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“jane duncan”

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  • Stopping the Spies

    Constructing and resisting the surveillance state in South Africa

    by Jane Duncan ...
    Is South Africa on its way to becoming a surveillance state, and will it need a whistleblower?In 2013, former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden leaked secret documents revealing that state agencies like the NSA had spied on the communications of millions of innocent citizens. International outrage resulted, but the Snowden documents revealed only the tip of the surveillance ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Before I Go

    The Essential Guide to Creating a Good End of Life Plan

    by Jane Duncan Rogers ...
    A compassionate, practical guide to end-of-life matters, empowering us to clarify and share our wishes and continue to live life to the fullest• Addresses the emotional, spiritual, and practical aspects of end-of-life planning to help you prepare well for your death• Enables the reader to make well-informed decisions about their end-of-life care and facilitate conversations with family and friends ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Destroying Democracy

    Neoliberal capitalism and the rise of authoritarian politics

    by Jane Duncan, Linda Gordon, Gunnett Kaaf, Dale T McKinley, Alf Gunvald Nilsen, Devan Pillay, Mandla J Radebe, Alfredo Saad-Filho, Ingar Solty ...
    A history of the erosion of democracy across the globeDemocracy is being destroyed. This is a crisis that expresses itself in the rising authoritarianism visible in divisive and exclusionary politics, populist political parties and movements, increased distrust in fact-based information and news, and the withering accountability of state institutions. Over the last four decades, democracy has ... Read more

    Was $31.99 USD Now $26.99 USD

  • Retropioneers: Architecture Redefined

    Edited by Jane Duncan ...
    What does the future of the construction industry look like? This book brings together opinion pieces by all RIBA Ambassadors and other leading construction voices, setting the scene for how our industry will look in the future and the role that architects could, and perhaps should, play in this new world. ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Mbeki and After

    Reflections on the Legacy of Thabo Mbeki

    by Richard Calland, Jane Duncan, Steven Friedman, Mark Gevisser ...
    For nearly ten years – indeed more if we include his period of influence under Mandela’s presidency – Thabo Mbeki bestrode South Africa’s political stage. Despite attempts by some in the new ANC leadership to airbrush out his role, there can be little doubt that Mbeki was a seminal figure in South Africa’s new democracy, one who left a huge mark in many fields, perhaps most controversially in ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

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  • Rogue

    The Inside Story of SARS's Elite Crime-busting Unit

    by Johann van Loggerenberg, Adrian Lackay ...
    The story of a 'rogue unit' operating within the South African Revenue Service (SARS) became entrenched in the public mind following a succession of sensational reports published by the Sunday Times in 2014. The unit, the reports claimed, had carried out a series of illegal spook operations: they had spied on President Jacob Zuma, run a brothel, illegally bought spyware and entered into unlawful ... Read more

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  • The European Union

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Simon Usherwood, John Pinder ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The European Union (EU) stands out as a fascinatingly unique political organisation. On the one hand, it has shown the potential for developing deep and wide-ranging cooperation between member states, going far beyond that found anywhere else in the world. On the other, it is currently in the throes of a phase of profound uncertainty about its viability and future. Showing how and why the EU has ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Hitmen for Hire

    Exposing South Africa's Underworld

    by Mark Shaw ...
    Hitmen for Hire takes the reader on a journey like no other, navigating a world of paid hitmen, informers, rogue policemen, criminal taxi bosses, gang leaders, and crooked politicians and businessmen. Criminologist Mark Shaw examines a society in which contract killings have become commonplace, looking at who arranges hits, where to find a hitman, and even what it is like to operate as a hitman – ... Read more

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  • The Unbroken Machine

    Canada's Democracy in Action

    by Dale Smith ...
    The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017What if it is not our political system that is broken, but our understanding of it?Everybody thinks that it’s the system that’s broken in politics; but what if it’s not the system that’s broken but rather our understanding of it? What if everyone’s proposals to make the system “more democratic” only wind up making things worse, and weaken our systems of ... Read more

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  • Law, Privacy and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era

    Edited by Michael Geist ...
    Series series Law, Technology and Media
    Years of surveillance-related leaks from US whistleblower Edward Snowden have fuelled an international debate on privacy, spying, and Internet surveillance. Much of the focus has centered on the role of the US National Security Agency, yet there is an important Canadian side to the story. The Communications Security Establishment, the Canadian counterpart to the NSA, has played an active role in ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Surveillance After Snowden

    by David Lyon ...
    In 2013, Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA and its partners had been engaging in warrantless mass surveillance, using the internet and cellphone data, and driven by fear of terrorism under the sign of ’security’.In this compelling account, surveillance expert David Lyon guides the reader through Snowden’s ongoing disclosures: the technological shifts involved, the steady rise of invisible ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • Tafelberg Short: The Zuma Moment

    And the road to Mangaung

    by Aubrey Matshiqi ...
    Series series Tafelberg Kort/Tafelberg Short
    The battle for Mangaung will be lost and won on different fronts, as was the case at Polokwane. Astute political observer Aubrey Matshiqi takes a sharp look at the various players, from the intelligence community to the courts, the alliance and the media, as he casts his searchlight on the 'deep state', moral bankruptcy and bad leadership. A sobering, razor-sharp analysis of the uncomfortable ... Read more

    $3.99 USD