Category: Publications
Lesedi #3 – July 2005
In this issue the focus is on “Research on Education Transformation”. Vijé Franchi and Jean-Paul Payet look at “Transformation, (de)racialisation and (de)ethnicisation for Social Dynamics. The Role of Schools in the Construction of Participatory and Pluralistic Models of Democracy in South Africa and France”, Gaëlle Goastellec looks at “South Africa...
Lesedi #2 – January 2005
In this issue, Marianne Morange and Sophie Didier give a research report on “Cape Town’s Community Improvement Districts: first conclusions regarding public / private “Cooperation” on the security issue” while Chris Alden and Ward Anseeuw focus on “Southern Africa and the Crisis in Zimbabwe – A Comparative Study of Land...
The Economy of Africa
Philippe HUGON, 2004, Pretoria, Protea Book House ISBN: 1-86919-027-0 It is difficult to write a book about African economies for two main reasons. Firstly, how does one explain the main issues when, even if one is limited to sub-Saharan Africa, the subcontinent is a territory of contrast? The second...
L´Afrique du Sud dix ans après
Transition accomplie? Philippe GUILLAUME, Nicolas PEJOUT & Aurelia WA KABWE-SEGATTI (eds), 2004, Paris, Karthala; Johannesburg, IFAS ISBN: 2-84586-529-5 Coll. Hommes et sociétés; Collection directed by Jean Copans [Book in French] For the past ten years, South Africa has been progressively coming out of the apartheid system. Although all ties...
Windhoek capitale de la Namibie
Changement politique et recomposition des périphéries Elisabeth PEYROUX, 2004, Paris, Karthala; Johannesburg, IFAS ISBN : 2-84586-486-8 Coll. Hommes et sociétés; Collection directed by Jean Copans [Book in French] In 1990, Namibia became independent and broke away from the apartheid regime inherited from the South African colonial administration. Based on...
Les Cahiers de l’IFAS #5: HIV, AIDS and Integrated development Planning: a Reality Check
Municipal Planning and Perspectives and Responses. This working paper analyses the treatment of HIV and AIDS-related issues in Integrated Development Plans (IDPs), the new municipal process and document for local development. Its main finding is that, while the multi-varied impacts of the pandemic are often mentioned in the analytical part...
Les Cahiers de l’IFAS #4: Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Late Marriage and Premarital Fertility in Rural South Africa
A Study on Social Changes and Health Risks Among Young Adults. Premarital fertility is defined as fertility before the first marriage. The perceptions and attitudes towards premarital fertility reveal social mutations in parental control over adolescent sexuality and in moral standards. Nevertheless, there is an economic rationale behind the premarital...
Lesedi #1 – August 2004
In this issue, the members of the Khoesan Archives programme focus on “For or against Neolithic of Southern Africa? Background and Stakes of a Debate on the History of People’s Settlement and Production Modes”, while Nicolas Péjout focusses on “South African Contribution to Models of e-Government”. > Read the Bilingual...
France and South Africa
Towards a new engagement with Africa Chris ALDEN & Guy MARTIN (editors), 2003, Pretoria, Protea ISBN: 1-86919-002-5 Protea series of publications on French Social Sciences The interaction of France and South Africa in Africa has a problematic history. This needs to be reviewed as the two states attempt tp...
Supporting Small-Scale Farmers and Rural Organisations: Learning from Experiences in West Africa
A Handbook for Development Operators and Local Managers Sylvain PERRET & Marie-Rose MERCOIRET (editors), 2003, Pretoria, Protea; Johannesburg, IFAS; Montpellier, CIRAD ISBN Protea: 1-919825-92-4 ISBN CIRAD: 2-87614-505-7 Protea series of publications on French Social Sciences Rural people are increasingly expected to become the main participants of their own development....