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Return of the city state? an assessment of city international relations
(University of Southern California, 2017)Cities have ever been part of the international relations system but have not been adequately examined by international relations theory as a subnational actor that can act independently of the nation-state. It has allowed ...
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The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights: A normative account of the business and human rights norm in the Malawian sugar industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study delves into the business and human rights norm that in recent years has been drawn ever closer to center of non-state, and particularly transnational corporations (TNCs), governance debates. ...
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How the ANC, the DA and the EFF construct South Africa as a nation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The ‘nation’ is a powerful social construct. How it is understood has significant consequences for a society and its people. Actors compete for the ability to define the ‘nation’ as a means to spread their ...
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South African land reform as peacebuilding: integrating perspectives from social identity theory and symbolic politics in a peacebuilding conceptual framework
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study considers land reform as an essential part of the South African transformation. In particular it considers land reform as having the potential to impact social relations and therefore as an ...
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Political Risk in the Agricultural Industry in the SADC region: the Cases of Mozambique and Zambia
(2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Amidst the decline in investment returns of traditional sectors such as the oil and gas industry, investment in the agricultural sector is increasingly proving to be a viable alternative. In the Ernst & ...
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Toxic trade: E-waste disposal and environmental governance in West Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The following research aims to approach the illicit e-waste trade from a transnational environmental crime perspective. The study of environmental crime is one that is defined in various ways. This study ...
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Constructing a scenario planning method as a tool for political risk mitigation: The case of Exxon Mobil’s Operations in the South China Sea
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Uncertainty and unpredictability within the global political environment has presented considerable political risks for businesses and organisations. An alternative means to explore how these actors can ...
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How social media facilitate public participation in the election of a new government: A critical analysis of Twitter discourses in Zimbabwe during the 2013 elections
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research is hinged on three overlapping fields namely, political studies, journalism, and media studies and explores how Twitter, a relatively new information and communication technology (established ...
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A comparative study of the role of environmental NGO's in China and South Africa in conservation policy
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores the roles of environmental non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in conservation policy in two different political systems, one authoritarian (China) and the other a pluralist political ...
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Power and integrated health care : shifting from governance to governmentality
(Ubiquity Press, 2016)Integrated care occurs within micro, meso and macro levels of governance structures, which are shaped by complex power dynamics. Yet theoretically-led notions of power, and scrutiny of its meanings and its functioning, are ...
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Social-ecological resilience and biosphere-based sustainability science
(Resilience Alliance, 2016)Humanity has emerged as a major force in the operation of the biosphere. The focus is shifting from the environment as externality to the biosphere as precondition for social justice, economic development, and sustainability. ...
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Africa's game changers and the catalysts of social and system innovation
(Resilience Alliance, 2016)It is widely recognized that many African economies are being transformed by rapid economic growth driven largely by rising demand for the abundant natural resources scattered across the African continent. I critically ...
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Religiosity in south Africa : trends among the public and elites
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2017)This article uses statistical data from the World Values Survey (WVS) and the South African Opinion Leader Survey to examine religiosity among the following samples of South Africans: Afrikaans, English, isiXhosa and isiZulu ...
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A review of the China - Africa arms trade and its relationship to issues of gender and human security
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As emerging powers in Africa aim to secure resources, the relationship between China and Africa has been scrutinized regarding China’s arms transfers to fragile African states. Inquiry into China-Africa ...
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The water scarcity-conflict Nexus: The case of Darfur
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The world is experiencing increasing water scarcity and with such scarcity comes a greater likelihood of violence. Worldwide countries have had to investigate scarcities and resultant challenges such as ...
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A postcolonial feminist critique of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development: A South African application
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, more commonly known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), was launched in September 2015. The SDGs are a global target-setting development ...
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Wielding the double edged sword in the cyber domain – The utility of internet securitisation in countering Islamic State cyberjihad
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The astronomical success and ubiquity of the Internet has resulted in the manifestation of new interdependencies and vulnerabilities in the international system. Widespread access and the decentralised ...
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A critical analysis of the relationship between the State and wildlife crime. Case: Rhino poaching in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Abstract South Africa is undoubtedly one of the most vulnerable countries in the world when it comes to wildlife crime. Regardless of the increased focus on combating wildlife crime and curbing demand, ...
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Lula’s Brazil in Africa: extending its middle power role?
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Brazil-Africa relations date back to the trans-Atlantic slave trade of the sixteenth and nineteenth century. Despite the early onset of relations, it was only since the turn of the millennium, with the ...
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The politics of food in Southern Africa: A food regime/movements framework
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)English Abstract: This study seeks to uncover the prevailing food ideology of Southern Africa, by exploring South Africa, Malawi, and Zimbabwe’s approach to food security. The explorative discussion is aided by three ...
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The value of online citizen journalism in political risk analysis: A case study of police brutality in Brazil’s favelas
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The virtual sphere is quickly becoming one of the most resourceful platforms for obtaining information. This is due to information taking on a more dynamic role, in which it is more freely dispersed, ...
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Social cohesion and reconciliation in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Social cohesion and reconciliation have important roles to play in the development and trajectory of conflict transformation in countries marked by past conflict. Given South Africa’s divided past, based ...
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The intersection of health, states and security: global health security and the Ebola outbreak of 2014-15
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The concept of health security has been gaining prominence since the 1990s due to a renewed awareness of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. The intersection between health, states and security ...
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The age of hyperconflict and the globalization-terrorism nexus : a comparative study of Al Shabaab in Somalia and Boko Haram in Nigeria
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Globalization has radically changed the world we live in; it has enabled the easy movement of people, goods and money across borders, and has facilitated improved communication. In a sense it has made ...
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International migration, xenophobia and the South African state
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation seeks to advance the political understanding of xenophobia in South Africa by examining the relationship between the South African state and its African migrant population. It investigates ...
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From casino capitalism to financial crisis : a constructivist analysis of the post-cold war financial order
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study applies a constructivist analysis in order to examine the extent to which the global capitalist system has gone through a process of financialisation in the post-Cold War order. Parallel to ...
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Evil and violence : illiberal beliefs in South Africa’s liberal democracy
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis examines beliefs regarding spiritual conceptions of evil among South Africans and the role that such attitudes may play in outbreaks of public and other forms of violence. In examining these ...
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Attitudes towards foreigners in South Africa : a longitudinal study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Topics surrounding migration and the presence of foreigners in South Africa are rapidly gaining importance in light of the occurrences and developments in the country, such as the increasing number of ...
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Transnational organised crime, immigration and security : a study of Norwegian immigration Policy
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research study discusses the extent to which transnational organised crime (TOC) has had an impact on Norwegian immigration policy. There has been a public debate in Norway about the involvement ...
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Limits of citizenship : a comparative analysis of Zimbabwean and South African women's citizenship agency
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Developmental initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa emphasise participatory citizenship as the means through which poor women can assert and claim their citizenship rights. Although citizenship and agency are ...
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