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Small Water Supplies
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 140.00There are approximately 50,000 small water supplies in the UK alone, and thousands more worldwide. Dealing with the idiosyncratic characteristics of small water supplies requires specialist knowledge, and this book provides invaluable guidance for professionals. Based on the extensive practical experience of the author, this book covers how small... more...
The Meaning of Housing
The Policy Press 2005; US$ 39.95This book offers a fresh new approach to the study of housing. Most current approaches tend to ignore or downplay the perceptions and attitudes of individuals in the production and consumption of housing. This book explores the meaning that housing has for individuals and households by examining 'housing pathways'. Although drawing on British... more...
Housing Management, Consumers and Citizens
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 75.95Tenant participation has grown substantially over the last decade, following government legislation, advice from professional bodies and development agencies, and promotion by all major political parties. On few housing issues is there such concensus. Yet, in practice, it is obvious that participation can mean very different things in different contexts.... more...
The SAGE Handbook of Housing Studies
SAGE Publications 2012; US$ 150.00An exhaustive, international overview of this broad field with a unique approach that bridges disciplines and moves beyond theoretical discussion to demonstrate how the central concepts can be applied. more...
Re-Imagining Rwanda
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 34.00Pottier shows how the post-genocide regime in Rwanda imposed their account of Central Africa's crises upon international commentators, and explains the ideological underpinnings of this official narrative. He examines how persuasive, but fatally misleading analysis of the situation on the ground led to policy errors that exacerbated the original crisis. more...
Status and Respectability in the Cape Colony, 1750-1870
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 29.00This compelling example of the new cultural history of South Africa argues that cultural factors were related to high political developments in the colonial Cape. It describes changes in social identity accompanying the transition from Dutch to British overrule, and the development of white racism and of ideologies of resistance. more...
Middlemen of the Cameroons Rivers
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 34.00This is a book about 'middlemen': Africans who functioned as intermediaries between Europeans and their own hinterland for over 300 years. Based on written and oral sources, it follows the Duala, a critical community, from precolonial history to the end of colonialism, covering both German and French colonial role. more...
Transforming Mozambique
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 37.00Economic transformations in Africa have been dramatic. This study of Mozambique's shift to a market economy reveals that it is more political and protracted than critics contend. The state remains a central actor, but social forces have also shaped the outcome of the restructuring. more...
Guerrilla Veterans in Post-war Zimbabwe
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 38.00Examines the peace settlement and veterans' programs after Zimbabwe's guerrilla war of independence. It shows continuities in the relationship between the ruling party and veterans in the first seven years and in contemporary Zimbabwe. This is the first extended study of the relationship between the ruling party and the veterans. more...
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