Theory, Change and Southern Africa's Future (International Political Economy)
β Scribed by Peter Vale, Larry A. Swatuk, Bertil Oden
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 319
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Many in South Africa have begun to cope with globalization, regionalization, a depleting ozone layer, new disease, rampant militatization, and structures of influence like race, class, and gender. In this book scholars present a wide variety of thoughts on the future of the region and the place of theory in helping us to understand the array of events characterizing the early 21st-century world.
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