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    Social-Spatial Transformation and Environmental Injustice in Asia and Africa

    Series series Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design
    Contested Airport Land draws attention to the accelerating airport development in the Global South. Empirical studies provide nuanced analysis of socioeconomic, administrative, and political dynamics on the land beyond the airport grounds, such as the project area of greenfield development, the airport city, or land resources reserved for future airport expansion.The authors in this book emphasise ... Read more

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  • The State and Development in South Africa

    Impasse, Prospects, and Challenges

    Edited by Isaac Khambule ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary South Africa
    This book interrogates the nexus between the state and development in post-apartheid South Africa. It highlights current problems, and suggests ways of consolidating state capabilities, improving public institutions and enhancing governance and development outcomes.Framed around developmental state theory, the book argues that the role of the state in South Africa will be fundamental for ... Read more

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  • Contemporary South Africa and the Political Economy of Regional Development

    Series series Regions and Cities
    South Africa’s struggle in balancing its domestic needs while playing a dynamic developmental role in the African region and global context exposes a complex web of relations shaped by its geostrategic location on the continent, and the world, and the staggering legacies of colonialism and apartheid. As such, understanding the complexities of the global economy and of South Africa's place in it, ... Read more

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    IMISCOE Regional Reader

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
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  • Planning and Transformation

    Learning from the Post-Apartheid Experience

    Series series RTPI Library Series
    Planning and Transformation provides a comprehensive view of planning under political transition in South Africa, offering an accessible resource for both students and researchers in an international and a local audience.In the years after the 1994 transition to democracy in South Africa, planners believed they would be able to successfully promote a vision of integrated, equitable and sustainable ... Read more

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  • Africa's Urban Revolution

    The facts of Africa's rapid urbanisation are startling. By 2030 African cities will have grown by more than 350 million people and over half the continent's population will be urban. Yet in the minds of policy makers, scholars and much of the general public, Africa remains a quintessentially rural place. This lack of awareness and robust analysis means it is difficult to make a policy case for a ... Read more

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    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This open access book responds to the need for a specifically African focus on public policy. It outlines the fundamental principles of public policy research, and engages with major issues in the study of public policy from an African perspective, covering essential topics such as the location and centrality of social sciences in relation to public policy, leadership, methodology, institutions, ... Read more

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  • Polling and Public Opinion

    A Canadian Perspective

    The importance of polling public opinion is widely recognized today. Indeed, it is sometimes argued that in mass societies, polls have also become an important medium for communicating ideas and beliefs, especially since many people have become less involved in community organizations and interest groups that formerly connected them to events and issues. Polling and Public Opinion examines the ... Read more

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  • The Routledge Handbook of European Public Policy

    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    The Routledge Handbook of European Public Policy provides an in-depth and systematic understanding of EU policies. It covers theoretical approaches on the policy process and the various stages of public policy formulation and decision making, and discusses key questions of contemporary European governance. The handbook introduces major concepts, trends, and methodologies in a variety of ... Read more

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  • Reforming Education

    From Origins to Outcomes

    Ambitious programs of education reform have been introduced by many governments around the world. Reforming Education is an important study of large-scale education reform in five different settings: England, New Zealand, the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Manitoba and the US state of Minnesota. The book looks at a variety of reforms covering: school choice; charter schools; increased testing ... Read more

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  • The Politics of Education in Developing Countries

    From Schooling to Learning

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  • Democracy and Climate Change

    Series series Routledge Global Cooperation Series
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