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Can gender come to the rescue of foreign policy? : an exploration into the ways in which the (mis)understanding of gender influences the making of foreign policy
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper attempts to provide a broad theoretical background of the ways in which
gender has informed the making of foreign policy. It examines the various types of
feminism in the zo" century and how ...
Patents versus patients : global governance and the role of civil society in South Africa's quest for affordable drugs
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is an explanatory study into civil society's increased influence in global
governance. More specifically this situation is examined by looking at the generic medicine
debate that came in the ...
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 ...
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 ...
What African voice? The politics of publishing Africa in IR
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Despite the validity of arguments highlighting the inadequacy of existing theories to explain Third
World and specifically African realities, criticism has perpetuated, rather than disarmed, status ...
South Africa's Bid for the 2004 Olympic Games as means for international unity and international awareness
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Mega-events such as the Olympic Games have emerged as one of the most significant
features of the global era. Not only has the number of participants increased, but also
the hosting of these events has ...
Toxic trade: E-waste disposal and environmental governance in West Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The following research aims to approach the illicit e-waste trade from a transnational environmental crime perspective. The study of environmental crime is one that is defined in various ways. This study ...
The foreign policies of Mandela and Mbeki : a clear case of idealism vs realism?
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-03)
After 1994, South African foreign policymakers faced the challenge of reintegrating a country,
isolated for many years as a result of the previous government’s apartheid policies, into the
international system. In the ...
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 ...
China in Africa : the use of soft power and its implications for a global peaceful rise
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Soft power is more relevant now than ever before. In fact, in the current world system
it has become an important element in exercising state power and mapping out
leadership strategies. This assignment ...