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Gender Analysis in Development Planning: A Case BookAruna Rao, Mary B. Anderson, and Catherine A. Overholt, editors These practical cases studies from India provide innovative management strategies, as well as planning and evaluation techniques, sensitive to gender issues. The cases are open-ended, enabling readers to exercise their problem-solving skills and encouraging them to reach their own solutions to the problems posed. More > | ![]() |
Abba Hillel Silver: A Profile in American JudaismMarc Lee Raphael, with an introduction by Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler The preeminent American rabbi during four decades, Abba Hillel Silver was one of the earliest great liberal Jewish activists and perhaps the most widely sought after Jewish speaker in America in his day. For forty-six ears, he served as spiritual leader to the largest Reform Jewish congregation in the United States, The Temple, in Cleveland, long known for its non-Zionist orientation. In the 1920s More > | ![]() |
Globalization and Inequality: Neoliberalism's Downward SpiralJohn Rapley Has the far-reaching experiment in creating a new world order along neoliberal lines succeeded? John Rapley answers with an emphatic no, contending that the rosy picture painted by neoliberal proponents of globalization was based on false assumptions.
True, Rapley acknowledges, neoliberal reforms often have generated economic growth—but at a price. The resulting increase in inequality has More > | ![]() |
Ivoirien Capitalism: African Entrepreneurs in Cote d'IvoireJohn Rapley Though studies of capitalism in Africa traditionally focus on the activities of foreign investment, in Cote d'Ivoire capitalist development has been largely the work of a domestic class of entrepreneurs.
This book traces the history of Cote d'Ivoire's capitalist development, beginning with early European contact and bringing the story up to the present decade. Drawing on new data, More > | |
Understanding Development: Theory and Practice in the Third World, 3rd EditionJohn Rapley This accessible text provides both an assessment of the current state of development theory and an extensive survey of the impact of evolving policies and practices throughout the developing world.
Rapley critically traces the evolution of development theory from its strong statist orientation in the early postwar period, through the neoclassical phase, to the present consensus on people-centered More > | ![]() |
Liberating MasculinitiesKopano Ratele Covering a range of topics ranging from clothes to violent death, and from a better sexual life to tradition, and from race and feminism, Liberating Masculinities presents ways to understand the contestations around masculinity and gender relations. Kopano Ratele offers both theoretically rich and psychologically insightful analyses to liberate men, as well as those who are involved in the making More > | ![]() |
Shifting Burdens: Gender and Agrarian Change under NeoliberalismShahra Razavi, editor The authors of Shifting Burdens explore the often overlooked gender-related effects of the neoliberal policy shifts in rural development that have reduced the role of government and switched costs of services to the rural poor themselves.
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The Fabric of Dissent: Public Intellectuals in South AfricaVasu Reddy, Narnia Bohler-Muller, Gregory Houston, Maxi Schoeman, and Heather Thuynsma, editors What are public intellectuals? What is their role in social, cultural, political, and academic contexts? What compels them to put forward their ideas? The rich tapestry created in The Fabric of Dissent helps to answer these questions.
Offering concise portraits of some seventy-five influential South African public intellectuals, past and present, the book not only showcases an astonishing array More > | ![]() |
Quality of Life and Wellbeing in South AfricaVasu Reddy, Narnia Bohler-Muller, Zitha Mokomane, and Crain Soudien, editors In this latest entry in HSRC's State of the Nation series, the authors focus on fresh perspectives on notions of the quality of life and wellbeing in South Africa. Their work reflects two fundamental arguments: that economic factors alone do not determine quality of life, and that typical concepts of income inequality do not adequately encompass such variables as race, gender, and culture. Not More > | ![]() |
Promoting Corporate Citizenship: Opportunities for Business and Civil Society EngagementLaurie Regelbrugge, editor | ![]() |