Doctoral Degrees (Political Science)
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A comparative analysis of South Africa's foreign policy on the Central African Republic and Nigeria since 1994.
(2018)Since ridding itself of apartheid in 1994, South Arica (SA) has been portrayed as an important regional power in Africa, as opposed to being dubbed a pariah state prior to 1994. Importantly, South Africa is increasingly ... -
Democracy or efficiency : the impact of public participation on local government service delivery in Msunduzi Local Municipality and eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.
(2019)Conventional thinking in participatory democracy theory contends that public participation improves the quality and effectiveness of government. Effective public participation promotes accountability, transparency, inclusivity ... -
Examining the peculiarities of executive-legislative relations in Nigeria’s presidential system : insights from selected states in the Fourth Republic, 1999-2015.
(2019)This study examines the peculiarities of executive-legislative relations in selected states of Ekiti, Ondo, Osun and Oyo, South-West Nigeria, in the Fourth Republic. The study interrogates the incessant antagonism and ... -
The role of identity and interest in the evolution and sustenance of Sino-Zambian relations: a constructivist perspective.
(2017)Relying on China-Zambia relations as a case study, this dissertation uses the constructivist approach to international relations to look at the role that identity and interests play in shaping relations between nations. ... -
Public participation in governance: a case-study of participatory budgeting in Lagos, Nigeria.
(2016)Since the earliest period of human history, communities have sought to improve their lot through self-help efforts, otherwise known as community development activities. These community development activities are today ... -
Leadership failure, state collapse and external intervention : investigating instability and conflict in the democratic Republic of Congo, 1960-2010.
(2016)This is a study about leadership failure, state collapse and external intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from 1960 to 2010. It is based on research that I undertook, records that I kept and field work ... -
Elections and democratic consolidation in West Africa : comparative study of Nigeria and Senegal, 1999-2012.
(2017)The study examines elections and democratic consolidation in West Africa using Nigeria and Senegal as a comparative lens from 1999-2012. It is predicated on the contradictory trajectories of electoral politics in West ... -
Transforming local economies through land reform : political dilemmas and rural development realities in South Africa.
(2016)The land/agrarian question has always been at the center of South Africa’s struggle for liberation. Land itself has always been a source from which Africans and particularly the rural inhabitants have derived their livelihood. ... -
The management of intergovernmental relations in KwaZulu- Natal’s Operation Sukuma Sakhe.
(2016)Governments around the world have come to the realisation that in order to respond effectively to the challenges facing their societies there is a need for coordinated effort. South Africa has not been an exception to this ... -
Transforming local economies through land reform : political dilemmas and rural development realities in South Africa.
(2016)The land/agrarian question has always been at the center of South Africa’s struggle for liberation. Land itself has always been a source from which Africans and particularly the rural inhabitants have derived their livelihood. ... -
Climate change, migration and resource contestations : a case study of north-south migration in Nigeria.
(2016)As the global community grapples with the reality of climate change, the imperatives of mitigation and adaptation interventions have gained attention across policy circles. While stakeholders draw up policies for combating ... -
Where faith is a healer : assessing faith-based organisations strategies and their partnership with government towards poverty alleviation : case study of PACSA and Gift of the Givers in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa).
(2016)The modern conception of a liberal democratic state envisages that the state takes on the duty and hegemony of realizing the values of equal liberty and distributive justice to its citizens. This is supposedly achieved by ... -
Non-violence in practice : enhancing the churches' effectiveness in building a peaceful Zimbabwe through Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP).
(2014)Attaining political independence in Zimbabwe since 1980 has not translated to a peaceful country. There has been increased militarization of the state and state institutions resulting in endemic political violence and ... -
Exploring the politics of impeachment in Nigeria's presidential system : insights from selected states in the fourth republic, 1990-2007.
(2016)This study, through extensive empirical fieldwork research through interviews, interrogates the politics associated with the exercise of the power by the legislature to remove heads of the executive branch of government ... -
Amnesty as a mechanism for conflict resolution : a study of the Niger Delta conflict in Nigeria.
(2015)This study, through extensive field work interrogates the amnesty programme in the Niger Delta, and demonstrates how amnesty has impacted on peace. The Niger Delta region has suffered neglect from successive governments. ... -
South Africa's post-apartheid foreign policy towards Southern Africa, 1994-2014 : partner or hegemon?
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United States Africa command and human security in Africa.
(2016)Since 2005, the United States (US) has shifted its justification for the militarization of the African continent to the more humanitarian security-development discourse. This apparent paradigmatic shift presents the United ... -
The theory and application of consociational democracy in South Africa : a case study of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2015)Liberal democracy has failed to address issues of development, especially in plural societies such as South Africa, where different segments of society and government representation coexist. Its focus on individualism ... -
The quest for African economic integration : an assessment of NEPAD's African Peer Review Mechanism.
This study examines the complexities, realities and challenge of African economic integration in the quest for socio-economic development. The central concern of the study is that, while the African continent has experienced ... -
Military intervention and international law : a critical analysis of the role of the international community in political uprisings in Libya and Syria.
(2014)The role of the international community in internal crises of sovereign states has been a subject of great debate in international relations studies. The legality and morality (from a United Nations Charter and customary ...
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