BOOKS

Opening the South African Economy: Barriers to Entry and Competition
Thando Vilakazi, Sumayya Goga, and Simon Roberts, editors

Choice Outstanding Academic Book! What does it take for local entrepreneurs to effectively compete in South Africa? What factors affect entry and participation in sectors where    More >

Opioids in South Africa:  Towards a Policy of Harm Reduction
Thembisa Waetjen, editor

From over-the-counter cough syrups and prescribed painkillers to heroin and fentanyl bought on the street, the misuse of opioids has ignited widespread debates about drug policy reform. In    More >

Opting Out of War: Strategies to Prevent Violent Conflict
Mary B. Anderson and Marshall Wallace

A Global Observatory Must-Read Book in Peace and Security! How do ordinary people, neither pacifists nor peace activists, come to decide collectively to eschew violent conflict and then    More >

Oranges in the Sun: Short Stories from the Arabian Gulf
edited and translated by Deborah S. Akers and Abubaker A. Bagader

The stories in Oranges in the Sun capture a distinctly unique vision of the world, embodying the range of emotional and material concerns of the peoples of the Arab Gulf region. The    More >

Orphan Care: A Comparative View
Jo Daugherty Bailey, editor

It is estimated that there are some 140 million orphans worldwide, most of them in transition countries such as Russia and Brazil or poorer regions of the developing world. In Orphan Care,    More >

Otherwise Homeless: Vehicle Living and the Culture of Homelessness
Michele Wakin

Privacy, mobility, dignity—living in a vehicle offers many advantages over life in a shelter or on the street. Michele Wakin broadens our understanding of homelessness by exploring the    More >

Our Sun Will Rise
Amelia Blossom House, with drawings by Selma Waldman

A collection of forty-two poems that depict the pain and pathos, the political and personal struggles that marked South Africa during apartheid. House is acutely sensitive to the sometimes    More >

Outsourcing Justice: The Role of Nonprofit Caseworkers in Pretrial Release Programs
Ursula Castellano

Do pretrial release programs, initiated and now operated by a range of nonprofit organizations to redress the inequalities of the bail system, affect the administration of justice?    More >

Outsourcing National Defense: Why and How Private Contractors Are Providing Public Services
Thomas C. Bruneau

Every year, the US Department of Defense allocates more than $400 billion to for-profit firms. Which raises the question: Where does the money go? Thomas Bruneau takes a deep dive into the    More >

Over Land and Sea: Memoir of an Austrian Rear Admiral's Life in Europe and Africa, 1857-1909 [a memoir]
Ludwig Ritter von Höhnel; Ronald E. Coons and Pascal James Imperato, editors; J. Winthrop Aldrich, consulting editor

Ludwig Ritter von Höhnel lived a fascinating life—he was an Austrian subject who achieved distinction as an African explorer, a naval officer, and a courtier. The turbulent years    More >

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