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Rethinking human security : taking into consideration gender based violence
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The human security concept challenges the traditional view of state security. The very essence of human security means to respect human rights. The Commission on Human Security did not focus on women as ...
The role of the China Africa Development Fund in China's Africa policy
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: China and Africa's increased interaction over the past decade has received
attention from the media, academics, economists and politicians alike. The
rise of China as a potential world economic power ...
The contours, dynamics and impacts of African football migration to South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)
This study explores the contours, dynamics and impacts of African football migration to South
Africa. It argues that there has been a change in the international political economy of sport, and that
this change is affecting ...
Who mines what belongs to all? A historical analysis of the relationship between the state and capital in the South African mining industry
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis explores the relationship between the state and mining capital in South Africa
since the beginning of gold mining. It provides a historical analysis centered around the
notion that neither ...
The risk of humanitarianism : industry-specific political-security risk analysis for international agencies in conflict zones
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: International agencies are facing heightened levels of security risk in conflict zones. The
nature of contemporary conflicts and the post-9/11 global political-security environment have
contributed to ...
Regional hegemony as a tool for peace : an evaluation of South Africa’s role in regional development
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Southern Africa as a region requires a rallying point from where they can integrate and
mobilize their resources in order to create a security community, which acts both as a
deterrent to the outbreak ...
Political risk in the oil and gas industry in emerging markets : a comparative study of Nigeria and Mexico
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The interplay between political risk and emerging markets is current and dynamic. As global interest shifts, investors cannot ignore emerging market behaviour and their influence. However, with great ...
A policy of plunder: the development and normalisation of neo-patrimonialism in Equatorial Guinea
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Equatorial Guinea has, since the mid-1990s, been an oil-rich state. With the highest
GDP per capita it should be a continental leader in terms of development. Instead, it
ranks in one of the worst ...
Class, race and locus of control in democratic South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Rotter’s (1966) locus of control (LOC) is, fundamentally, a theory pertaining to individuals’ perceptions of personal control and their appraisal of the contingency of reinforcements in life. An individual ...
African leadership and the role of the presidency in African conflicts : a case study of Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As a wave of political uprisings swept across North Africa since January 2011, ridding the region
of longstanding autocratic leaders, presidents in Sub-Saharan Africa were still imprisoning
opposition ...










