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(Mis)Management of Sub-Nationalism and Diversity in

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by Godfrey Berinde Asiimwe (Author)The book revisits the complexity of the "modern nation" building project of African countries like Uganda, over pre-existing entities like Buganda. Through discourse analysis, the work historically unravels the intricate interlaces of self-preservation agency from the dawn of the new order through the supra "nationhood" architecture. It engages dominant narratives and streamlines critical analysis of the rationale and strategies of sub-nationalisms against t...

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by Aris Project (Author), Conflict Research Group (Prepared by), C. Brown (Editor)Various authors have noted that violence is often a double-edged sword within combat settings, particularly those involving a resistance movement fighting an asymmetric conflict against the security forces of a stronger incumbent government, with both sides vying for the sympathies of a local population. Atkinson and Kress noted that "on the one hand violence is needed to fight the other side and perhaps deter i...

The Problem with Solutions: Why Silicon Valley Can't Hack the Future of Food - Hardcover

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by Julie Guthman (Author)A concise and feisty takedown of the all-style, no-substance tech ventures that fail to solve our food crises. Why has Silicon Valley become the model for addressing today's myriad social and ecological crises? With this book, Julie Guthman digs into the impoverished solutions for food and agriculture currently emerging from Silicon Valley, urging us to stop trying to fix our broken food system through finite capitalistic solutions and technological moonshots that do...

Gathering Evidence: (The Evidence of Things Not Said) Essays and Diaries collection - Paperback

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by Tendai Rinos Mwanaka (Author)Gathering Evidence (The Evidence of Things Not Said) is a collection of two diary cycles and two essays. The diaries are from the period, 2013-2014 and 2014-2015. The diaries gives an insight into life in Zimbabwe during these periods, 10 years ago. You find the political situation laid bare, the religious fanaticism, social constructions, the dream state, love life of the character, the weather, anything that the character thought to shone light on, and it esp...

Trade Union Studies in the UK and Kenya - Paperback

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by Nigel Flanagan (Author), Shiraz Durrani (Author)Nigel Flanagan brings a distinct perspective to the problems of trade union organising. In this account he draws on his own experiences as an activist, shop steward, strike organiser and working for the global union UNI. The book has be very well received and after six impressions this revised and enlarged edition is also being published in a Kenyan version with our partners, Vita Books - Nick Wright. Nigel Flanagan's Our Trade Unions: What C...

Development of a Smart Tourism Destination - Hardcover

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by Zlatka Todorova-Hamdan Genka Rafailova (Author)This monograph presents a summary of theory and good practices, research results, and a model and strategy for the development of a smart tourism destination using the Varna Municipality in Bulgaria as an example. It begins with a theoretical overview and analysis of the characteristics of smart cities and smart tourism, sustainable development of tourism and tourism destinations, aspects of urban planning and management of a tourism destinati...

Green Card Brides: The Lives of Black Migrants in America - Paperback

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by Yasin Kakande (Author)This book is my personal story of just how elusive the American Dream can be. I share my struggle as I work long shifts as a caregiver and Uber driver to make ends meet while I apply for legal status, hoping to bring my wife and children. But this is more than just my story. It serves as a clarifying backdrop for the global migrant crisis and a rallying cry for change. Here, I share not only my personal experiences as someone who has to take 3D (dirty, dangerous, and ...

History of Women Politicians of Zimbabwe - Paperback

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by Joyce Jenje-Makwenda (Author)Joyce Jenje Makwenda started researching on the History of Women Politicians of Zimbabwe in the early 1990's and has been writing articles in the newspapers, magazines and journals. Joyce has interviewed around 65 women and her research goes as far back as the pre-colonial era to today. Number of Pages: 156 Dimensions: 0.33 x 10.88 x 8.38 IN Publication Date: August 04, 2024

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by Niccolo Machiavelli (Author)Collected here in one omnibus edition are Niccol? Machiavelli's most import works The Art of War and The Prince. It was Niccol? Machiavelli who essentially removed ethics from government. He did it with The Prince when he asserted that The Prince (president dictator prime minister etc.) does not have to be concerned with ethics as long as their motivation is to protect the state. It is this questionable belief that in many ways had lead to the modern world as we...

Youth Activism in Modern Politics in Ghana - Paperback

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by Charles Prempeh (Author)The restlessness in the Ghanaian youth today finds expression in constant street protests and sit-ins. With increasing frustration about lack of job opportunities and bleak future, the compelling urge in the youth is to find 'greener pastures' elsewhere. This book examines four key Ghanaian youths, who, in recent times, have captured the headlines in Ghanaian politics. These are Kwame Bediako (also known as 'Cheddar'), a presidential candidate; Oliver Mawuse Barker-...

