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How does the South African economy work? Why do macroeconomic variables change? So what if they do? What happens next? How do economic processes and policy institutions really work? Which data must I use? What can policy do? And then the big questions: How can we reduce unemployment and maintain low inflation? What then about poverty, inequality, inclusive growth and development in South Africa?
The answers are found in How to think and reason in Macroeconomics – A South African text, a popular university textbook with very positive feedback from students, lecturers and practitioners. This fifth edition is completely up-to-date and comprehensive. It combines well-informed intuitive understanding with solid economic theory plus a concrete understanding of South African economic issues, processes, institutions and data. In this way it prepares you to analyse macroeconomic events and policies in a globalised and development context – and understand different perspectives in policy and political-economic debates.
Key features:
- Accessible analysis, theory and diagrams, combining intuitive understanding and sophisticated analysis.
- A choice of learning routes with different levels of difficulty and mathematics.
- Real-world economic reasoning skills, not dry theory.
- Online animations that provide unique insights into macroeconomic fluctuations and shocks.
- Explicit continuous focus on South Africa as an open economy in an African and global context shaped by China, Trump’s trade wars and Brexit.
- Theoretical and policy analysis of unemployment, inflation, low growth and inclusive growth, as well as the National Development Plan.
- Analytical case studies of the global financial crisis, quantitative easing, the Euro crisis and the Eskom crisis.
- First-hand, freshly updated insights into how South African policy institutions, processes and instruments work.
- Clear guides to access relevant South African data sources, with useful data tips.
- Thorough integration of the structural social and economic realities (notably inequality and poverty) of South Africa as a middle-income country.
- Incorporation of broader considerations such as human development, inclusive growth and sustainable development.
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Reef 2: High Tide (DVD)
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New parents Pi and Cordelia have been enjoying a period of quiet since their last run-in with the reef's resident shark Troy.
Seeing an opportunity to kidnap Cordelia, Troy sends his loyal factotum Ronny into the community to distract Pi and the rest of his friends and neighbours while he concocts his plan of revenge.
But with Pi weary of strangers coming to the reef, it isn't long before he recognises Ronny's real intent and so sets about stopping Troy once and for all...
Air Law: A comprehensive sourcebook for Southern African pilots is
the first book on air law published by a leading academic and is
intended to serve the Southern African pilots' community. Written
in a straight-forward style, Air Law is fully referenced and
clearly presented. The book provides student pilots and their
instructors with the in-depth knowledge that pilots need to pass
their examinations and obtain their licences. Air Law offers
private pilots a source of legal reference that will enable them to
remain competent and compliant aviators and guides them through
complex regulations. Air Law will also help commercial pilots to
secure the core knowledge of air law that they need to progress to
advanced procedures. The book contains a section intended for drone
pilots. Air Law tells a story: that of flying safely. The book
offers readers who are passionate about aviation a deep insight
into the art of safe flying. You will follow a VFR pilot on a
cross-country flight, and see how the rules, regulations, and
demands of air law are there to produce better pilots, and to make
flying a unique and long-lasting human experience.
Housing matters, no matter when or where. This volume of collected essays
on housing in colonial and postcolonial Africa seeks to elaborate how
and why housing is much more than an everyday practice.
The politics
of housing unfold in disparate dimensions of time, space and agency.
Depending on context, they acquire diverse, often ambivalent, meanings.
Housing can be a promise, an unfulfilled dream, a tool of self- and class-assertion,
a negotiation process, or a means to achieve other ends. This
volume analyzes housing in its multifacetedness, be it a lens to offer insights
into complex processes that shape societies; be it a tool of empire to exercise
control over private relations of inhabitants; or be it a means to create good,
obedient and productive citizens.
Contributions to this volume range from the field of history, to architecture
and urban planning, African studies, linguistics, and literature. The individual
case studies home in on specific aspects and dimensions of housing and
seek to bring them into dialogue with each other. By doing so, the volume
aims to add to the debate on studying urban practices and their significance
for current social change.
