Black women's stories of everyday racism: narrative analysis for social change

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A Crisis of Whiteness‹ in the ›Heart of Darkness: Racism and the Congo Re…

The British and American Congo Reform Movement (ca. 1890-1913) has been praised extensively for its ›heroic‹ confrontation of colonial atrocities in the Congo Free State. Its commitment to white supremacy and colonial domination, however, continues to be overlooked, denied, or trivialised. This historical-sociological study argues that racism was the ideological cornerstone and formed the m…

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Tranformations of Gender in Melanesia

Despite the plethora of research on gender and the many projects designed to improve their status in the Pacific region, women continue to be disadvantaged and marginalised in social, economic and political spheres. How are we to understand this and what does it mean for researchers, policy-makers and development practitioners? This book examines these questions, partly by looking back but also…

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Critical Theory and Authoritarian Populism

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Equality and Diversity : Equality and Diversity

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Burdened By Race: Coloured Identities in Southern Africa

Since its emergence in the late 19th century, coloured identity has been pivotal to racial thinking in southern Africa. The nature of colouredness is a highly emotive and controversial issue as it embodies many of the racial antagonisms, ambiguities and derogations prevalent in the subcontinent. Throughout their existence coloured communities have had to contend with being marginal minorities s…

Equality and Diversity Value Incommensurability and the Politics of Recognition

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