{"title":"Social Issues","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"9780141997445","title":"Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?","description":"\u003cp\u003eWalk into any racially mixed secondary school and you will see young people clustered in their own groups according to race. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy? Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned psychology Professor, guides us through how racial identity develops, from very young children all the way to adulthood, in black families, white families, and mixed race families, and helps us understand what we can do to break the silence, have better conversations with our children and with each other about race, and build a better world. A mainstay on the bookshelves of American readers since 1998, and substantially revised and updated in 2017, this evergreen bestseller is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the dynamics of race\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Beverly+Daniel+Tatum\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eBeverly Daniel Tatum\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Beverly Daniel Tatum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377453744291,"sku":"9780141997445","price":380.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780141997445_3744e33f-e3be-495a-9bba-75e97673d497.jpg?v=1776455239"},{"product_id":"9780620651653","title":"KasiNomics","description":"\u003cp\u003eDid you know…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat the muti market is worth R3 billion a year, with 27 million consumers?\u003cbr\u003eThat the average hawker earns R3000 a month and there are nearly 500 000 of them!?\u003cbr\u003eThat the trade in goats is worth millions of rand?\u003cbr\u003eThat the dagga trade can set the standard for market and distribution to the informal market?\u003cbr\u003eThat Parmalat Cheese Slices have created a multi-million rand business in kotas, and why the Perfect Sishebo Show is the biggest food show in the country?\u003cbr\u003eDo consumers modernise or westernise? What are the eight cultural megatrends of the South African kasi sector? One of them is modernising, another is spirituality, but how and why?\u003cbr\u003eKasi Marketing takes you into this world. Feast on Mogodu Mondays and Shwam-shwams, visit sacrifice ceremonies and stokvels, meet sangomas and urban trendsetters. You will never look at low-income informal sector people and businesses in the same way again. 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The book also shows how Hibirism can be used as a tool for creative problem-solving as it probes deeper into conventions to unearth insights like no other framework.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong many captivating topics, they embark on a quest to discover the perfect vetkoek (igwinya), draw parallels between the arrangement of atoms and four-four masihlalisane (a seating arrangement in local taxis), offer a deep dive into the Amapiano movement, and even share the tale of Bobby, a beloved township dog known to survive on nothing but a diet of pap and H2O.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Donald+Mokgale\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eDonald Mokgale\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Ernest+Nkomotje\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eErnest Nkomotje\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Donald Mokgale,Ernest Nkomotje","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47382858694819,"sku":"9781776443345","price":290.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781776443345_c06a33a0-4389-4ac5-98a6-7d5a62a4f158.jpg?v=1776584956"},{"product_id":"9781526622839","title":"The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity","description":"\u003cp\u003eDoes the thought of working for 60 or 70 years fill you with dread? Or can you see the potential for a more stimulating future as a result of having so much extra time?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany of us have been raised on the traditional notion of a three-stage approach to our working lives: education, followed by work and then retirement. But this well-established pathway is already beginning to collapse - life expectancy is rising, final-salary pensions are vanishing, and increasing numbers of people are juggling multiple careers. Whether you are 18, 45 or 60, you will need to do things very differently from previous generations and learn to structure your life in completely new ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 100-Year Life is here to help.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on the unique pairing of their experience in psychology and economics, Lynda Gratton and Andrew J. 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