This important Research Handbook provides a holistic analysis of
the development of the European Union's migration and asylum
policies. It comprehensively examines facets of each policy,
including insights from cutting-edge research and an in-depth
analysis of their development, whilst also identifying future
policy orientation. Featuring contributions from key legal
specialists in EU migration and asylum law, chapters in this
Research Handbook consider a variety of issues including, but not
limited to, the role of the institutional framework, visas,
borders, family and labour migration, refugee protection, mobility,
solidarity, and externalisation. It also offers an examination of
the effect of the migration 'crisis' on EU asylum and migration law
and the potential legal changes this may cause, as well as a survey
of the developments of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum
presented by the European Commission in 2020. Topical and
comprehensive, the Research Handbook on EU Migration and Asylum Law
is a must read for students and academics interested in EU law,
human rights, migration, and refugee law and politics. Its insights
will also help to inform the work of practitioners and policy
makers, and other experts in the areas of migration, asylum, EU
law, and EU integration.
The extraordinary new biography of one remarkable man who led a
life ahead of his time. In 1904 Roger Casement became an overnight
celebrity when he broadcast the abuses of the Belgian Congo and
lobbied for change. Widely admired and even knighted for his
humanitarian fervour, still he did not reveal all of himself. The
internal fault lines ran deep: he was neither fully Irish nor
English; baptised Catholic but raised Protestant; party to colonial
rule yet appalled by its cruelties; and desperate for intimacy
while tormented by his homosexuality. Plagued by poor mental
health, these competing stresses would eventually overwhelm
Casement - and he enters Germany during the First World War with a
rash scheme to incite the Easter Rising. Later captured and
declared a traitor by the British, his reputation in ruins after
details of his sex life are leaked, Casement's life ends on the
gallows and his body in an unmarked grave until, decades later, he
is honoured with an Irish state funeral. Activist, patriot, lover,
traitor, martyr: Roger Casement has been many things, to many
people. Throughout all these myriad lives, Casement remained
someone who struggled with his identity in a world that wilfully
condemned difference. Broken Archangel brings the real -
passionate, self-deceiving, altruistic, insecure, determined -
Roger Casement to life for the first time.
Pragmatic, progressive and global in its approach, this Handbook
centres around the key question: how can we teach public policy?
Presenting a wide variety of theoretical and methodological
perspectives, it expertly examines current approaches to teaching
public policy and critically reflects on potential future
developments in the field. Bringing together contributions from
over sixty leading public policy scholars, chapters examine the
many different orientations to teaching and learning public policy,
spanning traditional, current and emerging approaches. Employing a
multi-jurisdictional approach, contributors discuss key theories
surrounding the policy process, analyse diverse teaching
strategies, and investigate the different publics engaged in
learning about public policy. Through detailed case studies, the
Handbook also explores the differences in international public
policy programmes, and suggests possible explanations for the
plurality in content. This forward-thinking Handbook will be an
essential resource for educators in the field of public policy
looking to enhance their teaching practices as well as those
interested in the latest developments within the discipline.
Offering a comprehensive overview of modern public policy pedagogy,
it will also be of interest to academics and students.
This important new book introduces students to the fundamental
ideas of heterodox economics, presented in a clear and accessible
way by top heterodox scholars. It offers not only a critique of the
dominant approach to economics, but also a positive and
constructive alternative. Students interested in an explanation of
the real world will find the heterodox approach not only
satisfying, but ultimately better able to explain a money-using
economy prone to periods of instability and crises. Key features of
this textbook include: A non-conventional understanding of economic
analysis on a number of relevant topics Deep and convincing
criticism of orthodox thinking Discussion of the crucial importance
of money, banking and finance today Analysis of the roots of the
2008 global financial crisis A presentation of the features of
sustainable development. Students of economics at all levels can
use this textbook to deepen their understanding of the heterodox
approach, the fundamental roots of the 2008 global financial crisis
and the need to rethink economics afresh.
THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 SUNDAY
TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER When he receives an invitation to deliver a
lecture in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, international lawyer
Philippe Sands begins a journey on the trail of his family's secret
history. In doing so, he uncovers an astonishing series of
coincidences that lead him halfway across the world, to the origins
of international law at the Nuremberg trial. Interweaving the
stories of the two Nuremberg prosecutors (Hersch Lauterpacht and
Rafael Lemkin) who invented the crimes or genocide and crimes
against humanity, the Nazi governor responsible for the murder of
thousands in and around Lviv (Hans Frank), and incredible acts of
wartime bravery, EAST WEST STREET is an unforgettable blend of
memoir and historical detective story, and a powerful meditation on
the way memory, crime and guilt leave scars across generations. * *
* * * 'A monumental achievement: profoundly personal, told with
love, anger and great precision' John le Carre 'One of the most
gripping and powerful books imaginable' SUNDAY TIMES Winner:
Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction JQ-Wingate Literary Prize Hay
Festival Medal for Prose
This Encyclopedia is an invaluable reference book for
post-Keynesian and heterodox economics. It consists of 300 entries,
written by 180 different authors. The volume includes entries on
key concepts of interest to post-Keynesians as well as descriptions
of some of the seminal books in the post-Keynesian tradition. It
will interest both students and scholars of heterodox economics, as
well as policy makers around the world looking for a better
alternative to mainstream economic policies at national and
international levels in the aftermath of the global financial
crisis that burst in 2008 and the COVID-19 pandemic crisis that
began in 2020. Key Features: Offers a non-conventional
understanding of economic analysis on a number of key economic
topics Provides a deep and convincing criticism of orthodox
thinking Explains how money, banking and finance are crucial
elements of economics today Addresses the roots of the 2008 global
financial crisis Points out the importance of sound economic
policies Presents the essence of the subject matter concisely This
comprehensive reference work will be a key tool to students,
scholars, policy makers and anyone else seeking to understand the
world economy through the important lens of post-Keynesian thought.
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The Expatriate (DVD)
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Cross-continental action thriller starring Aaron Eckhart. Ben Logan
(Eckhart) has left his home in the United States and relocated to
Belgium for a new job working on spy technology. With the arrival
of his estranged daughter Amy (Liana Liberato) comes a new sense of
responsibility as she struggles to adapt to her new surroundings
and way of life. But when she and her father visit the office one
day to pick up a delivery and find the place empty, with no trace
of the company having worked there, it's just the beginning of an
international conspiracy. As the pair are catapulted into a game of
cat and mouse with Ben's previous employer, the CIA, Amy learns a
lot more about her father than she bargained for...
This ground-breaking book analyses the severe monetary policy
challenges facing Latin American countries. Contributors reflect on
how these issues should be addressed by policy-makers, identifying
the need for a synergic response from regional central banks.
Arguing that the challenges currently faced by regional central
banks are intrinsically related, this book examines the risks
generated by an international climate of uncertainty. It explores
how to address inflationary pressures, output contraction, external
vulnerabilities, tightness in advanced central banks’ monetary
policies, nominal dollar appreciation, and falling commodity
prices. Chapters focus on key elements of monetary policy,
including transmission channels, exchange rates, international
reserves, sustainable finance, and income inequality, to give an
alternative view on the position of regional central banks in the
global financial system. Monetary Policy Challenges in Latin
America will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of
monetary policy, development economics, banking, and political
economy. It will also be essential reading for policy-makers
seeking new perspectives on monetary policy.
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Love Me If You Dare (DVD)
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This dark romantic comedy is the debut feature for director Yann
Samuell. The film follows the intimate but twisted relationship
between two would-be lovers, Julien (Guillaume Canet) and Sophie
(Marion Cotillard), who first meet as eight-year-olds in
inauspicious circumstances: Julien's mother is dying, while Sophie
is suffering ferocious bullying at school. When Julien plays a
practical joke on the children who are picking on Sophie, a close
friendship evolves between the two, which is based on an ongoing
game of dares and forfeits. As they grow older, the game
increasingly becomes a power struggle as they use it to torment and
embarrass each other - but could it really be an elaborate cover
for the deep affection they hold for one another?
