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Make or break : reputational risks facing Chinese companies operating in Africa’s extractive industries
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Multinational Companies operate in the political sphere where political risks are created. Political risk is an ever-evolving field with new risks emerging and old risks changing as the world continues ...
Liberation movements and the political opposition in democracies : the case of the ANC in South Africa's democracy
(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 ...
Ignorance is bliss : the political use of denialism in Thabo Mbeki’s AIDS response
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study analyses Thabo Mbeki’s use of denialism in his approach to HIV and AIDS in
South Africa, between 1994 and 2008. While in office, Mbeki subscribed to, and promoted, various radical policies ...
Mediation as a tool for conflict transformation : a comparative analysis of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Rwandan Gacaca courts
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Within the broad field of conflict resolution, mediation has traditionally been conceptualised as a tool for conflict management or settlement. In other words, in both theory and practice, mediation is ...
A comparative analysis of womens movements in South Africa and South Korea and their influence on democratisation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper investigates women’s movements in South Africa and South Korea during their transitions from authoritarian regimes to democratic states, comparing the movement’s membership, goals, ideologies ...
The rise of Strongmen leaders : a threat to global security
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: After the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the post-Cold War future was one characterised by democratic liberalism, economic prosperity and a global liberal order. However, after ...
A culture of peace? Ethnic partitioning in Pakistan and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Ethnic partitioning is regarded as a solution to ethnic conflict that aims to achieve a degree of negative peace, defined as the absence of violence. While negative peace is an important element of ...
Cyber-threats as political risk : increased risk for the oil and gas industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The oil and gas industry has always had a high vulnerability to risk, despite the high
risk associated with the industry companies continue to invest in the industry because of the potential high profit ...
Responding to Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab : a critique of the African Unions counter-terrorism strategies
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Terrorism, in all its forms and manifestations, continues to plague the African continent, despite various frameworks and agendas that the African Union has tabled and established in relation to countering ...
The soft power of populist politics : a case study of the Economic Freedom Fighters in the South African context
(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 ...