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Conflictology

Systems, Institutions, and Mechanisms in Africa

By: Francis Onditi

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Conflictology

Systems, Institutions, and Mechanisms in Africa

By: Francis Onditi

Over the past three decades scholars, students and policy makers studying and engaged in conflict resolution have veered between conflict management and resolution. However, the changing nature of conflict, which is taking the form of radicalization and extremism are deeply rooted in individual's ideology, personalities and genes, hence, rendering the conventional macro-level power balance analytics obsolete. The psychology and human genetics are at the center of this evolution. This shift in conflict trends and methods of warfare in Africa and the world over demands that we search for alternative approaches, mechanisms, and innovative response. It is against this background that this new book initiates a fundamental debate on how interdisciplinary adventure could increase the understanding off man-kind and the socio-biological systems surounding man, hence, the emphasis on the discispline of Conflictology to embody scientific approaches, methods and prescription to conflict resolution. For instance, does individual's gene influence human behaviours, such as "hate"? If so, can this be corrected through gene transposition? If human relations should be anchored on "peace", what are these genetic and behavioural factors that creat "hate" and "violence"? How then, should such a gene or neurobiological system be altered in order to prevent extremism and radicalization?

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1793615063

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Understanding Violence Against Women in Africa

An Interdisciplinary Approach

By: Francis Onditi,Josephine Odera

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Understanding Violence Against Women in Africa

An Interdisciplinary Approach

By: Francis Onditi,Josephine Odera

This textbook provides students across Social Sciences, Humanities, Politics, and International Studies with an in-depth understanding of the issues, policies, and strategies for addressing the symptoms and root causes of violence against women (VAW) in sub-Saharan Africa. This text uses the United Nations Security Council’s Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) on Women, Peace and Security in Eastern and Southern Africa as a framework to present the causes and impacts of VAW and to trace the journey of sub-Saharan African countries toward gender equality. It also provides an overview of the policy and legislative frameworks that underpin the progress, challenges, and achievements of addressing VAW based on four key pillars: prevention, protection, participation, and relief and recovery. Chapters provide a wealth of knowledge, as the book draws on academic literature; national, regional, and international legislations; and data collected from field research, and makes use of end-of-chapter discussion questions and quick study guides. Students will come away equipped with the tools, resources, and knowledge necessary to address and fix VAW in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.

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3030710955

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Gender Inequalities in Africa’s Mining Policies

A Study of Inequalities, Resource Conflict and Sustainability

By: Francis Onditi

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Gender Inequalities in Africa’s Mining Policies

A Study of Inequalities, Resource Conflict and Sustainability

By: Francis Onditi

This book develops a discursive ‘equalitarian’ theoretical framework for studying African mining ecosystem issues and policy interventions. The theory of ‘equalitarianism’ is developed as an alternative to the reductionist approach that has dominated post-colonial debates about the classical jus ad bellum requirements to empower women in development spaces. However, the classical approach narrows the debate down to “women issues,” rather than the ‘whole-of-society.’ As a consequence of this reductionism, women continue to be devalued in the mining sector, characterized by poverty traps, power struggles, and a lack of capacity to engage in large-scale mining (LSM) activities. This book advances principles for a holistic approach, and spells out the implications for women across the mining value chain. Drawing on moral scholarship, the book poses that for women to gain access to strategic spaces in the mining sector, the drive for empowerment must be embedded within ‘whole-of-society’ principles. This book is of interest to scholars researching gender policy, public policy, political philosophy, conflictology, and human geography. It also offers practitioners a guide for evaluating their policy work on mainstreaming gender in the mining sector, presenting options for financing, forging partnership and planning for an inclusive economic development in Africa, and beyond.

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9811682526

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Illusions of Location Theory: Consequences for Blue Economy in Africa

By: Douglas Yates

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Illusions of Location Theory: Consequences for Blue Economy in Africa

By: Douglas Yates

Illusions of Location Theory: Consequences for Blue Economy in Africa" questions the relevance of ‘location theory’ in explaining the coastal-hinterland continuum and the implications for the utilization of blue economy ecosystem in such a contested space in Africa. It pays more attention to territorial contestations, maritime disputes, vulnerabilities of landlocked states, and expansionist policies as displayed through spatial organizational regimes. These areas of investigation have previously been largely studied from the narrow perspective of ‘location’, unduly focusing on comparative advantages of ‘distance’, while neglecting the influence of ‘forces’ such as technology, ideology, and the power of mental mapping in spatial decision making. This volume puts forward the argument that the harmonious relationship between states, and efficient exploitation of the blue economy ecosystem in ways that promote peace between states, lies not only in the structural transformation of markets, but also in bridging the spatial and social divide between the coastal and hinterland societies. Thus, this work proffers possibilities for a holistic regime for managing Africa’s coastal-hinterland continuum through innovative strategies such as SMART blue economies and the infusion of the geopolitical dimension into the management of maritime and territorial diplomacy. The combination of theoretical and empirical analysis, buttressed by in-depth case studies of what works in the management of blue economy ecosystem and what does not work, make this volume ideal for researchers, students, and practitioners interested in African regional studies, African political economy, political geography, strategic military studies, governance of seas and oceans, and maritime science/diplomacy.

