Background COVID-19 has become a worldwide pandemic impacting child protection
services (CPSs) in many countries. With quarantine and social distancing restrictions, school …

The article defends ubuntu against the assault by Enslin and Horsthemke (Comp Educ 40
(4): 545–558, 2004). It challenges claims that the Africanist/Afrocentrist project, in which the …

This book is a groundbreaking exploration of public opinion in sub-Saharan Africa. Based
on the Afrobarometer, a survey research project, it reveals what ordinary Africans think about …

An innovative examination of the forces-both destructive and dynamic-which have shaped
twentieth-century South Africa. This book provides a stimulating introduction to the history of …

Seekings and Nattrass explain why poverty persisted in South Africa after the transition to
democracy in 1994. The book examines how public policies both mitigated and reproduced …

The rapid spread of large-scale and innovative social transfers in the develo** world has
made a key contribution to the significant reduction in global poverty over the last decade …

Praise for previous editions:"... a wonderfully comprehensive yet succinct textbook on African
politics."--Third World Quarterly"[W] ritten with an economy of language and a breadth of …

Participation is a popular buzzword in contemporary urban studies. For some, it implies a
deepening of democratic deliberation; for others, it represents grassroots resistance to …

One commonly observed phenomena about taxation in Africa are regional differences and
the fact that southern African countries have higher levels of shares of taxation in GDP. This …

This article questions the export of 'social exclusion'discourse to the field of development
and poverty studies. It considers the findings of ongoing research into chronic poverty in the …