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        Achieving sustainable peace in post conflict societies : an evaluation of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission 

        Rage, Anne-Britt (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis explores whether sustainable peace can be achieved in post-conflict societies using the transitional justice approach. In particular, the truth commission is investigated as a mechanism of ...
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        Democratic deconsolidation: An analysis of South Africa’s democratic regress during the Zuma years 

        Fredericks, Jordan Shain (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 ...
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        The Economic Freedom Fighter’s rise to power: A threat to South Africa’s democratic consolidation 

        Nel, Isabel (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 ...
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        Engaging with theoretical approaches to state-civil society relations: A case study of child protection organisations informed by christian values in South Africa 

        Mostert, Chené (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: For many decades, the definition of ‘civil society’, the role it plays in democratic societies, as well as its relationship with the state have been debated and contested in both theory and reality. Two ...
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        The influence of the global financial crisis and other challenges for South Africa's non-governmental Organisations and the prospects for deepening democracy 

        Masiko, Nomathamsanqa (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The point of departure for this study was the wide-ranging furore in media publications regarding the pervasive decline in donor funding for civil society organisations in South Africa, as influenced by ...
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        Liberation movements and the political opposition in democracies : the case of the ANC in South Africa's democracy 

        Wardle, Amy Leigh (Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The topic of democratic consolidation has become an important field of study, particularly in developing states with national liberation movements (NLM) turned government. These liberation movements ...
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        Liberation movements as governments : understanding the ANC's quality of government 

        October, Lauren Sue (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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        Parties of pressure: Opposition parties in the dominant-party systems of Botswana and South Africa 

        Parkin, Annemie (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Democracy requires the participation of political parties to afford voters choice in terms of their representatives and to provide effective opposition. Opposition parties play an important role in keeping ...
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        The political engagement of the major world religions. Religion: Not Quite “The Opium of the Masses.” 

        Augustyn, Hein (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The world is becoming more religious, not less as was previously expected. However, the world’s religions differ and do not have the same teachings and values. At the same time it is important for democratic ...
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        The role & importance of democratic political institutions : Zimbabwe's regression towards authoritarianism 

        Jones, Indiana Baron (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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        Social cohesion and reconciliation in South Africa 

        Gildenhuys, Kabelo Johannes (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 soft power of populist politics : a case study of the Economic Freedom Fighters in the South African context 

        Folscher, Marine (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: While in the past scholars of political science have generally thought democracy to die at the barrel of a gun – in coups and revolutions – the rise of populist politics has alerted the world to the ...
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        The State, Federalism, non-state actors, and conflict : the Mexican drug war 

        Crane, Shawn R. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research study analyzes the Mexican drug war’s impact on the state’s federal political system of shared sovereignty. Transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) such as drug cartels have grown in ...
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        Understanding the causes and the nature of Xenophobia in South Africa : a case study of De Doorns 

        Hagensen, Live (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study seeks to understand the causes and nature of xenophobia in South Africa. It investigates this through the case of De Doorns, where in November 2009 3000 Zimbabweans were chased out of their ...

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