spiritual faiths, in different European countries. Consisting of three parts, it presents concrete sociological studies addressing how established and not established, old and new congregations of various faiths create a new kind of religious diversity at the country level; how religious congregations are challenged and thrive in large cities; and how religious congregations change in the 21st century. The book enlightens by its descriptive analysis and the theoretical questions it raises concerning the religious transformations happening all over Europe. It addresses issues of religious diversity in the cities of Europe by presenting large studies conducted in cities such as Barcelona in Spain, and Aarhus in Denmark. By means of large-scale censuses taken in areas such as North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany and in countries like Switzerland and Italy, the book shows how the historically established churches restructure their congregations and activities. It clarifies for the new gatherers where and how a new diversity of religious congregations is in the process of being established. Finally, the book covers two important topical issues: pluralisation and secularisation. It provides new data on religious diversity, painting a new picture of secularisation: the impact and structural consequences of the long-term decrease of membership in the established churches.

Religion, Flesh, and Blood - The Convergence of HIV/AIDS, Black Sexual Expression, and Therapeutic Religion (Hardcover): Pamela... Religion, Flesh, and Blood - The Convergence of HIV/AIDS, Black Sexual Expression, and Therapeutic Religion (Hardcover)
Pamela Leong
R3,011 Discovery Miles 30 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a case study of one congregation within the Unity Fellowship Church Movement that relies on therapeutic religion, a form of religion that strives to equip individuals with psychological capital, by enabling self-expressions and affirmations of social differences. The therapeutic ethic that characterizes this congregation has enabled some freedoms that are otherwise disallowed in traditional congregations. These new freedoms inadvertently have led to certain excesses, including overtly sexual language and behaviors. But this is not to say that the congregation disregards conventional norms altogether, or that therapy is used simply as an excuse for self-indulgence. Rather, in spite of the occasional "messiness" that may arise, there is something significant and deep about therapeutic religion. For religious organizations serving traumatized and marginalized populations in particular, therapeutic religion may be pivotal in helping to reintegrate the wounded back into the community folds.

Reimagining Denominationalism - Interpretive Essays (Hardcover): Robert Bruce Mullin, Russell E Richey Reimagining Denominationalism - Interpretive Essays (Hardcover)
Robert Bruce Mullin, Russell E Richey
R2,490 Discovery Miles 24 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Denominationalism--that ''free market'' mode of organizing religious life which, some say, manages to combine traditional religious claims with a free society in a peculiarly American way--is the subject of the previously unpublished papers in this collection. No institution, the editors argue, is as crucial for the understanding of American religious life, yet so much in need of reassessment as the denomination. In a wide-ranging collection of articles, a distinguished set of commentators on American religion examine the denomination's past and present roles, its definable nature, and its evolution over time. The study of denominations, the authors show, sheds light on broader understandings of American religious and cultural life. The contributors--scholars of the Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Mormon, and African-American traditions--explore the state and history of denominational studies in America, suggesting new models and approaches drawn from anthropology, sociology, theology, history, and history of religions. They offer provocative case studies that reimagine denominational studies.

Children's Rights and the Capability Approach - Challenges and Prospects (Hardcover, 2014 ed.): Daniel Stoecklin,... Children's Rights and the Capability Approach - Challenges and Prospects (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
Daniel Stoecklin, Jean-Michel Bonvin
R4,056 Discovery Miles 40 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume addresses the conditions allowing the transformation of specific children s rights into capabilities in settings as different as children s parliaments, organized leisure activities, contexts of vulnerability, children in care. It addresses theoretical questions linked to children s agency and reflexivity, education, the life cycle perspective, child participation, evolving capabilities and citizenship. The volume highlights important issues that have to be taken into account for the implementation of human rights and the development of peoples capabilities. The focus on children s capabilities along a rights-based approach is an inspiring perspective that researchers and practitioners in the field of human rights would like to deepen. "

Electric Vehicle Sharing Services for Smarter Cities - The Green Move project for Milan: from service design to technology... Electric Vehicle Sharing Services for Smarter Cities - The Green Move project for Milan: from service design to technology deployment (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Daniele Fabrizio Bignami, Alberto Colorni Vitale, Alessandro Lue, Roberto Nocerino, Matteo Rossi, …
R2,701 Discovery Miles 27 010 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book examines electric car sharing in cities from a variety of perspectives, from service design to simulation, from mathematical modeling to technology deployment, and from energy use improvement to the integration of different kinds of vehicle. The contents reflect the outcomes of the Green Move project, undertaken by Politecnico di Milano with the aim of fostering an innovative and easily accessible electric vehicle sharing system. The first section of the book illustrates the car sharing service, covering service design, the configuration of the vehicle sharing model and the Milan mobility pattern, analysis of local demand and supply, testing of the condominium-based car sharing model, and communication design for social engagement. The second section then explains the technological choices, from the architecture of the system and dynamic applications to information management, the smartphone-based energy-oriented driving assistance system, automatic fleet balancing systems, and real-time monitoring of vehicle positions. In the final section, readers will find descriptions of the simulation model, a model to estimate potential users of the service, and a model for a full-scale electric car sharing service in Milan.

Urban Amazons - Lesbian Feminism and Beyond in the Gender, Sexuality and Identity Battles of London (Hardcover): Sarah F. Green Urban Amazons - Lesbian Feminism and Beyond in the Gender, Sexuality and Identity Battles of London (Hardcover)
Sarah F. Green
R2,652 Discovery Miles 26 520 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This study is about lesbian feminists in London in the late 1980s. It was a period when their community was experiencing considerable conflict and transition, as ideas about gender and sexuality on which their political beliefs were based were being challenged within their own community. The book goes through their public and personal lives, looking at how they coped with the challenges and the complex world of London, and how they began to change as a result.

