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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Political Sciences) by Supervisor "Wielenga, Cori"
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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, 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, 2022)Despite vast research on gender-based violence, little is known about the implementation of policies on gender-based violence in minority groups. The aim of this study was to assess the implementation of the KwaZulu-Natal ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The purpose of this dissertation is to evaluate the current state of literature surrounding childhood and child agency, and how dominant notions of these concepts result in practical implications pertaining to the nature ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)The fast-growing Internet platform in Africa has given opportunities to a new set of non-state actors to offer nonviolent intervention in addressing protracted conflicts with the use of new media technology/new media. As ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)How we respond to legacies of past violence cannot be separated from the narratives we hold about that violence. When the state fails, for whatever reason, to take the lead in dealing with past violence and the development ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)There is a growing consensus in the discipline of International Relations that the sovereign nation state, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, is a myth because of the several nations that can be found within one sovereign ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The discussion on policing in multicultural societies is embedded within a wider context of political responses to diversity in state-building. Historically, nations were characteristically formed based on common ancestry, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This research sought to examine how development occurs when it takes place from a relational approach. The relational approach forms part of a growing body of literature within development studies in search of alternative ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)In Zimbabwe, reconciliation has become a contentious process and has been politicised at the international, national and community levels. Criticisms have been raised against the government related to its failure to implement ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Mediation processes have witnessed low levels of participation of women. Existing literature ascribes this to prevailing patriarchal environments, cultural norms and gender stereotypes, women’s victimhood in conflict and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Traditional leaders, who are located on the periphery of mainstream governance and decision-making in South Africa, play a crucial role in rural areas, where government presence is absent. However, the role, functions and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The Darfur crisis persists to the present day despite the African Union’s (AU) intervention. This mini-dissertation analyses the failure of the AU’s mediation in Darfur from 2004 to 2006. It uses a decolonial lens to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)This research seeks to study the peacebuilding strategies used in South Sudan. It is interested in the interaction between the liberal peacebuilding framework and the “local turn” as manifested in the strategy adopted by ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Transitional justice and reconciliation are nebulous concepts and pose a lot of challenges for conflict stricken communities in Africa. Firstly, justice is inherently a political concept whose conceptualisation and application ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)The problem this study addresses is the limited inclusion of women in mediation leadership as special envoys in the African Union (AU). This qualitative case study research, taking a constructivist world view, intends to ...
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