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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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Oil, power, and global hegemony
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores the impact of primary energy on the measurement of state power and hegemony. Through an examination of British and American hegemonies, the role of coal, oil and petroleum on the ...
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Social forces, state pensions, and welfare state-building in South Africa and Mauritius
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study traces the development of the welfare state in Mauritius and South Africa from the early 1900s until the present, with specific reference made to the non-contributory old-age pension scheme. ...
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Mega project analysis : a case study of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Mega projects have fascinated human beings for as long as history can remember. The urge to build something bigger and better than has ever been done before has always been a driving force behind the human ...
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The People’s Republic of China’s “strategic partnerships” with South Africa : 1998-2013
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The emergence of the People‘s Republic of China (PRC) as an economic superpower has become one of the most significant developments in world affairs in recent times. As the PRC has grown in economic ...
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Conflict in perpetuity? Examining Zimbabwe’s protracted social conflict through the lens of land reform
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation analyses the relationship between civil society and political leadership within the context of Zimbabwe’s protracted social conflict, particularly through the lens of land policy. ...
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A case-based analysis of the implementation of transformation in Western Cape rugby
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Rugby in South Africa has a long racial and political history. This history was a direct result of the policy of apartheid in which a deliberate attempt was made to arrange all areas of life along racial ...
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Western-imperialism in South African foreign policy (1999 – 2008) through constructivist language theory
(Stellenbosh : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Scholars and laymen alike have in the past lamented the ambiguous and confusing nature of post-apartheid South African foreign policy, specifically with relation to humanitarian crises on the African ...
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Are women making a difference in peacekeeping operations? Considering the voices of South African women peacekeepers
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Although there has been a shift from state security to human security, feminist scholars pointed out the missing gender dynamic of a human security approach. The inclusion of a gendered lens has allowed ...
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The role & importance of democratic political institutions : Zimbabwe's regression towards authoritarianism
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis seeks to advance the understanding of Zimbabwe’s current political situation and how it has regressed towards authoritarianism. The assumption when initially embarking on this research ...
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The political use of ‘new’ media in the 2014 South African national election
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Nuwe media het ’n duidelike impak op die manier waarop moderne politieke partye en partyleiers hulle verkiesingsveldtogte bestuur. Hierdie studie fokus daarom op die vraag: Hoe is nuwe media tydens ...
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The politics of health diplomacy : traditional & emerging middle powers compared (the case of Norway & South Africa)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Globalization is changing the face of health concerns worldwide and states are reacting by modifying their foreign policies to keep up with the resultant challenges and opportunities. The purpose of this ...
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A framework for constitutional settlements : an analysis of diverging interpretations of the South African Constitution
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa’s transition to democracy has been hailed as exemplary in the field of conflict resolution and constitution-making. The negotiated settlement was expected to serve as a consensual constitutional ...
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Political-security risk in the oil and gas industry : the impact of terrorism on risk management and mitigation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: International oil and gas companies are experiencing an increase in terrorist attacks. After the oil and gas industry became a legitimate target for terrorist groups in the 1990s the number of attacks ...
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Political regionalisation and oil production in Africa: the case of the LAPSSET Corridor
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study analyses regionalism in Africa from a theoretical and an applied perspective. The purpose of the study is to contribute to the critical and reflectivist corpus of ...
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Liberation movements as governments : understanding the ANC's quality of government
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Liberation struggles and the way liberation movements are organised can leave a lasting impact on post-liberation societies. This research project was conducted in order to research liberation movements ...
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A sexual politics of belonging : same-sex marriage in post-apartheid South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Marriage is regarded as one of the most important and universal cultural symbols of belonging, and incorporates a range of privileges that can be acquired in no other way. It is where relationships of ...
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The possible implementation of a federalist model and the Kurdish claims to self-determination : a comparative study of Iran and Turkey
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Kurds, numbering somewhat 40 million, are the largest stateless nation worldwide. As smaller minorities, they are mainly spread in Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey in the Middle East. The Kurdish claims ...
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The establishment of an ethnically based middle class in South Africa and Malaysia : context, policy and outcome
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The core question this study aims to address is whether a state-sponsored ethnic middle class in a dominant party political system premised on ethnic politics, will punish the ruling party by not according ...
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