Steep Goals and Rabbit Holes: The Damage is Done - Paperback

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by Anthony Of Boston (Author)The damage is done as of the year 2023. This begs the question, "what was the genesis of it all?" Was there a point that could be identified as the catalyst for America's terminal decline? This book examines all the possible factors, from the radical Black Lives Matter movement, to Obama's use of the race card, the inflammatory rhetoric of Donald Trump, the left's sabotage of Trump's presidency, mainstream platforming of extremists from minority groups, the democr...

The Red Horse of the Apocalypse: The Spirit of Violence, Revenge, and Conquest - Paperback

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by Simon Chop (Author)The power struggle and tribal greed that destroy inspirations are the pivotal themes of this book. South Sudan had been plagued by tragedies since the inception of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army. The red horse of the apocalypse, which symbolises bloodshed or mass slaughter, perfectly represents what took place in South Sudan. The riders, however, brought freedom and justice to the forgotten people of South Sudan. But that jubilation did not last long before ...

The Palestinian genocide: a scandal and a disgrace for our civilised world! - Paperback

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by Marien-Edgard Ngbali Bemi (Author)"The Palestinian Genocide: A Scandal and a Disgrace for Our Civilised World!"In a world that prides itself on progress, human rights, and justice, how can we remain silent as an entire people are systematically erased? The Palestinian Genocide: A Scandal and a Disgrace for Our Civilised World! is an unflinching expos? of one of the gravest humanitarian crises of our time. Through gripping narratives, historical analysis, and piercing moral clarity, this bo...

The People Are Going to Rise Like the Waters Upon Your Shore: A Story of American Rage - Paperback

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by Jared Yates Sexton (Author)"Sexton grapples with the Trump campaign from the perspective of the crowds reveling in the candidate's presence and message. It is a useful vantage point given the increasingly blatant bigotry in the months since the election." --The Washington Post The People Are Going to Rise Like the Waters Upon Your Shore is a firsthand account of the events that shaped the 2016 presidential election and the cultural forces that powered Donald Trump into the White House. Inc...

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by Simanti Dasgupta (Author)Based on ethnographic work with Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee in Sonagachi, the iconic red-light district in Kolkata, Prophylactic Rights examines the emergence of labour rights at the intersection of HIV/AIDS and anti-trafficking. The primary disciplinary contribution of this book lies in bridging medical and legal anthropology through a corporeal understanding of sex work rights. It addresses the following questions: How does the labour rights narrative emerg...

In the Shadow of the Capitol Dome: Critical Legal Theory and State Level Educational Policymaking - Hardcover

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by Brian J. Boggs (Author)The Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution places education firmly under the purview of the states. As such, and from the time the first public education system was conceived in the United States, there have been endless battles under the domes of state capitals everywhere to create, control, and reform educational policy. However, despite the prominent role that states and their legislatures have as central actors in forming educational policy, very few p...

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by Jonathan Schell (Author)Author BiographyJonathan Schell was born in 1943 in New York City. He graduated from the Putney School in Vermont and magna cum laude from Harvard University, where he majored in Far Eastern history and wrote for the Harvard Crimson. He learned Japanese and travelled widely while enrolled in the Graduate School of International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan. Schell was the Harold Willens Peace Fellow at the Nation Institute. He died in 2014. Number of Pages: ...

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by Grieve Chelwa (Author), Marion Ouma (Author), Redge Nkosi (Author)Can Africans Do Economics? examines the intersection of economic development and freedom across Africa. Drawing on the powerful ideas of former African leaders such as Thomas Sankara and Julius Nyerere, this book explores their belief in the inseparable link between political independence and economic progress.Informed by the scholarship of leading economists Grieve Chelwa, Marion Ouma, Redge Nkosi, Cleopas Sambo and Ndongo ...

Somalia The Untold History 1941-1969 - Paperback

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by Mohamed Issa Trunji (Author)THIS STUDY COVERS THE PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN 1941 and 1969 - almost three decades which undoubtedly represent a crucial time in Somalia's history. The period is divided into three distinct phases in which the country came under the rule of three different administrations: British military administration, UN Trusteeship and, finally, an independent Somali civilian administration, each of which left its imprint not only on the country but also on the lives of its ...

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by Sherry Howard (Author)Learn about the process of electing government leaders! This Spanish nonfiction book explains how elections work and ways for individuals to stay involved in government. The book also includes a related fiction piece, a glossary, an extension activity, and other helpful features. Perfect for young readers, this book will show students how to be informed citizens when it comes to elections and campaigns. This 32-page full-color Spanish book describes the presidential e...

