| Theory, Change and Southern Africa Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Vale, P. (Editor), Swatuk, L. (Editor), Oden, B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1349421898 ISBN-13: 9781349421893 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - South - Republic Of South Africa - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Political Science | World - African |
| Dewey: 968.065 |
| Lexile Measure: 1400 |
| Series: International Political Economy |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.82 lbs) 300 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Cultural Region - Southern Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As dramatic changes unfold throughout the world, and the new millennium begins, many in South Africa have begun to ask 'what next'? The scale and pace of change have led to a feeling of powerlessness. How to cope with 'globalization', 'regionalization', a depleting ozone layer, new diseases, rampant militarization, let alone unseen structures of influence and oppression like race, class and gender? While there is no shortage of theoretical models on offer many feel that they are inadequate for the case of Southern Africa. In this book, scholars of both international relations and Southern Africa present a wide variety of thoughts on the future of the reign and the place of theory in helping us to understand the bewildering array of events characterizing the late-modern, early twenty-first century world. This book marks a 'call to theory': if Southern Africans are to overcome the divisive legacy of the past, and to move toward a more prosperous and sustainable collective future, theory must be placed at the centre of everyday life. For it is our understanding of the world that shapes both it and us. |