New books November 2012 (part 2)

A selection of new books added to the catalogue and collections in November 2012 (the second of two posts).


New titles cover all areas of the Commonwealth and this month include more titles on contemporary South Africa and Nigeria; Canadian history and vulnerability to natural diasasters.


Marback, Richard C. Managing vulnerability : South Africa's struggle for a democratic rhetoric, Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 2012.


Mathebe, Lucky. Mandela & Mbeki : the hero and the outsider, Pretoria : Unisa Press, c2012.

Ardayfio-Schandorf, Elizabeth, Paul W. K. Yankson and Monique Bertrand. The mobile city of Accra : urban families, housing and residential practices = Accra, capitale en mouvement : familles citadines, logement et pratiques résidentielles, Dakar, Senegal : Codesria, c2012.

Miescher, Giorgio. Namibia's red line : the history of a veterinary and settlement border, New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Lyew-Ayee, Parris and Rafi Ahmad. Natural hazards atlas of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica : Mona GeoInformatics Institute [and] University of the West Indies Press, 2012.

Akingbulu, Akin and Hendrik Bussiek. Nigeria : a survey; by the African Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project, Open Society Initiative for West Africa, Open Society Institute Media Program , [New York] : Open Society Foundations ; [Dakar] : Open Society Initiative for West Africa, 2010.

Elaigwu, J. Isawa. Nigeria : essays in governance and society, London : Adonis & Abbey, 2012.

Hill, J. N. C. Nigeria since independence : forever fragile, Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Khan, Nyla Ali (ed). The parchment of Kashmir : history, society, and polity, New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Teik, Khoo Boo (ed). Policy regimes and the political economy of poverty reduction in Malaysia, Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Endicott, Stephen Lyon. Raising the workers' flag. ; the Workers' Unity League of Canada, 1930-1936, Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2012.

Prys, Miriam. Redefining regional power in international relations : Indian and South African perspectives, London : Routledge, 2012.
Okonjo-Iweala, Ngozi. Reforming the unreformable : lessons from Nigeria, Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2012.

Osuri, Goldie. Religious freedom in India : sovereignty and (anti) conversion, London : Routledge, 2013.
Lyimo, Francis Fanuel. Rural cooperation in the cooperative movement in Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, c2012.

Campey, Lucille H. Seeking a better future : the English pioneers of Ontario and Quebec, Toronto : Dundurn Press, c2012.

Elaigwu, Isawa J. Topical issues in Nigeria's political development, London : Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd, 2012.

Loh, Kah Seng et al. The University Socialist Club and the contest for Malaya : tangled strands of modernity, Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2012.

Gungwu , Wang and Ong Weichong (eds). Voice of Malayan revolution : the CPM radio war against Singapore and Malaysia, 1969-1981, Singapore : S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2009.

Kapur, Anu. Vulnerable India : a geographical study of disasters, Shimla : Indian Institute of Advanced Study ; Los Angeles : SAGE, 2010.

Mascarenhas, Michael. Where the waters divide : neoliberalism, white privilege, and environmental racism in Canada, Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012.

Plaut, Martin and Paul Holden. Who rules South Africa? Cape Town : Jonathan Ball, c2012.

Mbunwe-Samba, Patrick. Witchcraft, magic, and divination . Accounts from the Wimbum area of the Cameroon grassfields, Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, c2012

Matondi, Prosper B. (ed). Zimbabwe's fast-track land reform, London : Zed, 2012.