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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Political Sciences) by Type "Dissertation"
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)South Africa participated in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2007–2008 and again in 2011–2012 as a non-permanent member within the context of a multipolar global power configuration. It was a global environment ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Literature has been increasingly exploring the field of transitional justice, and the significance of transitional justice mechanisms in post-conflict contexts. However, most of the literature neglects the gendered experiences ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)African maritime security in practice, and academically, is gaining significant attention as an area of study. What is overwhelmingly clear is the growing importance of maritime security and its centrality in discourses ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-05-30)Please read the abstract in the section 08summary of this document. Please note that page 1 of chapter 1 was missing in both available copies of this dissertation.
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This study examines the extent to which Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principles are embedded in the African Union’s interventionist framework. The AU has been heralded as a trailblazer of R2P, enshrining its attendant ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)In 2012, South Africans were bombarded with audio-visual material that captured the longest protracted strike in mining historiography, including the killing of unarmed striking mine workers. Shortly after, a plethora of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-05-23)The rise of nationwide protests across many countries in the world has the potential to make or mar such countries. While research has greatly focused on the character, impact, common and unique factors that instigate such ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)The main objective of this study is to analyse the concept of civil disobedience by providing an overview of its historical development; its objectives and strategies, and how this was applied in South Africa by the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-08-05)The intention of this research is to analyse the process and methodology of the Iranian negotiating style. The research is mainly premised on Putnam’s two-level game metaphor (1988) and the “ultimate decision making unit” ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-09-23)This inquiry was prompted by the resurgence of the phenomenon of coups in Africa in the recent past. The most recent wave of coups has brought the phenomenon under the scrutiny of continental and international bodies. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-02-08)This study analyses parliamentary intelligence oversight in South Africa by assessing the understanding of members of the JSCI of its core business, its mission and vision and powers and functions as are stipulated by law. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)This research is an analysis of security and good governance as prerequisites for the achievement of sustainable development, a neglected element of research on NEPAD. Studies assume that security and good governance results ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)South Africa’s foreign policy has undergone changes in the last 21 years of its democracy. At the crux of the current government’s foreign policy orientation is the promotion and advancement of Africa by addressing key ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-10-30)The dissertation aims to explore the declared and the alleged undeclared reasons for the Second Gulf War (2003), against the background of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the US. To achieve the aim of the study, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-07-10)The economic dimension of conflicts has enjoyed increasing attention in research dealing with the dynamics of contemporary conflict. The nexus between natural resources, economics and conflict has played a defining role ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020-08)This study focused on how the political environment affects the governance of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) by non-state actors in Mutare, Zimbabwe. The increase in the number of OVC has led to non-state actors ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-03-01)Liberal democracy, a political system marked not only by free and fair elections, but also by the rule of law, a separation of powers and the protection of basic liberties of speech, religion, assembly, and property (Zakaria ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)The emergence of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) as a coalition acting within the global governance architecture has been met with skepticism and guarded enthusiasm. After ten years in existence, the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)This study is situated within an International Political Economy (IPE) approach and centres on an analysis of the World Bank’s ‘development knowledge’. This is a term used in the dissertation to describe the pool of knowledge ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The low participation of women in formal peacebuilding in Africa is a burning concern in the peace and security sphere, as these peace processes have been dominated by men. This has been ascribed to several factors such ...
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