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Modern state development, capacity, and institutions
(SUN MeDIA, 2017)This book makes an important original conceptual and theoretical contribution to our understanding of modern state development, the role of the state, and the South African transition to democracy. Its focus on related ... -
A comparative analysis of womens movements in South Africa and South Korea and their influence on democratisation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper investigates women’s movements in South Africa and South Korea during their transitions from authoritarian regimes to democratic states, comparing the movement’s membership, goals, ideologies ... -
The rise of Strongmen leaders : a threat to global security
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: After the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the post-Cold War future was one characterised by democratic liberalism, economic prosperity and a global liberal order. However, after ... -
Responding to Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab : a critique of the African Unions counter-terrorism strategies
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Terrorism, in all its forms and manifestations, continues to plague the African continent, despite various frameworks and agendas that the African Union has tabled and established in relation to countering ... -
Make or break : reputational risks facing Chinese companies operating in Africa’s extractive industries
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Multinational Companies operate in the political sphere where political risks are created. Political risk is an ever-evolving field with new risks emerging and old risks changing as the world continues ... -
Investigating the sustainability of the shea industry among rural women in Northern Ghana
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Following the persistent decline of the cocoa industry in Ghana during the early 1970s, the government of Ghana focused on the promotion of shea nuts and butter as one of the nontraditional crops to ... -
Mediation as a tool for conflict transformation : a comparative analysis of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Rwandan Gacaca courts
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Within the broad field of conflict resolution, mediation has traditionally been conceptualised as a tool for conflict management or settlement. In other words, in both theory and practice, mediation is ... -
A culture of peace? Ethnic partitioning in Pakistan and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Ethnic partitioning is regarded as a solution to ethnic conflict that aims to achieve a degree of negative peace, defined as the absence of violence. While negative peace is an important element of ... -
Cyber-threats as political risk : increased risk for the oil and gas industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The oil and gas industry has always had a high vulnerability to risk, despite the high risk associated with the industry companies continue to invest in the industry because of the potential high profit ... -
Ignorance is bliss : the political use of denialism in Thabo Mbeki’s AIDS response
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study analyses Thabo Mbeki’s use of denialism in his approach to HIV and AIDS in South Africa, between 1994 and 2008. While in office, Mbeki subscribed to, and promoted, various radical policies ... -
A critical assessment of the conceptualisation of political risk analysis for hybrid regimes : the case of Zimbabwe
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The conceptualisation of Political Risk Analysis (PRA) has traditionally been influenced by democratic principles. There was an observable increase in academic literature discussing changes in the traditional ... -
Liberation movements and the political opposition in democracies : the case of the ANC in South Africa's democracy
(Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The topic of democratic consolidation has become an important field of study, particularly in developing states with national liberation movements (NLM) turned government. These liberation movements ... -
The soft power of populist politics : a case study of the Economic Freedom Fighters in the South African context
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: While in the past scholars of political science have generally thought democracy to die at the barrel of a gun – in coups and revolutions – the rise of populist politics has alerted the world to the ... -
“Politics as usual?”-The influence of the internet on political values, attitudes, and behaviour in South Africa : A mixed study approach.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The last two decades have seen an impressive growth in Internet and Communication Technologies (ICTs) around the world, affecting almost every aspect of citizens’ lives, including politics. Soon after ... -
Assessing the utility of Kingdon’s multiple streams framework for studying policy implementation : a case study of mobile hospitals in Lusaka Province, Zambia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Despite policy implementation research being 30 years and having been analysed using various perspectives, very few have analysed it using Kingdon’s (1984) multiple streams framework. Whether the framework ... -
Drugs, death squads and politicians : the rise of non-state armed actors in Rio de Janeiro
(2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The research presented serves to illuminate historical state actions that allowed for non-state armed actors to rise to prominence in Rio de Janeiro, specifically between 1964 to 2018. This is done by ... -
A theory-based evaluation of South Africa’s education policy
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis applied a form of theory-based evaluation known as realistic evaluation to uncover and evaluate the assumptions underpinning South Africa’s basic education policy. Advocates of realistic ... -
Democratic deconsolidation: An analysis of South Africa’s democratic regress during the Zuma years
(2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Studies of democracy have recently shown that not only are democracies globally experiencing signs of democratic deconsolidation, but evincing a regression towards authoritarianism. This is evident in a ... -
An activist or a toothless Parliament? South African Parliament’s National Assembly Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation
(2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa grants strong powers to Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation. This enables the Committee to play a fundamental role ... -
Foreign aid in Africa: analysing the role of European Union political aid in political processes in Kenya, 1990-2013
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigated contributions as well as limitations of EU political aid in processes of political development in Kenya since the onset of political pluralism in the early 1990s to mid-2016. The ...
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