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The 2007 African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance : trying to make sense of the late ratification of the African Charter and non-implementation of its compliance mechanism
(Sage, 2019)In principle, the 2007 African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) could be a powerful instrument to bring the African Governance Architecture to life and to help ensure that its universal values, ... -
A profile of socio-political attitudes and values prevalent under religiously active mainstream Afrikaner elites
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 1993)There is little doubt that South Africa is one of the world’s social test tubes. In many ways it is a microcosm of macro-global issues. This applies equally to an area which is not being studies as much as it should be: ... -
Problematising race and gender in everyday research processes : a model of feminist research praxis
(African Sun Media, 2020)When researchers do research with human subjects, there is the hope that their findings will be taken up by, for example, government, to formulate policies; the public, for a better understanding of social, political or ... -
Terrorism and international counter-terrorism regime in Africa: A comparative analysis of Kenya and Tanzania
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States fundamentally altered the degree and scope of transnational security cooperation and collaboration, more specifically, counter-terrorism cooperation. Within ... -
#EndRapeCulture: The successes and failures of task teams in bringing about change
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Rape and gender-based violence have reached epidemic levels in South Africa. The problem of campus rape and sexual harassment is also not a new phenomenon. The statistics are not always reliable due to ... -
Women’s Attitudes toward Gender Equality and Culture: The Influence of Urbanisation and Education
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03-05)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research investigates gender equality. Gender equality is a globally pressing problem and it is put under pressure by a number of factors. This study will highlight how culture challenges principles ... -
The development of vigilantism in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research presented in this study aims to engage the topic of vigilantism. This study serves to demonstrate an overview of the development of vigilantism in South Africa, paying particular attention ... -
Influence of stakeholder interactions on policy: The broad-based socio-economic empowerment charter for the South African Mining and Minerals Industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African mining industry is complex, due to its role as an essential growth sector of the economy, its importance as a key employment provider to hundreds of thousands of South Africans, along ... -
The rise of killer robots: The impact on Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS) on the United States’ Nuclear Deterrence
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-02-26)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Technology is playing a major role in changing how states conduct warfare and much research is being focused on this. This is a broad area of study and the present research will address only one aspect ... -
Redistributive populism versus strengthening property rights: A comparative study of Venezuela and Zimbabwe, and Uruguay and Botswana
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Liberal democracies are commonly lauded for their accomplishments in maintaining democratic stability, as well as steady trends of decreasing poverty. The general observation has been that liberal democracies ... -
Elite consensus: The case of land reform in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores elite consensus among the political elites across the African National Congress (ANC), the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on the land ... -
Dust to diamonds: How Botswana escaped the resource curse
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis seeks to explain why the resource curse did not take hold in Botswana despite its diamond deposits. Drawing on a case study of Botswana, the thesis uses a historical institutional approach ... -
The influence of political efficacy on voter turnout
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 202103)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Voter turnout has been in gradual decline in South Africa since 1994.The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of political efficacy on individual-level voter turnout. Political efficacy ... -
The international norm dynamics of climate change in global health governance: A constructivist analysis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Please refer to full text for abstract. -
Why conservation fails: uncovering the wicked political nature of Southern Africa's fight against wildlife extinction
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since the dawn of Mankind, the extraction and ownership of natural resources has shaped our social development. Competition over who has control over what resources –particularly the shiny, sparkly and ... -
Popular geopolitics: The construction of the climate change issue by South African online news media
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In 2020 the reality of climate change has become glaringly evident, with increasingly frequent and intense impacts being felt all around the world. The issue of climate change is now, more than ever, ... -
The political dynamics of Inter-Island cooperation and contestation in the Western Indian Ocean: A case study of regional fisheries development
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 202103)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING : Geen opsomming beskikbaar. -
Explaining the emergence of Boko Haram: state failure and relative deprivation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12-03)For more than a decade, Boko Haram terror attacks, although not regular occurrences, have remained the greatest security threats in Nigeria, mostly in the north-east and in neighbouring countries in the Lake Chad Basin. ... -
Identifying conditions of precarity: A gender analysis of Lindela Repatriation Centre
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Precarity has traditionally been viewed as a means to understand economic and social conditions affecting people, and more recently women. However, the work of Judith Butler has placed precarity within ... -
A critical discourse analysis of drone warfare and erone norm life cycles
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study conducts a critical discourse analysis of drones and lethal use of force to probe modes of future wars and contested norms in the international system. The role played by the United States’ ...
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