Africa's Land Rush: Rural Livelihoods & Agrarian Change
Ruth Hall, Ian Scoones and Dzodzi Tsikata
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Africa has been at the centre of a "land grab" in recent years, with investors lured by projections...
An Economist in the Real World: The Art of Policymaking in India
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In December 2009, the economist Kaushik Basu left the rarefied world of academic research for the...
Arab Spring Five Years Later: Toward Greater Inclusiveness: Volume 1
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The dilemma felt particularly by Arab youth was captured in Tunisia by the self-immolation in 2010...
In the Front Line: A Doctor's Life in War and Peace
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This memoir by a Scottish doctor who was born and went on to work in Govan was found among family...
GIS and the Social Sciences: Theory and Applications
Graham Clarke, Dimitris Ballas, Rachel Franklin and Andy Newing
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GIS and the Social Sciences offers a uniquely social science approach on the theory and application...
Memory and the Self: Phenomenology, Science and Autobiography
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The idea that our memories, in some sense, make us who we are, is a common one-and not at all...
Sport, Culture and Society: An Introduction
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What can sport do to produce social change in our world today? It is impossible to fully understand...
The Lost Boys: Inside Football's Slave Trade
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From South America and Africa, kids as young as 13 are leaving poverty-stricken families for a new...
The Tyranny of Science
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Paul Feyerabend is one of the greatest philosophers of science of the 20th century and his book...
Blue Dahlia, Black Gold: A Journey into Angola
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"A rich and fascinating book about an overlooked African powerhouse by a travel writer of rare...