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The liberal peace security regimen : a gramscian critique of its application in Africa
(Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, 2018)Current security regimens are grounded in the advancement of liberal peace. All inter-governmental organizations, most states and most donor agencies more or less accept as common sense the self-evident virtuosity and truth ... -
A study of the human security of North African economic migrants through a gender lens
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Migration, the movement of people across various distances and through various means, has changed significantly in the current global era. Since 2010, migration has taken on a different, more irregular ... -
The Economic Freedom Fighter’s rise to power: A threat to South Africa’s democratic consolidation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The world is witnessing a decline in the support for democracy. This has been evident in numerous countries across the globe and in South Africa today. Domestic and Global Social Structures and Ruptures ... -
High impact, low probability risk and related events in political rsk analysis: an evaluation of the Black Swan
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis conducted an evaluation on the Black Swan theory, developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and its applicability in Political Risk Analysis (PRA). The theory is based on three primary characteristics ... -
Health norms in the global governance of development: A constructivist analysis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As states and regions become increasingly interconnected at the hands of globalisation, the politics of health are increasingly relevant to the sustainable future envisioned by global governance. This ... -
Switzerland's relations with South Africa (1994-2001)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The transformation of South Africa from a pariah state to an accepted and admired member of the international community is widely considered a "miracle". Switzerland, like other western nations, pledged ... -
The Clash between Human Rights and Culture: Case Studies of South Africa and Zimbabwe
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Culture is an important aspect of African people’s lives. It informs the way in which communities are structured and how men and women relate to each other. In South Africa and Zimbabwe, looking specifically ... -
The impossibility of masculinity : sexual violence and black lesbianism in post-apartheid South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The construction of masculinity in post-apartheid South Africa is influenced by a number of historical, cultural and environmental factors. In a heteronormative patriarchal society, men have become obsessed ... -
Christian ethics in South Africa : liberal values among the public and elites
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2018)This article uses statistical data from the World Values Survey (WVS) and the South African Opinion Leader Survey to examine liberal values and attitudes among the following samples of South Africans: Afrikaans, English, ... -
Populism and liberal democracy: three case studies
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study used an exploratory case study design to examine the wave of populism that occurred in 2016. During 2016, numerous notable populist events in Liberal Democracies occurred. These include Rodrigo ... -
Queer Logics: From Homonationalism to Homopopulism
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In 2016 and 2017 Europe and North America witnessed the coming out of a rumoured backlash against the liberal democratic internationalist post-WWII world order. This led to and intensified a resurgence ... -
A critical analysis of problem representations in basic education policy in the democratic South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The thesis critically analyses problem representations identified within basic education policy documents, dated between 1995 and 2015. These policy documents are identified in the thesis as: the White ... -
Christian ethics in South Africa : liberal values among the public and elites
(Department of Old and New Testament - Stellenbosch University, 2018)This article uses statistical data from the World Values Survey (WVS) and the South African Opinion Leader Survey to examine liberal values and attitudes among the following samples of South Africans: Afrikaans, English, ... -
International electoral observation in Southern Africa: Botswana experience
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: International electoral observation has become a customary normative practice deeply embedded in Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) democratisation agenda. Consequently, the phenomenon ... -
The role of MNCs in China and Brazil’s foreign policy towards developing states in Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: While most international political economy (IPE) literature has been concerned with the relations between multinational corporations (MNCs) and the host states in which they operate, this study sought ... -
The sexual politics of international norm dynamics: The contemporary governance of marriage equality
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the last two decades marriage equality has emerged to become the dominant issue in contemporary (homo)sexual and queer governance in the so-called Western world. At the same time, there has been an ... -
Women in the informal economy: Precarious labour in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: High levels of unemployment, widespread poverty and growing inequality in South Africa have led to an emphasis on employment as a solution to these problems. In the current post-apartheid era, various ... -
The political engagement of the major world religions. Religion: Not Quite “The Opium of the Masses.”
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The world is becoming more religious, not less as was previously expected. However, the world’s religions differ and do not have the same teachings and values. At the same time it is important for democratic ... -
Struggle(s) for Self-determination: Afrikaner Aspirations in the Twenty-first Century
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The question of self-determination is not a new one. Struggles for autonomy have drawn interest both from within and outside academia, and as a phenomena is not confined solely to history. Contemporary ... -
Beating the resource curse: Transparency in Kenya's upstream oil and gas sector
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In 2012 Tullow Oil plc discovered commercial quantities of crude oil onshore Kenya. Additional commercial discoveries have subsequently been made and estimates suggest that Kenya’s oil reserves are ...
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