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  • Corrupted

    A study of chronic dysfunction in South African universities

    by Jonathan D Jansen ...
    In South African higher education, the images of dysfunction are everywhere. Student protests. Violence. Police presence. Rubber or real bullets. Class disruptions. Burning tyres. Damaged buildings. Injury and sometimes death. Reports of wholesale corruption. Year after year, often in the same set of universities; the problem of routine instability seems insoluble.The financial, academic and ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Academic Xenophobia

    African Scholars in South African Universities

    by Precious Simba, Cyrill Walters, Jonathan D. Jansen ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book explores the layered experiences of Black African faculty members at the 26 public universities in South Africa. Through rich narrative case studies and detailed policy analysis, the authors examine the manifestations of xenophobia within the academic context, including its impact on individuals, institutions, and policies. The book will be valuable to scholars, policymakers, and ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • The Decolonization of Knowledge

    Radical Ideas and the Shaping of Institutions in South Africa and Beyond

    by Jonathan D. Jansen, Cyrill A. Walters ...
    In 2015, students at the University of Cape Town used the slogan #RhodesMustFall to demand that a monument of Cecil John Rhodes, the empire builder of British South Africa, be removed from the university campus. Soon students at Oxford University called for the removal of a statue of Rhodes from Oriel College. The radical idea of decolonization at the forefront of these student protests continues ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • South African Schooling: The Enigma of Inequality

    A Study of the Present Situation and Future Possibilities

    Edited by Nic Spaull, Jonathan D. Jansen ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This volume brings together many of South Africa’s leading scholars of education and covers the full range of South African schooling: from financing and policy reform to in-depth discussions of literacy, numeracy, teacher development and curriculum change. The book moves beyond a historical analysis and provides an inside view of the questions South African scholars are now grappling with: Are ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • Principled Engagement

    Negotiating Human Rights in Repressive States

    Edited by Morten B. Pedersen, David Kinley ...
    Series series Applied Legal Philosophy
    What is the best way to promote human rights in grossly repressive states when neither sanctions nor trade and investment have much effect? This book examines the concept of Principled Engagement as an often overlooked alternative strategy for alleviating human rights violations and improving the framework of human rights protection. Beginning with an explanation of the concept and a comparison ... Read more

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  • Business and Conflict in Fragile States

    The Case for Pragmatic Solutions

    by Brian Ganson, Achim Wennmann ...
    Series series Adelphi series
    Large-scale investments in fragile states – in Latin America, Africa, the former Soviet Union and Asia – become magnets for conflict, which undermines business, development and security.International policy responds with regulation, state-building and institutional reform, with poor and often perverse results. Caught up in old ways of thinking about conflict and fragility, and an age-old fight ... Read more

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  • Human Security Challenges

    by Alan Hunter ...
    Series Book 1 - CPRS Books/eBooks
    In all countries, people face multiple challenges to welfare, safety and freedom: human security studies provide a deeper understanding of such threats, and contribute to effective responses.Human Security Challenges aims to inform readers concerned with global poverty and exclusion, especially those who may be living or working in challenging environments. It addresses issues of the environment, ... Read more

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  • What Is Government Good At?

    A Canadian Answer

    by Donald Savoie ...
    Winner: Donner Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Public Policy Writing by Canadians (2016)Winner: New Brunswick Book Award for Non-Fiction (2016)Recent decades have shown the public's support for government plummet alongside political leaders’ credibility. This downward spiral calls for an exploration of what has gone wrong. The questions "What is government good at?" and "What is government ... Read more

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    How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century

    by Alasdair Roberts ...
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    Shifting geopolitics, regional conflicts, climate change, and technology shocks: these are just some of the factors that will make the twenty-first century dangerous for Canada. Adaptability, the capacity to anticipate and manage dangers, is essential for the country to survive and thrive. But Canada is not as adaptable as it once was.In The Adaptable Country Alasdair Roberts explains what this ... Read more

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  • How Change Happens

    by Duncan Green ...
    Human society is full of would-be 'change agents', a restless mix of campaigners, lobbyists, and officials, both individuals and organizations, set on transforming the world. They want to improve public services, reform laws and regulations, guarantee human rights, get a fairer deal for those on the sharp end, achieve greater recognition for any number of issues, or simply be treated with respect. ... Read more

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  • Should Rich Nations Help the Poor?

    by David Hulme ...
    Series series Global Futures
    In the past decade, the developed world has spent almost US$ 2 trillion on foreign aid for poorer countries. Yet 1.2 billion people still live in extreme poverty and around 2.9 billion cannot meet their basic human needs.But should rich nations continue to help the poor? In this short book, leading global poverty analyst David Hulme explains why helping the world’s neediest communities is both the ... Read more

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