Everyday crisis-living in ZimbabweKirk Helliker, Manase Kudzai Chiweshe, Sandra Bhatasara and Gift Mwonzora Introduction At the turn of this century, a multifaceted and deep-seated crisis arose in Zimbabwe, with the Fast-Track Land Reform Programme as the immediate disruptive event. Twenty years later, at a national level, the country... (Everyday Crisis-Living in Contemporary Zimbabwe)Contemporary research on the Big Three HERS and their rankingsRankings include a small set of indicators, whose meaning in terms of overall education activity' of universities is questionable (Saisana, D’Hombrea, & Satelli, 2011). As discussed in earlier chapters, proxies for education quality such as the number of Nobel and Fields Medal prizes (De Witte & Hudrlikova,... (The Impact of Higher Education Ranking Systems on Universities)More pull: implications emanating from contemporary' changes to governance structures in the US and EuropeCurrently the US and UK are still widely regarded as the leading providers of higher education (TES Global Ltd., 2017) in the world and, as mentioned earlier, they are also regarded as the top destinations for international undergraduate and postgraduate students (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 2015). However,... (The Impact of Higher Education Ranking Systems on Universities)Contemporary East Africa: Global and Local ChallengesWhile literary translations currently play a lesser part in state policies, they are increasingly governed by a high rate of commercialisation. Book publishing in East Africa faces the challenge of creating a reading culture beyond the consumption of textbooks, which are favoured because they guarantee... (African Perspectives on Literary Translation)Translating the Neighbour: Contemporary Maghrebi Literature in SpainMonica Rius-Pinies University of Barcelona, Spain Language and Literature, a Dangerous Liaison (in Postcolonial Countries) Nineteenth-century nationalism based its ideology on concrete pillars: the people of a nation should share the same history, territory, culture, religion and language.... (African Perspectives on Literary Translation)Information disorder practices in/by contemporary RussiaSvetlana S. Bodrunova Research on modern ‘Russian propaganda’ has been rapidly growing in recent years. It has examined information disorder activities (Wardle and Derakhshan 2017) organised, allegedly, by actors formally or informally affiliated with the Russian state and mostly directed... (The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism)Robert Mugabe in ZimbabweMugabe, known internationally for his bitterly anti-colonial stance, was one African leader who saw no shame in associating himself with ‘populist nationalist rhetoric’ (Woolf 2017). Examples of his populist interventions, argues Mhlanga (2017), included his resolution to publicly overrule his finance... (The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism)Zimbabwe1) Once the best kid in the class, now the most hated. How did it come to this? Robert Mugabe simply became too fond of power, they say. It was too good to pass on. Slowly the State became more of a dictatorship. Now he feels he has to play out the game to the bitter end. It is an old familiar story.... (Geoeconomics)Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism: Representation, Cognition and Everyday TalkThis book explores antisemitism, the age-old prejudice, and anti-Zionism, which has been described as a “new antisemitism” (Chesler, 2003; Fischel, 2005), through the analysis of representation, cognition and discourse. The research summarised in this book approaches antisemitism and anti-Zionism... (Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism Representation)A Social Psychological Framework for Examining Representation, Cognition and Everyday Talk Historical and social science overviews of antisemitism and anti-Zionism were provided in Chapters 2 and 3, respectively. The chapters demonstrate that these forms of prejudice have been manifested in channels of societal information (representation), in patterns of thinking, identification,... (Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism Representation) |