BOOKS
Social Democracy and the Challenge of European UnionRobert Ladrech The shift in executive power from the European Union's member states to Brussels raises profound questions for Europe's social democratic parties as they seek to remain relevant within an integrated "Euro-polity." This book analyzes the response to this challenge: an entirely new organizational form of party politics emerging at the European level. Ladrech shows how social More > | ![]() |
Social Development in Latin America: The Politics of ReformJoseph S. Tulchin and Allison M. Garland, editors While previous analyses of public-sector reform efforts in Latin America have focused largely on strategies to redefine the role of the state in the economy, there is a growing realization that social reform—addressing such issues as poverty, inequality, and unemployment—is a condition on which economic and political stability rest. This volume provides a wide-ranging analysis of More > | ![]() |
Social Problems and Social Control in Criminal JusticeStacy Burns and Mark Peyrot Today's headlines are rife with reports of hate crimes, domestic terrorism, drug abuse, police malfeasance, and many other profound social problems. Equally, there are discussions, often contentious, about how best to respond to the issues raised. Stacy Burns and Mark Peyrot explore government efforts to address social problems in the context of the criminal justice system. More > | ![]() |
Social Progress and Sustainable DevelopmentNeil Thin What are the social dimensions of sustainable development? Why are they important? Can agreement be reached on what constitutes progress? How can progress most effectively be brought about? Neil Thin argues that sustainable development is possible only if we systematically link social progress—social justice, solidarity, participation, and security—with other dimensions of development. More > | ![]() |
Social Stigma and Sexual Epidemics: Dangerous DynamicsBronwen Lichtenstein Bronwen Lichtenstein draws on cases around the world to illustrate how sexual epidemics continue to be shaped by powerful forces of race, gender, and the lingering consequences of history. Illuminating the continuity of ideas and dynamics that affect both individual behavior and public health responses, Lichtenstein reveals a vicious interplay between the stigmas of social status and the More > | ![]() |
Society, Research and Power: A History of the Human Sciences Research Council from 1929 to 2019Crain Soudien, Sharlene Swartz, and Gregory Houston, editors This scholarly reflection on state-based research commemorates the 90th anniversary of the National Bureau for Education and Social Research—South Africa's first public social research organization—and the 50th anniversary of its successor, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC). The contributors delve into the rich archives of the HSRC in all its iterations and, notably, More > | ![]() |
South Africa in Southern Africa: Domestic Change and International ConflictEdmond J. Keller and Louis A. Picard, editors South Africa in Southern Africa critically examines the dynamics of political change and conflict in South Africa in both the domestic and international arenas. The assumption that guides the book is that, in order to understand the process of change that is currently unfolding in South Africa, one must understand not only the patterns of race, class, clientelism, and culture inside the country, More > |
South Africa's Struggle for Independent Education: The African Methodist Episcopal Church and the History of the Wilberforce InstituteVusumuzi Rodney Kumalo At the start of the twentieth century, newly urbanized South Africans struggled with mainstream missionary education and its associated oppression, segregation, displacement, and not least, disillusionment. They shared far-reaching educational aspirations in the rapidly growing, cosmopolitan Johannesburg in the aftermath of the 1899–1902 war. Vusumuzi Kumalo's insightful narrative More > | ![]() |
South African Foreign Policy Review: Volume 3, Foreign Policy, Change and the Zuma YearsLesley Masters and Jo-Ansie van Wyk, editors Spanning the Mbeki and Zuma administrations, this volume of South African Foreign Policy Review explores questions of continuity and change. Among the topics covered are the roles of the foreign minister, special advisers, think tanks, and other domestic sources that shape foreign policy, as well as international issues such as strategic partnerships, the ICC, international trade, development More > | ![]() |
South African Foreign Policy Review: Volume 4, Ramaphosa and a New Dawn for South African Foreign PolicyLesley Masters, Philani Mthembu, and Jo-Ansie van Wyk, editors This latest volume of South African Foreign Policy Review assesses South Africa's foreign policy during the presidency of Cyril Ramaphosa. Focusing on such themes as foreign policy leadership, policy architecture, diplomacy, national interests, and the country's bi- and multilateral relations, the authors also consider how South Africa can maintain—and even increase—its role More > | ![]() |