Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Political Science) by Issue Date
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Covenanted peoples : the Ulster Unionist and Afrikaner Nationalist coalitions in growth, maturity and decay.
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Rationalising the management of individuals : theory, power and subjects in the thought of Michel Foucault.
(1997)This thesis explores the implications of the work of Michel Foucault for the Enlightenment project. Specifically, it asks whether and how the modern drive to explain the world so as to guide political action and promote ... -
The United Democratic Front (UDF) : a case study of democratic organisation, 1983-1987.
(1998)This study, using the theoretical basis of the writings of Lenin and Gramsci on revolutionary theory and praxis, traces the formation, policy and aims, membership and structure, and practices of the United Democratic ... -
Organizational disempowerment : an opportunity for personal, social and political capacity development.
(1999)This thesis addresses the capacity development needs of white-collar employees within large organizations. Common employee problems of violation and diminishment of potential are ignored by mainstream organizational theory ... -
Civil society and opposition politics in Nigeria (1985-1999).
(2002)This study investigates the role of civil society in the Nigerian polity between 1985 and 1999. The institutions that constitute civil society, particularly human rights organizations, professional groups, non-governmental ... -
Efficiency versus democracy : unpacking the decision-making process in South African cities.
(2006)This thesis probes the extent and consequences of the new local government reforms in four municipalities, namely, Msunduzi, (Pietermaritzburg) Buffalo City, (East London) eThekwini (Durban) and Nelson Mandela (Port ... -
Caveat emptor. Ideological paradigms in decolonising and postcolonial Africa.
(2006)The study is premised on a notion of 'African crisis'. Since the notion of crisis is multi-dimensional, hence susceptible to variable interpretations and emphases, the study posits and argues two interconnected hypotheses, ... -
The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature : political elite formation and change, 1994-2004.
(2008)This is a study, through extensive empirical fieldwork research, of political elite formation in the Provincial Legislature of KwaZulu-Natal over a ten-year period from 1994-2004. The period of this study covers two ... -
Feminising the peace process : a comparative analysis of women and conflict in the Niger-delta (Nigeria) and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)
(2009)This study starts with the premise that the paucity of women in political leadership positions in society accounts for their absence from the formal peace table. Indeed, as many studies have shown, women are globally ... -
Political Islam in the 21st century : an analysis of the contestation between "militant and "progressive" Islam, with particular emphasis on forms of political expression amongst Muslims in post-apartheid South Africa.
(2009)The political events that unfolded on September 11 200 I, marked a turning point in world history. The attacks on the United States brought into sharp focus, the very complex issue of political violence being perpetrated ... -
Democratisation and local government transformation in South Africa : a case study of Maluti district, 1995-2005.
(2010)Since the dawn of political independence on the African continent, most governments have failed to properly develop systems of local government. In many cases efforts have resulted in mere tokenism, and in most cases failed ... -
Ethnic militias and conflict in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria : the international dimensions (1999-2009)
(2010)Since the commencement of the 4th Republic in Nigeria in May 1999, one relatively permanent characterisation of the country’s political landscape has been belligerent ethno-nationalism or ethnic militancy. The activities ... -
Histories of violence, states of denial-militias, martial arts and masculinities in Timor-Leste.
(2010)This thesis examines the complex interplay between violence and concepts of masculinity using the case study examples of former members of pro-Indonesian militia groups and current members of gangs, martial arts and ... -
Military interventions in African conflicts : the Southern African Development Community coalition of the Willing's military intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1998-2002.
(2012)This study focuses on the premise that national interests of governments are the primary motivating factors that inform decisions on military interventions. Military strategy remains a principal tool in the attainment, ... -
Hegemonic order and regional stability in Sub-Saharan Africa : a comparative study of Nigeria and South Africa.
(2013)Barely twenty years after the end of the Cold War, the international political system has experienced an unanticipated shift from a United States (US) led unipolar global order to a new order marked by its fresh wave of ... -
The effectiveness of re-integration of female ex-combatants : Rwanda as a case study.
(2013)The disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and reinsertion of ex-combatants generally and female ex-combatants specifically constitute one of the most fundamental activities in the 1994 post-genocide and war period in ... -
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 ...