Other publicaions of
HSRC Press:
Sort by:
Name
Date
Year
Author
African Intellectuals in 19th and Early 20th Century
South Africa
Mcebisi Ndletyana (ed.)
An introduction to the lives and works of five exceptional African intellectuals based in the former Cape Colony in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this unique work aims to recount and preserve a part of African intellectual heritage w…
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2007,
Paperback,
80 p., il,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796922076
45 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2007,
Paperback,
80 p., il,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796922076
Africa's cause must triumph
The collected writings of A.P. Mda
Robert Edgar , Luyanda ka Msumza (eds.)
A founding member of of the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League, A.P. Mda was known for his passionate advocacy of African nationalism and his support for armed struggle against apartheid in the 1950s. Many of his peers considered him the f…
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2018,
Paperback,
437 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781928246275
111 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2018,
Paperback,
437 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781928246275
Albert Luthuli
Gerald Pillay
The struggle to free South Africa from its apartheid shackles was long and complex. One of the many ways in which the apartheid regime maintained its stranglehold in South Africa was through controlling the freedom of speech and the flow of informat…
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2012,
Paperback,
184 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796923561
73 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2012,
Paperback,
184 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796923561
An encumbered regional power?
The capacity gap in South Africa's peace diplomacy in Africa
Peter Kagwanja
The main focus of this publication is the link between South Africas grand pan-African ambitions, especially in the area of peace, security and governance, and its own capacity to pursue these objectives. Specifically, the paper examines Pretorias i…
HSRC Press
Cape Town, South Africa,
2009,
Paperback,
40 p,
(In English)
ISBN 978-07969-2236-6
65 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town, South Africa,
2009,
Paperback,
40 p,
(In English)
ISBN 978-07969-2236-6
Another Country
Everyday Social Restitution
Sharlene Swartz
In Another Country: Everyday Social Restitution, author Sharlene Swartz introduces the concept of `social restitution' - understood as the actions and attitudes that everyday people can undertake in dialogue with each other to `make things good' sin…
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2017,
Paperback,
352 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781928246114
45 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2017,
Paperback,
352 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781928246114
A political biography of Selby Msimang
Principle and pragmatism in the liberation struggle
Sibongiseni M. Mkhize
Henry Selby Msimang (1886-1982), one of the great South Africans of the twentieth century, was a founding member of the African National Congress in 1912, president of the pioneering Industrial and Commercial Workers Union in the 1920s-1930s, genera…
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2019,
Paperback,
328 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781928246251
103 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2019,
Paperback,
328 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781928246251
Balancing Multiple Mandates
The changing role of science councils in South Africa
Kruss G.,
Haupt G.,
Tele A.
Science councils have been tasked with complex new
mandates, to achieve these they have to interact with knowledge users in the private and public sectors and be of benefit to communities, particularly to those that are vulnerable and marginalised. …
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2016,
Paperback,
304 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796925206
70 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2016,
Paperback,
304 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796925206
Black academic voices
The South African experience
Grace Khunou (ed.)
Why are so many black scholars in South Africa leaving the academy? In what ways does subtle–and sometimes overt–racial exclusion continue to be part of the everyday university experience for those who remain? In the context of ongoing debates in So…
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2019,
Paperback,
280 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796924599
87 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2019,
Paperback,
280 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796924599
Broadcasting Democracy
Radio and Identity in South Africa
Tanja Bosch
The media play a key role in post-;apartheid South Africa and is often positioned at the centre of debates around politics, identity and culture. Media, such as radio, are often said to also play a role in deepening democracy, while simultaneously h…
HSRC Press
South Africa,
2018,
Paperback,
184 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796925428
52 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
South Africa,
2018,
Paperback,
184 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796925428
Capital cities in Africa
Power and powerlessness
Goran Therborn, Simon Bekker
Focusing on capital cities in nine sub-Saharan African countries, this volume traces how the power vested in them has evolved through different colonial backgrounds, radically different kinds of regimes after independence, waves of popular protest, …
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2012,
Paperback,
220 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796923509
73 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2012,
Paperback,
220 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796923509
Children of a bitter harvest
Сhild labour in the cape winelands
Susan Levine
The stories in "Children of a Bitter Harvest" document moments in the lives of children who worked in the heart of South Africa’s wine industry between 1996 and 2010, as framed by the uprisings on farms at the start of 2013. The book is made up of m…
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2014,
Paperback,
128 p,
(In English)
ISBN 978-0-9922-0851-6
60 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2014,
Paperback,
128 p,
(In English)
ISBN 978-0-9922-0851-6
Chris Hani
Gregory F. Houston
Chris Hani was a key figure in the South African liberation struggle, yet little has been written about this enigmatic leader of the SACP and Chief of Staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe. The year 2013, marks the 20 year anniversary of his assassination and …
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2014,
Paperback,
224 p,
(In English)
ISBN 978-0-7969-2443-8
73 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2014,
Paperback,
224 p,
(In English)
ISBN 978-0-7969-2443-8
Competition in Africa
Insights from key industries
Simon Roberts (ed.)
