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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 ... -
“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 ... -
Curse or Cure? The relationship between food aid and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: the cases of Mozambique and Kenya
(2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Hunger is one of the greatest problems facing the global population. The reality is a situation of desperation, tragically in the midst of global, aggregate surplus. Global food production is increasing ... -
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 ...
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