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(Institute for Security Studies, 2013-05)Many African countries experienced violent transitions after independence, which included civil wars and mass killings. This is not surprising considering the divisiveness of the original boundary-making processes, the ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2016-07)Many developing countries have relied on foreign direct investment as a primary means to acquire technologies. However, there has been inadequate empirical research on the nexus between foreign direct investment and the ...
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(Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, 2015)This article engages with the challenges facing genuine research collaboration and knowledge production in a North–South interaction. It maps the asymmetries in global knowledge production in general and revisits ...
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(Sage, 2015-05)This article explains why elite classes participate in religiously motivated peasant rebellions. This question is important because, although elite resources are required to overcome collective action barriers, extant research ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)In the 21st century, global energy challenges have led most countries to pursue energy security, specifically access to oil, as a strategic foreign policy goal. The diplomacy involved in realising this goal is complex and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)In September 2014 the Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) of the world met in Apia, Samoa to chart a new development pathway that takes into consideration their specificities and vulnerabilities. This family of island ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The primary objective of this study is to analyse electoral violence in Nigeria using the Hoglund analytical framework on electoral violence. More specifically, the study undertakes to analyse incidents of electoral violence ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)In the absence of an effective state led mechanism for dealing with issues of transitional justice in Zimbabwe following the violent 2008 elections, civil society organisations have sought some form of remedy for those ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)South Africa adopted a human security orientation at the start of its democratic epoch in 1994. Human security is an approach to security which prioritises the protection of the people over security of the state. One of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This paper explores the dynamics surrounding the executive leadership of the African Union (AU) with a specific focus on the role of the African Union Commission (AUC) and its Chairperson. It addresses the challenges and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Many ceasefires have failed to reach a durable settlement as a result of spoiling by parties who perceive the emerging peace as a threat to their interests. Creating long-lasting peace after a prolonged armed conflict is ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Namibian independence was the result of more than a decade of mediation. It began with a multiparty mediation effort in 1978 that resulted in a peace agreement between South Africa and SWAPO, yet there was no cessation of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The objective with this study is to determine if political risk analysis is of value for the political decision-maker and also how political risk can be identified and factored into political decision-making. Electricity ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This study examined the experiences of migrants from the Central Africa region during the process of seeking asylum in South Africa. The process creates social insecurities, which are referred to as inadequate access to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)In the Dialectic of Enlightenment, Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer argue that the Enlightenment is fated to always return to the state of myth which it claims to have escaped from. They attempt to show how the instrumental ...
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(German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), 2016)The relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and the transfer of technology is undergoing a great deal of academic scrutiny and policy analysis. A growing body of literature shows that FDI can be a channel ...
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(Wiley, 2016-05)Most visibly since 2002, with the establishment of the African Union (AU), there have been indications that Africa may be following in Europe’s footsteps in the process of regional integration. But is it really so? This ...
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(Routledge, 2015-08)South Africa’s foreign policy has evolved through various presidents, from Nelson Mandela to Jacob Zuma. One characteristic lacuna through the various administrations has been the weak linkage between foreign economic ...
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(Universitätsverlag Potsdam, 2015)Please read abstract in article.
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