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The Quest for Press Freedom: One Hundred Years of History of the Media in Ethiopia

by Meseret Chekol Reta

This book is about press development and freedom in Ethiopia, with a focus on the state media. It examines the political and social situations of the monarchy era, the Marxist military regime, and the current...


Colonial Mentality in Africa

by Nkuzi Michael Nnam

Intended for a broad audience, Colonial Mentality in Africa explores the lingering effects of colonization in present day Africa. Despite the independence of all African nations from their former colonizers...


Pharmacy on a Bicycle: Innovative Solutions for Global Health and Poverty

by Eric Bing & Marc J. Epstein

Traditional pathways to delivering health care to the global poor are failing. Five million children die each year before their fifth birthday due to lack of basic health education, services, or low-cost treatments....


The Measure of Civilization: How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations

by Ian Morris

In the last thirty years, there have been fierce debates over how civilizations develop and why the West became so powerful. The Measure of Civilization presents a brand-new way of investigating these questions...


mHealth in Practice: Mobile Technology for Health Promotion in the Developing World

by Jonathan Donner & Patricia Mechael

There has recently been an explosion of interest around the application of mobile communication technologies to support health initiatives in developing countries (mHealth). As a result, there is a need to promote...


African Struggles Today: Social Movements Since Independence

by Peter Dwyer & Leo Zeilig

This groundbreaking analysis examines the gains, contradictions, and frustrations of twenty-first century prodemocracy struggles across Southern Africa


The Politics of Water in Africa: Norms, Environmental Regions and Transboundary Cooperation in the Orange-Senqu and Nile Rivers

by Inga M Jacobs

Water resources and related issues are of great significance in 21st century politics. In Africa, for example, hydropolitics affect politics and policymaking at the local, national, and international levels....


Development in an Insecure and Gendered World: The Relevance of the Millennium Goals

by Jacqueline Leckie

The Millennium Declaration was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2000 and explicit targets were set to eradicate key problems in human development by 2015. This collection focuses specifically...


The EU and World Regionalism: The Makability of Regions in the 21st Century

by Philippe De Lombaerde & Michael Schulz

This comparative book investigates the impact that the EU has on regionalization elsewhere through its inter-regional relations. Covering agriculture, trade, ASEAN, NAFTA, MERCOSUR and Commonwealth amongst other...


Surviving with Dignity: Hausa Communities of Niamey, Niger

by Scott M. Youngstedt

Surviving with Dignity focuses on the lived experience of two generations of migrant Hausa men in Niamey, Niger’s capital city, set in a larger social matrix of national and global transformations. Their extraordinary...


Gathering Strength:: Conversations with Afghan Women

by Peggy Kelsey

Professional photographer, Peggy Kelsey traveled to Afghanistan in 2003 and 2010 to photograph and interview women. In Gathering Strength, Conversations with Afghan Women these interviews come together under...


Beyond Good Intentions: A Journey into the Realities of International Aid

by Tori Hogan

Young and idealistic, Tori Hogan travels to Kenya as an intern for Save the Children, intent upon doing her part to improve the lives of refugees. But the cynicism of a young African boy changes Tori’s life...


The Economic Development of South-East Asia (Routledge Revivals): Studies in Economic History and Political Economy

by C. D. Cowan

First published in 1964, The Economic Development of South-East Asia: Studies in economic history and political economy contains eight papers originally written for a study group at the School of Oriental and...


Ecologies and Politics of Health

by Brian King & Kelley A. Crews

Human health exists at the interface of environment and society. Decades of work by researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers has shown that health is shaped by a myriad of factors, including the biophysical...


Conflict and the Refugee Experience: Flight, Exile, and Repatriation in the Horn of Africa

by Assefaw Bariagaber

One of the most serious threats to peace, security and the sovereignty of nations in the post-Cold War era is population migration. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of refugee experience in the Horn...


Voices of Resistance: Communication and Social Change

by Mohan J. Dutta

This book re-presents voices of resistance from across the globe to document the communicative processes, practices, and frameworks through which neoliberal global policies are currently being defied. Based...


Confronting Capital: Critique and Engagement in Anthropology

by Pauline Gardiner Barber, Belinda Leach & Winnie Lem

This volume is an exploration of the ways in which political economy as a mode of analysis moves anthropology toward a vital, politically engaged form of scholarship. It advances the understanding of the struggles...


Decentralisation Hybridized

by Annina Aeberli

South Sudan is undergoing a process of internationally-supported state building of which decentralisation forms part. For the people, decentralisation is understood as a right to self-rule based on native–stranger...


Sociology of Globalization: Cultures, Economies, and Politics

by Keri E. E. Iyall Iyall Smith

A diverse and engaging collection on the sociology of globalization that offers a systematic analysis of globalization and its impacts on people worldwide


Democratization in the Arab World: Prospects and Lessons from Around the Globe

by Laurel E. Miller, Jeffrey Martini & F. Stephen Larrabee

Daunting challenges lie ahead for Arab countries where revolutions have upended longstanding authoritarian regimes. This monograph aims to help policymakers understand the challenges ahead, form well-founded...