Competition in Africa maps out key issues in competition
through four key industry studies across Southern and
East Africa. It considers the nature and extent of market
power, the development of large firms, their production,
investment and the prices o…
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2016,
Paperback,
176 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796925459
61 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2016,
Paperback,
176 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796925459
Conceptual Integration And Educational Analysis
Hugo W.
Conceptual Integration and Educational Analysis provides a clear model that explains how conceptual integration works as well as numerous practical examples that enable the reader to grasp the process theoretically and apply it in practice. This is …
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2015,
Paperback,
168 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796925091
58 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2015,
Paperback,
168 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796925091
Deconstructing Women, Peace and Security
A critical review of approaches to gender and empowerment
Cheldelin S.,
Mutisi M.
The unprecedented United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, established in 2000, radically addressed what we knew about warfare—that civilians and especially women were increasingly targeted—and
called for a sea change in the ways women should…
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2016,
Paperback,
288 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796925060
55 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2016,
Paperback,
288 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796925060
Development
Social Policy and Community Action: Lessons from Below
Leila Patel, Marianne S. Ulkriksen
How do citizens in poor communities benefit from and perceive state interventions? How do citizens in poor communities interact with others in the community to promote the well-being of themselves and their families? What are the implications of the…
HSRC Press
South Africa,
2018,
Paperback,
256 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796925510
57 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
South Africa,
2018,
Paperback,
256 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796925510
Divided country
The history of South African Cricket Retold. 1914 - 1950s
(
Volume 2
)
Andre Odendaal, Krish Reddy, A. Samson
Explains how segregation and apartheid became entrenched in a unique way in cricket in South Africa between 1915 and the 1950s. Divided Country paints an entirely new picture of cricket in South Africa during a crucial and complex period. It complet…
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2018,
Paperback,
442 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781928246169
122 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2018,
Paperback,
442 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9781928246169
Earnings Inequality in South Africa 1995 - 2003
Christopher D. Woolard, Ingrid D. Woolard
It is generally accepted that the gap between the earnings of unskilled and semi-skilled workers on the one hand, and skilled and highly skilled workers, on the other, narrowed in South Africa during the 1970s and 1980s. This paper investigates whet…
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2007,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796921734
37 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2007,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796921734
Equitable rural socioeconomic change
Land, climate dynamics, technological innovation
Peter T. Jacobs
With more and more global economic wealth and power resting with fewer and fewer people, and given the acute land inequalities in the rural areas of Africa, Latin America, and Asia, how valid are the dominant theories about the nature of rural livel…
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2019,
Paperback,
239 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796925329
82 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2019,
Paperback,
239 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796925329
Family matters
Family cohesion, values, and wellbeing (South African Social Attitudes Survey)
There has been considerable controversy in South Africa in recent years over an apparent crisis of the family. To promote a better understanding of this supposed crisis, Family Matters draws on public opinion data to explore the diverse realities of…
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2019,
Paperback,
320 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796925268
125 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2019,
Paperback,
320 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796925268
Fatima Meer
Shireen Hassim
Fatima Meer, a South African academic, public intellectual, and activist, was a tireless fighter for social justice and human rights–for which she various suffered banning and detention by the apartheid government. After the end of apartheid, she de…
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2019,
Paperback,
560 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796924414
103 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2019,
Paperback,
560 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796924414
Gender equity in South African education 1994-2004
Perspectives from research, government and unions : Conference proceedings
Linda Chisholm, Jean September
Provides an overview of the progress of achieving gender equity in post-apartheid South African education. This book brings together the leading South African and international experts on gender equity in education. The papers cast light, on the dif…
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2005,
Paperback,
148 p,
(In English)
ISBN 978-07969-2094-2
48 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2005,
Paperback,
148 p,
(In English)
ISBN 978-07969-2094-2
Governing Cities in Africa
Politics and Policies
Simon Bekker, Laurent Fourchard
Simon Bekker is Emeritus Professor in Sociology at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. He acted as Professor of Development Studies at Rhodes University, Professor of Sociology at UNISA and Director of the Centre for Social and Development…
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2013,
Paperback,
205 p., il,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796924162
98 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2013,
Paperback,
205 p., il,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796924162
Independence and revolution in Portuguese-speaking Africa
Selected articles and interviews, 1980 - 1986
Marco Mondaini (ed.)
Tomaz Aquino de Braganca, a close adviser to former Mozambican president Samora Machel, dedicated his life to the liberation struggles of southern Africa. Before his death in a plane crash (along with President Machel) in 1986, he was a journalist, …
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2019,
Paperback,
186 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796924339
85 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town,
2019,
Paperback,
186 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796924339
Indigenous Knowledge on the South African Landscape
Potentials for agricultural development
Tim Hart, Ineke Vorster
The paper looks primarily at recent examples of agricultural practices in which resource-poor agrarian householders have used their indigenous knowledge, as well as innovations to overcome many of the socioeconomic, political and environmental const…
HSRC Press
Cape Town, South Africa,
2007,
Paperback,
44 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796921628
43 USD
Add to
Add to
HSRC Press
Cape Town, South Africa,
2007,
Paperback,
44 p,
(In English)
ISBN 9780796921628
