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The volume builds on a cross-cultural study of democracy conducted by the Transformation Research Unit (TRU) at Stellenbosch University in South Africa for nearly twenty years. Three of the countri...

Blue-Green Algae and Stromatolites.- 1 Interpretation of Microbial Fossils with Special Reference to the Precambrian.- 2 Evolving Concepts on the Nature and the Ecological Significance of Stromatol...

This book investigates the complex relationship between the development of modern empires, nation, and the history of tropical medicine. Broadening existing historiographical perspectives, it explo...

The book begins with a review of zoonotic pandemics of the past: the "Black Death" or bubonic plague of the Middle Ages, the Spanish Influenza pandemic (derived from avian influenza) of the early 2...

Frontiers of Global Sociology Over fifty social scientists from two dozen different countries explore the frontiers of global sociology. Taken together, they provide a sociological kaleidoscope for...

The book focusses on the enforcement of consumer law  in order to identify commonalities and best practices across nations. It is composed of twenty-eight contributions from national rapporteurs to...

This book sets out to examine the internal workings of a colonial settler society drawing on aspects of post-colonial theory and whiteness studies. It focuses on the construction of a hierarchical ...

This book offers new perspectives of transdisciplinary research, in methodological as well as theoretical respects. It provides insights in the two-fold bio-physical and the socio-cultural global e...

This book presents a novel proposal for establishing justice and social harmony in the aftermath of genocide. It argues that justice should be determined by the victims of genocide rather than a de...

UKP: 22.50 / USD: 37.50 In recent decades foreign cultures have not just loomed large for Europeans seeking holiday destinations. Since the 1960s increasing numbers of professionals such as teacher...

Water is one of the most important resources of our planet. All living, healthiness, wealth and economy depend on water. Because of hydrological and geomorphological factors water resources are not...

Lessons from Africa, Latin America and Asia

This book offers new perspectives of transdisciplinary research, in methodological as well as theoretical respects. It provides insights in the two-fold bio-physical and the socio-cultural global e...

With a big lust for life, I set off on a long journey into the unknown. From Ireland all the way to the remote desert of Africa, I searched for the hidden treasure of bliss. Living with only the ba...

This innovative book applies contemporary and emergent theories of identity formation to timely questions of identity re/formation and development in immigrant families across diverse ethnicities a...