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A significant research potential in South Africa is recognized by the researcher for the intersection of map services, geospatial data, libraries and education. This paper acknowledges that together, cartographic technology and map collections have the potential to unlock cartographic related research. Based on research conducted in 2010 for the Postgraduate Diploma in Library and Information Science at the University of Cape Town, this paper presents an overview of current literature and investigates what cartographic services are provided by a selection of national and international academic libraries.The methodology employed was to use the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy (2010) system to identify and choose top ranked universities. The libraries of eight universities were informally compared by reviewing their respective websites. Three cartographic related aspects were the focus of this review: (1) technology, (2) map related services, and (3) legislation.The findings identify cartographic services and also highlight differences, especially between the libraries in South Africa and those in international countries. The results indicate that while South African libraries are known to have map collections, online services, in the form of digital maps and geospatial data, are not readily accessible. Furthermore, the researcher suggests that there is a need for research that focuses on Geographic Information Librarianship and the GIS Librarian in SA.

Qualitative research for students and professionals -- Qualitative analysis as an iterative process -- An introduction to qualitative data analysis software -- Field notes and observations -- Semi-structured interviewing -- Focus groups -- Online qualitative interviewing and focus groups -- Content analysis -- Dissemination of qualitative findings.

Critically analysing nineteenth-century constitutions in tandem with the political and social circumstances of their creation, enactment, and stated objectives, this book explicitly counters any simplistic narratives asserting that constitutions offer a straightforward, law-based path to increasing democracy, equality and liberty.

Critically analysing 19th century constitutions in tandem with the political and social circumstances of their creation, enactment, and stated objectives, this book explicitly counters any simplistic narratives asserting that constitutions offer a straightforward, law-based path to increasing democracy, equality and liberty.

This edited book examines trends, outcomes and future directions of U.S. fair and affordable housing policy. It focuses on four areas of interest: fair housing policy, affordable housing finance, equitable approaches to land use, rent vouchers, and homeownership policy.

Following 9/11, some young Muslim American women have been wearing hijabs to assert their Islamic identities. They are also seeking fashionable modest clothing, yet, despite their growing buying power, the US modest fashion market targeting Muslim women appears underserved. The purpose of this study was to critically examine how niche modest fashion brands in the United States target Muslim women while drawing upon theoretical concepts centring on oppression and agency related to the long history of gendered Islamophobia Muslims have experienced. We analysed eleven brands' websites and social media applying the constant comparative method and identified four themes: empowering Muslim women, reclaiming modesty as modern and beautiful, meeting fashionable modest wear demand, and rejecting and perpetuating colourism. In our analysis of the digital discourses of US modest fashion brands, we revealed that these brands emerged to meet the demand of young Muslim woman in the United States who are embracing the hijab and modest clothing as a potent symbol of resistance against western ideologies, the fashion system's oppressive acts towards Muslim women and traditional Islamic dress codes. Yet, their advocacy-centred messages – empowerment, reclaiming modesty as beautiful – operate within a profit-driven system, which we theorize as a fashion-advocacy-capitalistic-façade. The fashion-advocacy-capitalist-façade concept helps explain the slippery slope that fashion brands are tiptoeing as they aim to empower Muslim women, offer trendy modest clothing, reject traditional Islamic dress codes for women and create space in the fashion market for this unmet demand. Although these brands aim to promote a positive sense of self for Muslim women, they cannot be withheld from critical examination and potential interpretations when operating within the capitalist-driven industry that is so often plagued with significant injustices.