Hamann, Ralph. 2009. South Africa: The Role of History, Government and Local Context. In: Idowu, Samuel O. And Filho, Walter Leal. (Eds). 2009. Global Practices of Corporate Social Responsibility. Berlin: Springer Verlag.Hamann, R. (2009). South Africa: The role of history, government,...
In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese...
Modern immigration is a highly regulated procedure governing the mobility of peoples between sovereign jurisdictions. This procedure has been progressively refined since the late eighteenth century through mechanisms of government that have frequently deployed the apparatus of criminal law. In this chapter w...
Australopithecus africanus, the “man-ape” of South Africa, described in 1925 in a paper by Raymond Dart (pictured), caused a sensation on publication, and placed Nature on the world stage before a popular audience. Until now, Nature’s scoops had been mostly in physics — the discovery ...
Southern Africa, southernmost region of the African continent, comprising the countries of Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The island nation of Madagascar is excluded because of its d
History of Central African Republic, a survey of notable events and people in the history of the Central African Republic, a landlocked country located in the centre of Africa. The country’s capital, Bangui, is situated on the banks of the Ubangi River
In these ‘first-voice’ museums, curators and leaders are part of the community the museum interprets.
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use efficiency afterwards. For the last 30 years, land sales make up 60% of local government revenue. There is no effect going the opposite direction (firms in the new prefecture buying land in the old one) and there is no effect when that politician subsequently moves to the next ...
, the Scottish aristocracy agreed to a Union of the Scottish and English parliaments, securing Scotland's part in the coming British Empire. A crucial aspect of this treaty was the preservation of the autonomy of Scotland's Kirk, legal and educational systems, and organs of local government. ...