Doctoral Degrees (Political Science)
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The political dynamics of Inter-Island cooperation and contestation in the Western Indian Ocean: A case study of regional fisheries development
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 202103)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING : Geen opsomming beskikbaar. -
A critical discourse analysis of drone warfare and erone norm life cycles
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study conducts a critical discourse analysis of drones and lethal use of force to probe modes of future wars and contested norms in the international system. The role played by the United States’ ... -
Meddling by consent? Brazil’s strategy of democracy promotion through UNASUR
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis addresses the gap in the literature on democracy promotion by regional powers through regional organizations in the Global South. This thesis focuses on the regional power of Brazil and analyses ... -
Investigating the sustainability of the shea industry among rural women in Northern Ghana
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Following the persistent decline of the cocoa industry in Ghana during the early 1970s, the government of Ghana focused on the promotion of shea nuts and butter as one of the nontraditional crops to ... -
A critical assessment of the conceptualisation of political risk analysis for hybrid regimes : the case of Zimbabwe
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The conceptualisation of Political Risk Analysis (PRA) has traditionally been influenced by democratic principles. There was an observable increase in academic literature discussing changes in the traditional ... -
Assessing the utility of Kingdon’s multiple streams framework for studying policy implementation : a case study of mobile hospitals in Lusaka Province, Zambia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Despite policy implementation research being 30 years and having been analysed using various perspectives, very few have analysed it using Kingdon’s (1984) multiple streams framework. Whether the framework ... -
Foreign aid in Africa: analysing the role of European Union political aid in political processes in Kenya, 1990-2013
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigated contributions as well as limitations of EU political aid in processes of political development in Kenya since the onset of political pluralism in the early 1990s to mid-2016. The ... -
Health norms in the global governance of development: A constructivist analysis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As states and regions become increasingly interconnected at the hands of globalisation, the politics of health are increasingly relevant to the sustainable future envisioned by global governance. This ... -
The role of MNCs in China and Brazil’s foreign policy towards developing states in Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: While most international political economy (IPE) literature has been concerned with the relations between multinational corporations (MNCs) and the host states in which they operate, this study sought ... -
South African land reform as peacebuilding: integrating perspectives from social identity theory and symbolic politics in a peacebuilding conceptual framework
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study considers land reform as an essential part of the South African transformation. In particular it considers land reform as having the potential to impact social relations and therefore as an ... -
How social media facilitate public participation in the election of a new government: A critical analysis of Twitter discourses in Zimbabwe during the 2013 elections
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research is hinged on three overlapping fields namely, political studies, journalism, and media studies and explores how Twitter, a relatively new information and communication technology (established ... -
A comparative study of the role of environmental NGO's in China and South Africa in conservation policy
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores the roles of environmental non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in conservation policy in two different political systems, one authoritarian (China) and the other a pluralist political ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Why corporatism failed : comparing South Africa and South Korea
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this study the aim is to examine what the impact of the imbalance in the power dynamics between the state, business and labour is on corporatist institutions in South Africa and South Korea. In both ... -
Contending interpretations of the rule of law in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The following study examines whether there are contending interpretations of the rule of law present within the South African democracy. The study proposes that the rule of law forms part of the societal ...
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