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5551. An hour of signs

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Review of: Jamal Mahjoub. In the hour of signs. Oxford ; Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1996
Date Issued:
1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Collection:
Glendora Books Supplement

5552. Effective intervention roles of South African social workers in an appropriate, relevant and progressive social welfare model

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This article examines the social welfare policy under apartheid in South Africa where differential access to social welfare services was enshrined as part of the racially segregated society. It explores proposals for a social welfare model that will be appropriate to the South African social welfare setting. The author suggests that social welfare is now in a process of transition and as evidence summarises conclusions and proposals of the "progressive social work fraternity". These not only criticise the status quo, but seek positive and affirmative action in the direction of citizen participation and social development The author concludes by suggesting an alternative radical paradigm which questions the traditional residual modes of intervention, and instead suggests a committed advocab've position for social workers in the new South Africa, which encourages empowerment and self-help initiatives.
Date Issued:
1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Collection:
Journal of Social Development in Africa

5553. State of the state in the Third World

Date Issued:
1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Collection:
African Journal of Political Economy

5554. African crisis response initiative and the new African security (dis)order

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This article examines the role of the US in post-cold war West African security issues. It analyses the impact of the ACRI and the reactions from the continent—from the OAU, ECOWAS and influential countries like Nigeria—given the efforts being made by African governments to grapple with their own security concerns. It concludes with a tentative assessment of the possibilities for ACRI's effectiveness and its prospects for achieving credibility among African governments and civil society.
Date Issued:
2001-06-01T00:00:00Z
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Collection:
African Journal of Political Science

5555. Civil society and the democratisation processes in Kenya and Uganda

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Civil society comprises various interest groups such as human rights groups, co-operatives, trade unions and the church through which individuals collectively carry out their social enterprises. The rise of the centrality of civil society in much of Africa, in both development discourse and the democratization process, has been in response to state weakness. As a result it has become the cutting edge of the effort to build a viable democratic order. This paper contends that the success of civil society in forcing political concessions in Africa relates to the availability of opportunity to mobilize, agitate and bargain with the state from a position of strength. However, the notion that ageneric civil society is uniformly progressive in challenging the African authoritarian state and advancing democratization may not be accurate. This comparative study attempts to bring out the underlying similarities and differences in the contribution of the Christian church and NGOs as civil society organizations to the democratization process in Kenya and Uganda.
Date Issued:
2002-12-01T00:00:00Z
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Collection:
African Journal of Political Science

5556. Archaeology

Date Issued:
1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
Research Review

5557. Marginalia on "Grensliteratuur"

Date Issued:
1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Collection:
Critical Arts

5558. The roots of a tenor sax

Date Issued:
1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Collection:
Glendora Review

5559. The information superhighway and traditional communication

Description:
Advances in communication technology, bring with them new characteristics which often expand the horizons for information exchange among people. The evolving information superhighway is promising to break the physical barriers to the free flow of information. This has serious implications for developing countries. As many parts of the world adopt the new technologies of the information superhighway African countries should be cautious and not too readily abandon their traditional communication methods, which are not necessarily anti-thetical to the Internet. As exciting as the new technologies are, they do not always portend positive developments.
Date Issued:
1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Collection:
Africa Media Review

5560. Development journalism

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This paper analyses the level of competence of Tanzanian journalists to handle developmental issues. It proceeds from the thesis that development journalism is not reporting about events but processes, and not reporting about personalities but issues. The study finds evidence from a survey of 136 practising Tanzanian journalists to support the hypothesis that Tanzanian journalists are ill-prepared to meet the challenge of development journalism. It recommends that media institutions should hire better academically qualified persons and then give them professional journalism training as well as continuing training in their areas of specialization. This will equip the journalists for more coherent and comprehensive reporting and analysis of processes and issues for a developing society.
Date Issued:
1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Collection:
Africa Media Review