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    The book’s primary goal is to propose local solutions for South African communities’ peace and security challenges, emphasising peacebuilding approaches. It aims to publish lessons learned from the real-life experiences of scholars and practitioners regarding solutions for preventing violence in South African communities through transformative approaches to mediation. ... Read more

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    Statecraft Tools for Navigating an Insecure World

    Series series African Governance
    This book argues that the intersection between intelligence, diplomacy, and national security is essential for the success of African statecraft.The book demonstrates that African states can enhance national and regional security in a complex global security environment by prudently harnessing intelligence insights and diplomatic relationships. Under certain conditions of national security, ... Read more

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    Learning from COVID-19, Ebola and HIV

    Series series Routledge Studies in Peace, Conflict and Security in Africa
    This book examines the impact of epidemics in Africa, exploring some of the adaptation and crisis management strategies adopted to tackle COVID-19, Ebola, and HIV-AIDS. The authors reflect on lessons learned from solving complex problems and difficult decisions made by leaders on pandemic management to shape the security environment and, thus, the well-being of people living in Africa for years to ... Read more

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  • More Harm Than Good

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    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
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  • The Politics of Fear

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    Edited by Michiel Hofman, Sokhieng Au ...
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    Changing Education from the Ground Up

    Edited by Jelmer Evers, René Kneyber ...
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  • The Art of Public Strategy

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    The strategies adopted by governments and public officials can have dramatic effects on peoples' lives. The best ones can transform economic laggards into trailblazers, eliminate diseases, or sharply cut crime. Strategic failures can result in highly visible disasters, like the shrinking of the Russian economy in the 1990s, or the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005. This book is ... Read more

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  • Wicked Problems in Public Policy

    Understanding and Responding to Complex Challenges

    by Brian W. Head ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This is an open access book.This book offers the first overview of the ‘wicked problems’ literature, often seen as complex, open-ended, and intractable, with both the nature of the ‘problem’ and the preferred ‘solution’ being strongly contested. It contextualises the debate using a wide range of relevant policy examples, explaining why these issues attract so much attention.There is an increasing ... Read more

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