Political Science
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The Vaal Uprising of 1984 & the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa [Hardback]
Franziska Rueedi(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781847012616
Published by : James Currey
On 3 September 1984 a bloody uprising set the African townships of the Vaal Triangle aflame. Triggered by dissatisfaction over rent increases and a local government that was failing to provide any meaningful political power or social transformatio... .... Learn More -
Edinburgh German Yearbook 14: Politics and Culture in Germany and Austria Today [Hardback]
Frauke Matthes(Editor); Dora Osborne(Editor); Katya Krylova Myrto Aspioti(Editor); Frauke Matthes(General editor); Katya Krylova(Editor); Linda Shortt(Contributor); Myrto Aspioti(Editor); Teresa Ludden(Contributor); Dora Osbourne(Editor)
$85.00ISBN: 9781640140844
Published by : Camden House
Series: Edinburgh German Yearbook
Volume: 14
As debates about Europe, migration, resurgent nationalism, and neoliberalism intensify in Germany and Austria, politics has gained particular prominence in cultural production and cultural institutions. How does this development affect German Stud... .... Learn More -
Winning Wars: The Enduring Nature and Changing Character of Victory from Antiquity to the 21st Century [Hardback]
Matthias Strohn(Editor)
$65.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781952715006
Published by : Casemate Academic
While ‘winning’ might be considered a fundamental part of the human objective, what constitutes winning and how one might achieve it remain somewhat abstract, in war as in any other human endeavor. ‘Winning’ militarily at t... .... Learn More -
Biopolitics for Beginners: Knowledge of Life and Government of People [Paperback]
Ottavio Marzocca(Author)
$44.99ISBN: 9788869771781
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Philosophy
The term biopolitics can be fully understood only within the context of modern forms of governing society. From this perspective, the development of modern medical knowledge, the reorganization of the hospital as a health institution, the growing ... .... Learn More -
The Red Vienna Sourcebook [Hardback]
Ingo Zechner(Editor); Georg Spitaler(Editor); Rob McFarland(Editor)
$120.00ISBN: 9781571133557
Published by : Camden House
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
Volume: 204
Immediately after World War I, in 1919, the Austrian capital Vienna elected a Social Democratic majority that persisted until 1934. The city's leaders, together with its intellectuals, boldly imagined a new society that would be economically just,... .... Learn More -
In Apartheid’s Shadow: Australian Race Politics and South Africa, 1945–1975 [Paperback]
Roger Bell(Author)
$40.00ISBN: 9781925801675
Published by : Australian Scholarly Publishing
In 1952 an Australian journalist cabled from Johannesburg: ‘Apartheid is the trigger that has fired racial explosions in South Africa and sent echoes rumbling around the world’. In the outposts of Europe’s unstable empires, entre... .... Learn More -
Being Left-Wing in Australia: Identity, Culture and Politics after Socialism [Paperback]
Geoff Robinson(Author)
$40.00ISBN: 9781925801798
Published by : Australian Scholarly Publishing
In the last three decades the Australian Left has shaped national life. The collapse of the socialist project in the eighties enabled the rebirth of the Australian Left as a force of government. The Left of the Labor Party has moved from the fring... .... Learn More -
The Struggle for Land and Justice in Kenya [Hardback]
Ambreena Manji(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781847012555
Published by : James Currey
Series: Eastern Africa Series
Volume: 49
Finalist for the African Studies Association's 2021 Best Book Prize
Why, despite the introduction of new land laws beginning in 2012, has there been an increase in land grabbing in Kenya? Why has legislation failed to address long stand... .... Learn More -
The Manner of Their Going: Prime Ministerial Exits from Lynne to Abbott [Paperback]
Norman Abjorensen(Author)
$40.00ISBN: 9781925984064
Published by : Australian Scholarly Publishing
For those who want to understand Australian politics today —
Why does Australia change its prime ministers so often? Has the job of prime minister become more difficult? It has certainly become more insecure, with six changes in the... .... Learn More -
Cultivating Their Own: Agriculture in Western Kenya during the "Development" Era [Hardback]
Muey C. Saeteurn(Author); Muey Muey Saeteurn(Author)
$80.00ISBN: 9781580469791
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
Volume: 90
After more than fifty years of development, why have interventions and aid failed to yield greater poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa? Why did the agricultural development projects that were transpiring in places like Kenyaduring the "... .... Learn More