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Vernon Press

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1648891594

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Reimagining Security Communities

Systems Thinking Approach for Africa

By: Francis Onditi,Gilad Ben-Nun,Edmond M. Were,Israel Nyaburi Nyadera

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Reimagining Security Communities

Systems Thinking Approach for Africa

By: Francis Onditi,Gilad Ben-Nun,Edmond M. Were,Israel Nyaburi Nyadera

This book utilizes a systems thinking perspective to propose a holistic framework of analysis and practice for the regional security community (“RSC”) arrangement in Africa. In responding to the challenge of improving effectiveness of response to peace and security threats, African states tend to rely on ad hoc mechanisms. However, this approach has been mired with a myriad of structural limitations. The holistic framework reconfigures the traditional “RSC” into a simplified tool kit of “resources”, making this text book ideal for students and advanced researchers in international relations, and all those concerned with regional security and strategic studies.

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Conflictology

Systems, Institutions, and Mechanisms in Africa

By: Francis Onditi

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Making a Living

Changing Livelihoods in Rural Africa

By: Elizabeth Francis

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Making a Living

Changing Livelihoods in Rural Africa

By: Elizabeth Francis

Livelihoods in rural Africa are changing in response to disappearing job prospects, falling agricultural output and collapsing infrastructure. This book explains why the responses to these challenges are so different in different parts of Africa. Making a Living uses case studies from commercial farming regions in Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe and from much poorer areas within eastern and southern Africa.to give a broad comparative study of rural livelihoods. These case studies reveal how household relations, poverty and gender all play a part in the changing political economy of rural Africa.

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1134686218

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Gender Inequalities in Africa’s Mining Policies

A Study of Inequalities, Resource Conflict and Sustainability

By: Francis Onditi

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A Study of Inequalities, Resource Conflict and Sustainability

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Understanding Violence Against Women in Africa

An Interdisciplinary Approach

By: Francis Onditi,Josephine Odera

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An Interdisciplinary Approach

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Reimagining Security Communities

Systems Thinking Approach for Africa

By: Francis Onditi,Gilad Ben-Nun,Edmond M. Were,Israel Nyaburi Nyadera

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Systems Thinking Approach for Africa

By: Francis Onditi,Gilad Ben-Nun,Edmond M. Were,Israel Nyaburi Nyadera

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The Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi

By: St. Francis of Assisi,Wyatt North

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The Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi

By: St. Francis of Assisi,Wyatt North

The Little Flowers of St. Francis (Italian Fioretti di San Francesco) is a body of work divided into 53 short chapters, on the life of Saint Francis of Assisi which was composed at the end of the 14th century. The book has been the most popular account of Saint Francis' life and relates many colorful anecdotes, miracles and pious examples from the lives of Francis and his followers (such as Saint Juniper). The text was the inspiration for the Roberto Rossellini’s 1950 film Francesco, giullare di Dio (“Francis, God’s Jester”) which was co-written by Federico Fellini.

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Works of the Seraphic Father St. Francis of Assisi

By: St. Francis of Assisi

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Works of the Seraphic Father St. Francis of Assisi

By: St. Francis of Assisi

St. Alphonsus writes: “a single bad book will be sufficient to cause the destruction of a monastery.” Pope Pius XII wrote in 1947 at the beatification of Blessed Maria Goretti: “There rises to Our lips the cry of the Saviour: 'Woe to the world because of scandals!' (Matthew 18:7). Woe to those who consciously and deliberately spread corruption-in novels, newspapers, magazines, theaters, films, in a world of immodesty!” We at St. Pius X Press are calling for a crusade of good books. We want to restore 1,000 old Catholic books to the market. We ask for your assistance and prayers. This book is a photographic reprint of the original. The original has been inspected and some imperfections may remain. At Saint Pius X Press our goal is to remain faithful to the original in both photographic reproductions and in textual reproductions that are reprinted. Photographic reproductions are given a page by page inspection, whereas textual reproductions are proofread to correct any errors in reproduction.

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Prayers of Saint Francis

By: Saint Francis (of Assisi)

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Prayers of Saint Francis

By: Saint Francis (of Assisi)

This pocket book contains all the prayers of Christianity's most popular saint, the little poor man of Assisi.

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Book's by Francis Onditi

Conflictology

Conflictology

Understanding Violence Against Women in Africa

Understanding Violence Against Women in Africa

Gender Inequalities in Africa’s Mining Policies

Gender Inequalities in Africa’s Mining Policies

Illusions of Location Theory: Consequences for Blue Economy in Africa

Illusions of Location Theory: Consequences for Blue Economy in Africa

Reimagining Security Communities

Reimagining Security Communities

Conflictology

Conflictology

Making a Living

Making a Living

Gender Inequalities in Africa’s Mining Policies

Gender Inequalities in Africa’s Mining Policies

Understanding Violence Against Women in Africa

Understanding Violence Against Women in Africa

Reimagining Security Communities

Reimagining Security Communities

The Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi

The Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi

Works of the Seraphic Father St. Francis of Assisi

Works of the Seraphic Father St. Francis of Assisi

Prayers of Saint Francis

Prayers of Saint Francis

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