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Public Broadcasting in Africa Series: Uganda
Uganda’s broadcast media landscape has witnessed tremendous growth in recent years. While the public broadcaster remains the dominant national player – in terms of reach – in both radio and television, commercial broadcasters have introduced a substantial level of diversity in the industry. Public broadcasting faces serious competition from the numerous private and independent broadcaster…
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- 9781920489717
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Public Broadcasting in Africa Series: Zimbabwe
This report is the result of research that started in 2008 with the aim of collecting, collating and writing up information about regulation, ownership, access, performance as well as prospects for public broadcasting reform in Africa. The Zimbabwe report is part of an 11-country survey of African broadcast media, evaluating compliance with the agreements, conventions, charters and declarations…
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- 9781920489687
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Feminism and the Politics of Childhood – Friends or Foes?
Feminism and the Politics of Childhood offers an innovative and critical exploration of perceived commonalities and conflicts between women and children and, more broadly, between various forms of feminism and the politics of childhood. This unique collection of 18 chapters brings into dialogue authors from a range of geographical contexts, social science disciplines, activist organisations, an…
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- 9781787350632
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Towards Gender Equity in Development
As a result of widespread mistreatment and overt discrimination in all dimensions of their lives, women lack significant autonomy. The central preoccupation of this book is to explore key sources of female empowerment and discuss the current challenges and opportunities for the future. Schematically, three main domains are distinguished. The first is marriage and women’s relative bargaining p…
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- 9780198829591
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Western North Carolina Since the Civil War
No region has undergone more dramatic changes in the last century than Western North Carolina. Published in 1973, Western North Carolina Since the Civil War takes a look at mountain people in Western North Carolina and their uniquely structured economic, political, social, and cultural systems. The Van Noppens specifically explore different qualities of the mountain people such as their institu…
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- 9781469638331
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The Many Faces of Appalachia
This volume of the Proceedings of the 7th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference, held in 1985 at Unicoi State Park in Helen, Georgia, offers a look at diversity and Appalachian identity.
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- 9781469636863
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The Impact of Institutions in Appalachia
This volume of the Proceedings of the 8th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference, held in 1986 in Berea, Kentucky, offers a sampling of papers presented at the conference. Paper topics include religion; government and technology; capitalism and coal; regional photographers; sports and play in Southern Appalachia; education; cultural and diversity issues; and history and politics.
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- 9781469636894
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The Future of Appalachia
Though titled the Proceedings of the 1st Annual Appalachian Studies Conference, this volume contains the speeches and papers of the Southern Appalachian Regional Conference held May 13-16, 1974 at the Center for Continuing Education at Appalachian State University. Governor James E. Holshouser, Jr. of North Carolina; John B. Howard, American Petroleum Institute; and Cratis Williams, Acting Vice…
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- 9781469636764
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The Examined Life: Family, Community, Work in American Literature
Concerned with the 50% dropout rate for public high school students in the Southern Highlands, Jim Wayne Miller published this book in 1989 to ensure that young people had access to published works and other text that examine the themes of familiy, community, and work. Miller intended to provide public school teachers with the tools to engage students and stimulate meaningful conversations. Mil…
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- 9781469642383
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Paul Green's Wordbook: An Alphabet of Reminiscence
Paul Green’s Wordbook: An Alphabet of Reminiscence, the culmination of more than sixty years of observing and collecting superstitions, customs, cures, riddles, games, stories, songs, and beliefs, was published in 1990. A personal collection of folk traditions, Paul Green thought that these common idioms served to showcase the heritage of mankind. With roots in eastern North Carolina, Green t…
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- 9781469638386
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