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ISBN | 9780798303408 |
Format | HardBound |
Language | English |
Year of Publication | 2012 |
Bib. Info | 20p.; |
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The Archie Mafeje Institute for Applied Social Policy Research, in short Archie Mafeje Research Institute (AMRI), is a policy research institute based at the University of South Africa. It is dedicated to promoting the legacy of Archie Mafeje in terms of innovative knowledge production for applied social policy in pursuit of progressive change in African society through the provision of fresh thinking and novel policy ideas for the fight against poverty, inequality, social disintegration, lack of social justice, weak citizenship, collapse of institutions of community and family and other societal ills. It conducts research and facilitates scholarly and policy debates based on a rigorous understanding of African social formations and a clear defi nition of societal transformation aimed at social justice and poverty eradication in Africa. In particular, AMRI is concerned with change that results from knowledge garnered from the experiences and thought patterns of ordinary Africans