University Of Cape Town Press: 24 books
Growing the Next Generation of Researchers
A Handbook for Emerging Researchers and Their Mentors
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
This book arises out of the University of Cape Town’s Emerging Researcher Programme. It identifies and promotes awareness of contemporary challenges in the local and global higher education context; explains the intrinsic nature of academia worldwide; and provides strategies for individual growth...
Substance Use and Abuse in South Africa
Insights from Brain and Behavioural Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
The result of groundbreaking research conducted by members of the Brain-Behaviour Initiative at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, this is the first book to address the nature of substance use and abuse in an integrated way. Looking at a range of perspectives, from brain imaging to the psychology of addiction, this account also discusses substance abuse policy and prevention.
The Victoria Mxenge Housing Project
Women Building Communities Through Social Activism and Informal Learning
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
In 1994, at the beginning of South Africa’s democratic change, the Victoria Mxenge Housing Project was founded by a group of 12 women who lived in shacks on the barren outskirts of Cape Town. These women had come from rural areas and were poor, vulnerable, and semi-literate. Yet they learned how...
South Africa and Contemporary Counterinsurgency
Roots, Practices, Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Insurgency and terrorism now top the international security agenda. The South African Army, an important role-player on the African continent, is preparing to assist in the likely future threat environment in Africa.
Friend or Foe? Dominant party systems in southern Africa
Insights from the developing world
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2015
Within southern Africa, there has been a steady increase in the number of dominant party systems — systems where one party dominates over a prolonged period in an ostensibly democratic system with regular elections and multiple parties participating. This party system has replaced the one-party...
Steward Leadership
A Maturational Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2015
Steward leadership is a form of leadership that focuses on others, the community, and society at large rather than the self, and this book creates a framework for stewardship and the requisite behavior to develop steward leaders at a younger age. Many senior leaders and executives across the globe...
Nadine Gordimer
Weaving Together Fiction, Women and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
A fascinating intersection of intellectual minds, this literary critique views the writing of Nobel Prize–winner Nadine Gordimer through the fresh perspective of a respected French academic. Available for the first time in English, this analysis introduces the important works of a South African...
HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
Understanding the implications of culture & context
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Popular understanding of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa is riddled with contradiction and speculation. This is revealed in HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, which explores the various contexts in which debate about HIV/AIDS takes place and examines how the pandemic is perceived by scholars,...
Kasrils Affair
Jews and Minority Politics in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
In 2007, Minister Ronnie Kasrils, the highest-ranking Jew in South Africa's post-apartheid government, launched a campaign against Israeli policy in the occupied territories. In so doing, he ignited a public debate about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that challenged the identity of South African Jews in the new South Africa.
Innovation & Intellectual Property
Collaborative Dynamics in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
The Open African Innovation Research and Training (Open A.I.R.) project focused on the intersection of innovation, intellectual property (IP), and development in Africa and this book offers its research findings. Its case studies cover nine African countries—Egypt, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Uganda,...
by Tom Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
A large majority of the South African population adheres to some form of traditional belief and this book considers whether indigenous African religions, independent African churches, and traditional practices deserve constitutional protection and recognition by the state. It also discusses what the...
by Rajend Mesthrie
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
South African Indian English (SAIE) is a variety of English in the Linguistics literature. It reflects the source of Indian subcontinent languages from Indian migrants to South Africa in the late 19th century, as well as colonial and apartheid influences and those of local African languages.
Taking Action on Climate Change
Long Term Mitigation Scenarios for South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
This book is based on scenarios developed for the South African Department of Environment that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and form the basis for a national, long-term climate policy. The strategic options outlined in the book will enable South Africa to turn climate change mitigation into...
Raw Life, New Hope
Decency, Housing and Everyday Life in a Post-apartheid Community
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
This is the story of a shantytown community in South Africa and its efforts to secure a decent life, moving from tin shacks to formal housing, in postapartheid South Africa. The author's 17-year longitudinal study of this community has resulted in an extraordinary work that brings its people alive, through photographs, interviews, and even recipes.
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