Stories of Solidarity and Struggle: A Life in the Worldwide Movement for Human Rights - Paperback

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by David Hinkley (Author), Anna Hayward (Editor) Number of Pages: 164 Dimensions: 0.35 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: December 18, 2024

Nationalism, Politics and Anthropology: A Tale of Two South Africans - Paperback

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by Ilana Van Wyk (Author), Jimmy Pieterse (Author)In this book, Ilana van Wyk and Jimmy Pieterse interrogate the question of political subjectivity and its role in the making of anthropology and anthropologists by revisiting the pitched battles between so-called liberal social anthropologists and conservative, nationalist volkekundiges in South Africa. They pay particular attention to the social and cultural lives of two men who were central proponents of South African anthropology's 'two tal...

The Thought of Bal Gangadhar Tilak: An Intellectual Biography - Hardcover

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by Robert E. Upton (Author)This work is a systematic study of Bal Gangadhar Tilak's thought, focusing on his views on 'communal' relations within the Indian polity, on caste and reform in Hindu society, and on political ethics regarding violence and non-cooperation. The Thought of Bal Gangadhar Tilak adopts a contextualist approach, situating his ideas in local Maharashtrian as well as pan-Indian and global cultural-intellectual contexts. The approach blends Tilak's quotidian journalism and s...

Resilience of Democracy: Responses to Illiberal and Authoritarian Challenges - Paperback

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by Anna L?hrmann (Editor), Wolfgang Merkel (Editor)This book posits three potential reactions of democratic regimes: to withstand without changes, to adapt through internal changes, and to recover without losing the democratic character of its regime and its constitutive core institutions, organizations, and processes. Number of Pages: 174 Dimensions: 0.4 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: October 08, 2024

Duct-tape Community: Hope for Neighborliness in an Unequal World - Paperback

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by Jim Herbst (Author) Number of Pages: 342 Dimensions: 0.71 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: November 11, 2024

Selected Memories: A Collection of Tales & Adventures From Travels Around the World - Paperback

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by James Breivis (Author) Number of Pages: 246 Dimensions: 0.52 x 8 x 5.25 IN Publication Date: December 01, 2024

Twelve Steps for White America: For a United States of America - Paperback

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by William Watson (Author)Twelve Steps for White America: For a United States of America answers the revolutionary call of James Baldwin in "The Fire Next Time" for new standards for white Americans. Educator and former psychotherapist William Watson presents a treatment plan for democracy, an innovative framework of steps white Americans can take (and all individuals and organizations can incorporate) to right our nation's course to peace and prosperity through justice then liberty for all....

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by Richard Pipes (Author)America's foremost authority on Russian communism--the author of the definitive studies The Russian Revolution and Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime--now addresses the enigmas of that country's 70-year enthrallment with communism. Succinct, lucidly argued, and lively in its detail, this book offers a brilliant summation of the life's work of "one of America's great historians" (Washington Post Book World). "The author has distilled his arguments concerning several key...

Locke Among the Radicals: Liberty and Property in the Nineteenth Century - Hardcover

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by Daniel Layman (Author)Capitalism in the western world is currently facing a crisis of legitimacy in the face of growing inequality. But many forget that the global, capitalist world as we know it today emerged largely during the industrial revolution. Four remarkable thinkers of the long nineteenth century, the Lockean radicals--Thomas Hodgskin, Lysander Spooner, John Bray, and Henry George--responded to the horrid and rampant economic injustices at the time by picking up the loose ends of...

You'll See This Message When It Is Too Late: The Legal and Economic Aftermath of Cybersecurity Breaches - Paperback

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by Josephine Wolff (Author)What we can learn from the aftermath of cybersecurity breaches and how we can do a better job protecting online data. Cybersecurity incidents make the news with startling regularity. Each breach--the theft of 145.5 million Americans' information from Equifax, for example, or the Russian government's theft of National Security Agency documents, or the Sony Pictures data dump--makes headlines, inspires panic, instigates lawsuits, and is then forgotten. The cycle of al...

Political Voice: Protest, Democracy, and Marginalised Groups - Paperback

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by Aidan McGarry (Author)The inclusion of marginalised groups is a problem of modern democratic societies as representative democracy is built on principles which favour the majority. Around the world, some sections of society are silenced and actively excluded--including women, migrants, refugees, LGBTIQ, indigenous communities, and ethnic minorities, among others. The voice of the majority is used to contain, diminish, and oppress minorities through institutional racism, violence, erasure f...

The Battle for the Jewish State: How Israel--And America--Can Win - Hardcover

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by Victoria Coates (Author)On October 7, 2023, Israel was ambushed by the Palestinian terrorist organization, Hamas. The attack, underwritten by the Islamic Republic of Iran, unleashed unspeakable terrors on the Israeli population. Most of the world reacted with horror to Hamas's actions. But many commentators labeled the Jewish people, and Israel as a nation, as oppressors. The Palestinians, according to their Marxist calculus, were the oppressed.A legion of figures in academia, the media, a...