Working to demystify the enigmatic process behind unexpected
policymaking, this important book proposes to understand the
significance of meaning struggles and the uncertainty provoked by
the multiple pressures in governmental decision making. Using the
French case, where the government shifted position 3 times before
banning hydraulic fracturing, The Politics of Meaning Struggles
addresses the wider phenomenon of governmental shifts in policy
decisions through a new perspective, a pragmatist constructivism
approach. This controversial governmental U-turn is thoroughly
analysed through the meticulous reconstitution of multiple debates
which took place not only in the public arena but also in the
privacy of government. Based on 3 years of investigation and 52
lengthy qualitative interviews across the hierarchical levels of
the bureaucracy including former ministers, and through exclusive
access to the archive of Prime Minister, the authors allow us to
better understand the complexity and uncertainty in the policy
process, which has yet to be explained by classical theories,
frameworks and concepts. It builds from the oversights of existing
policy approaches to create a more comprehensive understanding as
to why State decisions, pressured by power struggles and mutating
proposals, are never written in advance. > Working towards
gaining a better grasp of the complexity and diversity of public
policies, this insightful book will be invaluable to public policy
students and scholars. It will also be particularly useful to
policy makers working within the gas industry and wider
governmental roles that involve policy and decision making.
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Making Water Smart (Paperback)
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This chapters in this book highlight the breadth of smart water
technologies and applications. From the use of classical machine
learning and data transformation methods for process improvement,
to data management and assimilation in models for better monitoring
control, a selection of these chapters describes the acquisition
and preparation of data as an initial step in its use as part of a
digital framework for smart water applications. Importantly,
several chapters examine the use of smart tools and contemporary AI
technologies, such as neural networks and Internet of Things, that
demonstrate value in non-conventional or remote environments. This
collection demonstrates the innovation possible through the entire
'pipeline' of the process of applying smart water techniques, from
data measurement and collection, through initial analysis to the
application of machine learning and AI techniques and finally
through to system deployment. Each of these steps plays an
important role in the application of data science and AI techniques
to water problems. Collectively, the book showcases the innovation
required to leverage modern data science and AI approaches in the
water sector and collectively point the way towards a future of new
measurement techniques, innovative methodologies, and intuitive
human interaction to truly 'Make Water Smart'. In Focus - a book
series that showcases the latest accomplishments in water research.
Each book focuses on a specialist area with papers from top experts
in the field. It aims to be a vehicle for in-depth understanding
and inspire further conversations in the sector.
This timely Handbook provides a conceptual discussion and a wide
empirical presentation of new disruptive forms of innovation
producing appropriate technologies, addressing the needs of
low-income populations, and providing alternative solutions for
sustainable development. The Handbook of Innovation &
Appropriate Technologies for International Development expertly
analyses and compares contributions of appropriate technologies in
developing, emerging and industrialized economies, including China
and India, and their global development impacts. Additionally, it
covers the transversal role of new international communication
technologies, open access, digital tools as well as
entrepreneurship and innovation from within emerging economies and
in industrialized nations. Using empirical analyses of cases and
experiences in manufacturing sectors and services, it covers both
the formal and informal economy, and provides an insightful focus
on differences and similarities across borders and sectors. NGO and
private sector practitioners, public sector officers as well as
academics specialized in development economics, entrepreneurship
and engineering or management studies will find this Handbook to be
illuminating and very informative. Science and technology producers
and entrepreneurs will appreciate the global look into more
sustainable development as related to appropriate technologies, and
how they can be used across all economic backgrounds.
Comparing the structures and challenges of democratic
constitutionalism in India and the European Union, this book
explores how democracy is possible within vastly diverse societies
of continental scale, and why a constitutional framework is best
able to secure the ideals of collective autonomy and individual
dignity. It contributes to an emerging comparative discussion on
structures of power, separation of powers and a comparative law of
democracy, which has been long neglected in comparative
constitutional studies. This timely and invigorating book showcases
a novel comparative approach termed "slow comparison" counters the
conceptual focus on nation-states in comparative studies and
develops a broader understanding of democratic constitutionalism.
In the context of the contemporary crisis of constitutional
democracy, triggered by populism, majoritarianism and
authoritarianism, chapters continue older ongoing debates about
multiculturalism, identity politics and democratic equality that
hold important insights for both India and the EU to deal with
contemporary challenges. This book will be an important read for
scholars of comparative constitutional law and theory. It will also
benefit those studying EU law and Indian constitutional law.
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