The latest open access books in the Humanities and Social Sciences scholarly domain have been successfully published.

The following books are now freely available to download in our AOSIS Scholarly Books Library:

• Education Studies in South Africa: The Quest for Relevance, Rigour and Restructuring
  Edited by: Charl Wolhuter
  The thesis of this volume is that the fields of scholarly enquiry of Education — internationally as well as in South Africa in particular — despite being fields of virile scholarly activity and output, are in need of a major overhaul.
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  The book can be cited by its unique Digital Object Identifier (DOI), doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2020.BK155
• Critical Issues in South African Education: Illumination from international comparative perspectives from the BRICS countries
  Edited by: Charl Wolhuter
  The main thesis of this book is that, given that South African education faces major challenges, the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) constellation of states offers — thus far overlooked — a valuable tertium comparationis, a source of international comparative perspectives, to inform the domestic scholarly discourse on education.
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  The book can be cited by its unique Digital Object Identifier (DOI), doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2020.BK207
• Leadership Approaches to Negotiate Challenges in a Changing Education Landscape
  Edited by: Leentjie van Jaarsveld, Kobus Mentz, Charl Wolhuter
  The argumentative point of departure of this scholarly book is the common conviction of specialists in the field of education in South Africa that the national education system is not at a satisfactory level – in both the academic and the public discourse.
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  The book can be cited by its unique Digital Object Identifier (DOI), doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2020.BK213
• The Influence of Labour Legislation on Job Creation and Job Sustainability in South Africa
  Edited by: Anna J.C. Womack
  This scholarly book focuses on the issue of high unemployment and the challenges related thereto in South Africa. It demonstrates the urgent need for research into the contribution of job creation to poverty alleviation and economic growth.
  Download the PDF here – https://bit.ly/2Nt76Q0
  The book can be cited by its unique Digital Object Identifier (DOI), doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2020.BK238