Knowledge-Based Urban Development in the Middle East (Hardcover): Ali A. Alraouf Knowledge-Based Urban Development in the Middle East (Hardcover)
Ali A. Alraouf
R4,659 Discovery Miles 46 590 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The knowledge economy has become an important part of contemporary development for cities in a time of globalization and expansion. Examining theories of knowledge transfer and urban advancement allows for better adaptation in a changing global society. Knowledge-Based Urban Development in the Middle East provides emerging research on the contemporary practices of architecture, urban design, and implementation in contemporary Middle Eastern cities. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics, such as creative economy, knowledge development, and learning communities, this book is an important resource for academics, researchers, practitioners, and decision makers seeking current research on the issues and challenges of implementing knowledge-based urban development in Middle Eastern cities.

Urban Vulnerability and Climate Change in Africa - A Multidisciplinary Approach (Hardcover, 2015 ed.): Stephan Pauleit, Adrien... Urban Vulnerability and Climate Change in Africa - A Multidisciplinary Approach (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Stephan Pauleit, Adrien Coly, Sandra Fohlmeister, Paolo Gasparini, Gertrud Jorgensen, …
R4,872 Discovery Miles 48 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Urbanisation and climate change are among the major challenges for sustainable development in Africa. The overall aim of this book is to present innovative approaches to vulnerability analysis and for enhancing the resilience of African cities against climate change-induced risks. Locally adapted IPCC climate change scenarios, which also consider possible changes in urban population, have been developed. Innovative strategies to land use and spatial planning are proposed that seek synergies between the adaptation to climate change and the need to solve social problems. Furthermore, the book explores the role of governance in successfully coping with climate-induced risks in urban areas. The book is unique in that it combines: a top-down perspective of climate change modeling with a bottom-up perspective of vulnerability assessment; quantitative approaches from engineering sciences and qualitative approaches of the social sciences; a novel multi-risk modeling methodology; and strategic approaches to urban and green infrastructure planning with neighborhood perspectives of adaptation.

The Accidental Duchess - From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle (Hardcover): Emma Manners, Duchess of Rutland The Accidental Duchess - From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle (Hardcover)
Emma Manners, Duchess of Rutland
R639 R565 Discovery Miles 5 650 Save R74 (12%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Life in a castle isn't always a fairytale, as the Duchess of Rutland vividly illustrates in her fascinating, revealing and funny autobiography. When Emma Watkins, the pony-mad daughter of a Welsh farmer, imagined her future, she imagined following in her mother's footsteps to marry a farmer of her own. But then she fell in love with David Manners, having no idea that he was heir to one of the most senior hereditary titles in the land. When David succeeded his father, Emma found herself becoming the chatelaine of Belvoir Castle, ancestral home of the Dukes of Rutland. She had to cope with five boisterous children while faced with a vast estate in desperate need of modernisation and staff who wanted nothing to change - it was a daunting responsibility. Yet with sound advice from the doyenne of duchesses, Duchess 'Debo' of Devonshire, she met each challenge with optimism and gusto, including scaling the castle roof in a storm to unclog a flooding gutter; being caught in her nightdress by mesmerised Texan tourists and disguising herself as a cleaner to watch filming of The Crown. She even took on the castle ghosts . . . At times the problems she faced seemed insoluble yet, with her unstoppable energy and talent for thinking on the hoof, she won through, inspired by the vision and passion of those Rutland duchesses in whose footsteps she trod, and indeed the redoubtable and resourceful women who forged her way, whose homes were not castles but remote farmhouses in the Radnorshire Hills. Vividly written and bursting with insights, The Accidental Duchess will appeal to everyone who has visited a stately home and wondered what it would be like to one day find yourself not only living there, but in charge of its future.

Youth and Authority - Formative Experiences in England 1560-1640 (Hardcover, New): Paul Griffiths Youth and Authority - Formative Experiences in England 1560-1640 (Hardcover, New)
Paul Griffiths
R6,948 Discovery Miles 69 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

It is now well-known that there was a separate age of youth in sixteenth-and seventeenth-century society (and before) but in much of the writing on this subject, youth has emerged as a passive construct of the adult society, lacking formative experiences. Paul Griffiths seeks to redress this imbalance by presenting a more `positive' image of young people, showing that they had a creative presence, an identity, and a historical significance which has never been fully explored. The author looks beyond the prescriptive codes of moralists and governors to survey the attitudes and activities of young people, examining their reaction to authority and to society's concept of the `ideal place' for them in the social order. He sheds new light on issues as diverse as juvenile delinquency, masculinity, the celebration of Shrovetide, sexual behaviour and courtship, clothing, catechizing, office-holding, vocabularies of insult, prostitution, and church seating plans. His research reveals much about the nature of youth culture, religious commitment, and master/servant relations, and leads to the identification of a separate milieu of `masterless' young people. Contemporary moralists called youth `the choosing time', a time of great risks and great potential; and the best time to incalculate political conformity and sound religion. Yet the concept of choice was double-edged, it recognized that young people had other options besides these expectations. This ambiguity is a central theme of theis book which demonstrates that although there was a critical politics of age during this period, young people had their own initiatives and strategies and grew up in all sorts of ways.

Building Resistance to Stress and Aging - The Toughness Model (Hardcover): R. Dienstbier Building Resistance to Stress and Aging - The Toughness Model (Hardcover)
R. Dienstbier
R4,052 Discovery Miles 40 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The toughness model proposed in this book incorporates psychological research and neuroscience to explain how a variety of toughening activities - ranging from confronting mental and physical challenges to meditation - sustain our brains and bodies, and ultimately build our mental and psychological capacities degenerated by stress and by aging.

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