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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 ... -
China in Africa : friend or foe? : China’s contemporary political and economic relations with Africa
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006-12)Since the end of the Cold War, China has displayed a reinvigorated interest in the African continent. There are differing viewpoints as to whether China’s increasing involvement in Africa is beneficial to the African ... -
China’s economic involvement in Mozambique and prospects for development : an analysis of the processes and impacts of major recent investments
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)The great intensification of China’s engagement with Africa in the beginning of the 21st century has brought about an equally vast body of literature concerning the general motives and features of the engagement. The ... -
Contemporary and past dynamics in Japan’s relationship with sub-Saharan Africa : the role of aid
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Japanese-African aid relationship has evolved since World War Two. The majority of studies on Japan’s role in Africa have focused on the economic aspect, while Japan’s aid relationship with Africa ... -
The contours, dynamics and impacts of African football migration to South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)This study explores the contours, dynamics and impacts of African football migration to South Africa. It argues that there has been a change in the international political economy of sport, and that this change is affecting ... -
A coxian analysis of key trends in Sub-Saharan Africa's political economy, 2000-2011
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This is a theoretical study that appraises the nature and dimensions of Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA's) political economy and the forces that underpin them, using a Coxian framework of analysis. Since 2000 ... -
CREC7‘s infrastructural investment in the DRC : an in-depth study of the motives for Chinese outward FDI
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this Masters‘ thesis was twofold, namely, to contribute to a more holistic approach of the study of the motives of Chinese overseas investors and, secondly, to contribute to the adjustment ... -
Crime as deterrent to sustainable tourism growth? : perspectives on the impact of crime on tourism in the Western Cape
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study analyses the impact of crime on sustainable tourism growth in the Western Cape. It investigates tourists' perceptions of crime in the province and the role of the media in creating or ... -
The effects of terrorism as a form of socio-political instability on tourism governance : a study of the July 2005 London Bombings
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis sets out to explore the impact of the July 2005 bombings in London on the relationship between various levels of government, the business community and organisations in the public sector, ... -
Global cities of the South : Mexico City and Johannesburg in an era of globalisation
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006., 2006-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The global city discourse posits a new role for cities in light of increased economic integration and the rise of a global economy. Firms are increasingly investing capital in locations where profits ... -
Global taxes and a more equitable global political economy : a feminist analysis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Feminist international relations theories stress that global solutions to environmental, social and economic dilemmas will not be accurately diagnosed nor corrected until hierarchal social relations, ... -
HIV/AIDS and climate in food security crises :a study of Southern Africa, 2001-2005.
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006-12)This study is based on the premise that HIV/AIDS and variable rainfall, in other words, events such as droughts and floods (climate), are likely to be prevalent in Southern Africa for the foreseeable future. Thus, these ... -
Human security as an influence on Japan’s contemporary Africa policy: principles, patterns and implications.
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-12)The end of the Cold War, marked by the shift from a bipolar to multipolar security order, prompted a significant change in Japan’s relations with Africa. New political and economic challenges, which are accelerated by the ... -
International media portrayals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ : an analysis of British and American print media, 2004-2010
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The onset of democracy in South Africa in 1994 was accompanied by the rise in bids for, and the hosting of sports mega-events so as to accomplish national interests and goals. This was done with the purpose ... -
The local impact of the Presidents Cup 2003 What lessons for sports tourism and development in South Africa?
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005-03)Tourism is regarded as the world’s largest industry. The various contributions the industry can make towards the global economy and towards creating employment has been acknowledged. In South Africa, sport has been used ... -
A Marxian-Senian critique of Zambia's political economy of labour: Chinese-State capital in Zambia's copper mining industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021., 2021-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is commonplace to observe China in Africa in realist and liberal IR/IPE state-centric terms. Rather, this thesis espouses a critical political economy approach to Chinese state-owned capital in ... -
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 ... -
The political economy of Indian and Chinese foreign direct investment and multinationals in sub-saharan Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Africa’s rising international profile and geopolitical significance as well as the continent’s relatively ‘under-exploited markets’ have been pull factors for many emerging economies. Globally, the ... -
The politics of bidding and the politics of planning : a comparison of the FIFA World Cup in Germany and South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)This study focuses on the bidding for sports mega-events, their subsequent planning, and the politics surrounding these processes. The specific examples analysed here are those of the FIFA Football World Cup™ in Germany ... -
Post Apartheid South Africa at the United Nations: Patterns and implications
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-03)South Africa has played an essential role as one of the founding members of both the League of Nations and the United Nations (UN), the latter of which came into existence in 1945. However, when the South African government ...
