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Offering a comprehensive historical and empirical study of science in both colonial and post-colonial Africa, R. Sooryamoorthy brings to light the connections between science, policy and development in African nations for important insights into potential opportunities and challenges facing Africa in science, technology and development.

This book explores the connection between family structure and circumstances, parental engagement, and adolescent sexual behavior. Given that South Africa contains the highest portion of the global HIV epidemic within a single country, a comprehensive, book-length investigation intösometimes risky¿adolescent sexual behaviour is necessary. Drawing from the longitudinal Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS) of more than 4, 000 adolescents between the age...

This book offers an examination of Africäs scientific landscape based on extensive empirical data encompassing 54 African countries. It traces the evolution of science on the continent, highlighting research areas, global partnerships, funding sources, research capacity, and the impact of science policies. Acknowledging that Africa relies heavily on external sources, particularly from the Global North, for scientific research, the book identif...

This edited volume focuses on the changing research methodologies in social science research, prompted by the new social world shaped by the pandemic. It explores adaptations and developments to meet the demands of transforming social circumstances and showcases innovative alternative approaches.

The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Africa presents a comparative analysis of sociological thinking in Africa. Focusing on examples from Africa, this diverse collection presents to a broad readership an accessible, comprehensive, up to date, and topical analysis of sociological thinking in Africa. Sociological discourse about African societies has been challenging and difficult, due to a lack of both comprehensive analyses and holistic soc...

Dieses Buch ist der erste umfassende Bericht über die Geschichte und den aktuellen Stand der südafrikanischen Soziologie. Es bietet ein ganzheitliches Bild des Fachs, wie es an den Universitäten gelehrt wird, und zeigt die Entwicklung einer Disziplin in einem schwierigen soziopolitischen Kontext auf. Anhand historischer und wissenschaftlicher Daten wird aufgezeigt, wie die sich verändernde politische Situation - vom Kolonialismus über die Apar...

Sociology as a discipline has a history of two centuries which has varied between countries. Its presence across the world is felt now more than ever. Over the years, sociology has been established as a discipline and contributed to the advancement of knowledge about society through scientific research. This facilitated the development of knowledge in other areas and disciplines as well. What sociology is doing globally, the contributions it h...

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This book is an original study on the development of media technologies, communications and social networks in South Africa. It is for those researching the growth of communication technology and new media in Africa, as well as those more widely involved in development studies and economics.

Scientometrics for the Humanities and Social Sciences is the first ever book on scientometrics that deals with the historical development of both quantitative and qualitative data analysis in scientometric studies. It focuses on its applicability in new and emerging areas of inquiry.

Scientometrics for the Humanities and Social Sciences is the first ever book on scientometrics that deals with the historical development of both quantitative and qualitative data analysis in scientometric studies. It focuses on its applicability in new and emerging areas of inquiry.

This book examines the trajectory of management studies in South Africa during the apartheid and post-apartheid periods. The unique political journey of South Africa provides a distinctive context in which to explore the progression of management studies within a developing state. The authors consider how Apartheid has configured the discipline of management studies to reflect certain racial, institutional and gendered trends, and analyse the ...

Focusing on NGOs that work in the areas of rural development, women, and children, the authors' goal is to shed light on the contributions of the sector in the spheres of social welfare, empowerment, service, and rural development. In addition, the problems and difficulties experienced by NGOs are analyzed and explained. This important new book traces the rise of NGOs in India and their transformation over the years, revealing the importance o...

This book is essential for anyone interested in knowing how science works nationally and internationally in the contemporary world. It offers a comprehensive analysis of scientific collaboration and its relation to development and the productivity of scientists, with specific reference to South Africa in both the past and the present.

South Africa is a unique country redolent of a multitude of social challenges and tremulous with future possibilities in which local sociology is inevitably intertwined with its societal trajectory. R. Sooryamoorthy has assembled the story of South African sociology drawing extensively on the already published literature together with interesting and original scientometric data.' -Charles Crothers, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealan...

NGOs have become indispensible in development and have always attracted the interests of researchers and practitioners. Studies have come from different parts of the world, trying to understand these organizations and from varied standpoints. This study, for the first time, examines the coherence and incongruity that exist among the objectives, programmes and beneficiaries of NGOs. Set in the context of a developing society in Asia (Kerala sta...