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2015
320 pages
Soft cover
Print: 978 1 77582 001 7 Southern African rights only R342.00
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BISAC: HIS047000, NAT 049000
2015
272 pages
Soft cover
Print: 978 1 91989 589 5 Web pdf: 978 1 77582 155 7 Mobi: 978 1 77582 156 4 World rights available R346.00 / $28.95 / £18.95 BISAC: SOC004000
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Burning Table Mountain
An environmental history of fire on the Cape Peninsula
S Pooley
Wild re is a challenge faced by major cities and nature reserves in Mediterranean- type ecosystems in the USA, Australia and Mediterranean Europe. Here, the author tackles the environmental and social challenges of re management on the wildland-urban interface of the Cape Peninsula, where a UNESCO World Heritage Site for Nature protects the unique fynbos vegetation and incorporates the iconic Table Mountain, and abuts the suburbs, townships and informal settlements of South Africa’s parliamentary capital. He combines narrative, the history of ecological science in the region and the role of re in fynbos ecology, to provide the rst integrated history of wild re and its management on the Cape Peninsula. He re ects on the need to use a holistic approach to understanding the range and conjunctions of causes that conspire to cause large res and increase re incidence over time. This book demonstrates the contribution environmental history can make, through combining scienti c and social approaches, to understanding past environments and managing the environment today. It is a seminal contribution to a neglected area of South African history, but also o ers an important contribution to global histories of re.
GENDER STUDIES
Rape Unresolved
Policing sexual offences in South Africa
D Smythe
Of the approximately 50000 rape cases reported in South Africa every year, 30000–35000 simply disappear. The majority are closed by the police: case withdrawn, undetected, unfounded. Prosecutors decline to prosecute approximately half those referred to them. Of the remainder that are prosecuted, around 40% result in conviction. This translates into an overall conviction rate of 4-8% of reported cases. Through a detailed qualitative review of rape dockets the author provides novel insights into police responses to rape. A key insight from the study is that while stereotypes certainly abound, it is in the process of investigating rape cases that things fall apart. The book shines new light on complainant withdrawals, false rape complaints and police responses to rape.