Sociology Themes and Perspectives
Author/s: Haralambos, Michael; Holborn, Martin
Publisher: HarperCollins, Hammersmith, London, UK
Year of publication: 2004
ISBN No: 0-00-715447-X
Abstract: Sociology Themes and Perspectives has been the definitive introductory sociology textbook for a quarter of a century. This extensively revised and fully updated edition provides the most comprehensive introduction to all key aspects of sociology available between two covers, including: fully updated and revised coverage of the key sociological debates of the early 21st century; a substantial number of new theories and research areas, including crime and institutional racism, Islamophobia, the anti-capitalist movement, feminism and ‘girl power’; an entirely new chapter on the sociology of health, medicine and the body.
Bowling Alone
Author/s: Putnam, Robert D.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, New York, USA
Year of publication: 2000
ISBN No: 0-7432-0304-6
Abstract: Drawing on vast new data that reveal Americans’ changing behaviour, Putnam shows we have become increasingly disconnected from one another and how social structures—whether they be the PTA, church, or political parties—have disintegrated. Until the publication of this groundbreaking work, no one had so deftly diagnosed the harm that these broken bonds have wreaked on our physical and civic health, nor had anyone exalted the fundamental power of these bonds in creating a society that is happy, well educated, healthy, and safe.
To the Brink
Author/s: Mangcu, Xolela
Publisher: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, Scottsville
Year of publication: 2008
ISBN No: 978-1-86914-137-0
Abstract: In To the Brink, Xolela Mangu turns his focus to the state of South Africa's evolving democracy. From policy controversies surrounding HIV/AIDS, Zimbabwe, corruption and the constant labelling of black critics as 'foot lickers' of the white man, no relevant issues escape his analysis of the racial inside/outsider dynamic that has evolved under Thabo Mbeki's rule.
Democracies in Flux
Author/s: Putnam, Robert D. (ed)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York, USA
Year of publication: 2004
ISBN No: 978-0-19-517160-0
Abstract: Here, Robert D. Putnam and a group of leading scholars examine the state of social capital in eight advanced democracies around the world. The book is filled with many intriguing revelations. The contributors note, for instance, that waning participation in unions, churches, and political parties seems to be virtually universal, a troubling discovery as these forms of social capital are especially important for empowering less educated, less affluent portions of the population. Social capital—good will, fellowship, sympathy, and social intercourse—is vitally important both for the health of our communities and for our own physical and psychological well being. Offering a panoramic look at social capital around the world, this book makes an important contribution to our understanding of these phenomena and why they are important in today’s world.
Inheriting poverty?
Author/s: Graham, Paul (ed)
Publisher: Institute for Democracy in South Africa, Cape Town
Year of publication: 2006
ISBN No: 1-920118-24-1
Abstract: This study on the interface between unemployment, poverty and children’s wellbeing in South Africa arose out of a seminar, hosted by the Children’s Budget Unit of the Institute for Democracy in South Africa, the Children’s Institute of the University of Cape Town and Save the Children Sweden, to identify research gaps in the connection between child wellbeing and poverty.
Youth Survival Guide
Author/s: Hatton, Jeremy; Johannesson, Barbara; Jossel, Liesa; van Niekerk, Joan
Publisher: Houghton, South Africa; London, UK: STE Publishers
Year of publication: 2008
ISBN No: 978-1-919855-91-2
Abstract: Covering sex, pregnancy, adoption, abortion, HIV and AIDS, drugs, education, student finance, training, work, redundancy, discrimination, consumer rights, banking, debt problems, families, marriage, divorce, accommodation, leisure, driving, police, courts, government, human rights, SADC, plus full details of where to get help.
Laying Ghosts To Rest
Author/s: Mamphela Ramphele
Publisher: Cape Town: Tafelberg
Year of publication: 2008
ISBN No: 0624045979X
Abstract: Business leader, activist and academic MAMPHELA RAMPHELE tackles the ghosts of our past head-on in her frank discussion of the state of our democracy. Racism and sexism, a focus on transformation at the expense of delivery, capacity problems and the unintended consequences of policies such as Black Economic Empowerment and affirmative action are among the dilemmas she dissects. Ramphele makes a strong please for active citizenship, for channelling anger into creative energy. ‘Our tendency to label whatever we disagree with as hostile speaks to the incompleteness of our journey. We need to acknowledge the woundedness of our psyche as part of the legacy of our past.’ Unflinching and inspirational, Laying Ghosts to Rest is a powerful call to action.
The Judicial Institution in Southern Africa
Author/s: Van De Vijver, Linda (Ed)
Publisher: Cape Town: Siber Ink
Year of publication: 2006
ISBN No: 1-920025-11-1
Abstract: With the introduction of constitutional democratic models of government in Anglophone Africa recently, the political profile of the courts has been elevated. Judicial authority to review acts of the legislature and the executive against standards and processes set in a written constitution has focussed particular attention on the independence and accountability of the superior courts. This study seeks to assess the formal provisions of the law regulating the appointment and conditions of service of judges across eleven legal systems in southern and east Africa, against a framework of ideal principles. The chapters reveal an unevenness in the law and the practices relating to judicial service, and recommendations for improvements are made.
Building Community Philanthropy Project
Author/s: Southern Africa-United States Centre for Leadership and Public Values
Publisher: UCT Graduate School of Business; Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy
Abstract: Briefly outlines research in community philanthropy to be conducted in Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.
Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research
Author: Creswell, John W.; Plano Clark, Vicki L.
Publisher: London, UK: Sage Publications
Year of publication: 2007
ISBN No: 978-1-4129-2792-5
Abstract: Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research provides researchers across the social, behavioural, and health sciences with a comprehensive introduction to mixed methods research. Authors John W. Creswell and Vicki L. Plano Clark combine the latest thinking about mixed methods research designs with practical, step-by-step guidelines for the decisions that researchers face when designing and conducting a mixed methods research study.
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