Knowledge for Justice ― Critical Perspectives from Southern African-nordic Research Partnerships

From the most recent in a series of conferences hosted by the Southern-African-Nordic Center, researchers in various social sciences from the two regions discuss aspects of knowledge production relevant to sustainability. In sections on knowledge and neo-liberalism, North-South collaboration, and case studies, they consider such topics as academic freedom and its enemies: lessons from Sweden, new public management as a mechanism of accumulation by dispossession: the case of a public bulk water provider in South Africa, North-South research collaboration and the Sustainable Development Goals: challenges and opportunities for academics, and contextual factors affecting the attainment of life satisfaction among elderly people in Zambia's North-Western Province. Distributed in North America by the African Books Collective. Annotation ©2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)