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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"African politics"”.
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South Africa and political change : an analysis of selected studies of South African politics
… by a selected group of recent studies of South African politics. The method will be to test the validity of the respective positions on this and related issues embedded in the selected studies of South African politics. Part II, the major part of the work, therefore, is an examination of the …
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Contradiction, conflict and convergence of class and nation in black South African politics, 1925-1985
… and socialism, as they apply to the South African liberation struggle.
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African Politics in the Digital Age: A Study of Political Party-Social Media Campaign Strategies in Ghana
Digital media is transforming politics. It has made it imperative for political stakeholders to come up with new strategies that respond to challenges triggered by the new digital communication platforms. Equally, the technological developments have affected communication processes and strategies …
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Women in twentieth century South African politics : the Federation of South African Women, its roots, growth and decline
… difficulties, the Congress Alliance, with the African National Congress its senior partner, was the major source of opposition faced by the apartheid state in this period. More than is generally realised, however, the 1950's were also a decade of mass political action by black women in South …
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The white rightwing in South African politics : a descriptive study of its roots : an assessment of its strength, and an elucidation of its territorial policies and political strategies, 1969-1991
To understand the intricacies of white rightwing politics in South Africa, an in-depth analysis of the roots, strength, policies and strategies of a very small but potentially potent sector of South Africa's diverse population is required. The aim of this dissertation is to provide an objective …
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China’s investment in the Democratic Republic of Congo: The impact of the 2007 Sino-Congolese agreement in a postwar period
… past 10 years, China has become a major actor in African politics and development process. It has invested significant amounts of money in infrastructure in mineral-rich countries, such as the Democratic Republic of Congo. In return, China secures the exploitation of main resources, necessary for …
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New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) : a hostage to conditionality?
… thereof explored; ""democracy"" is located in African politics, its history and current state examined; the effects of structural adjustments programs on African states are explored; the question of state-market relationship in development is considered; IMF and World Bank positions (i.e. …
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Scenes of lamentation : a scenographic approach to landscape narratives
… have become a major talking point in South African politics. This dissertation focuses on three matters: decolonisation of public spaces in South Africa, the notion of landscape narratives in re-interpreting landscapes of contestation and using a scenographic approach in communicating …
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Entering one-party dominant democracy in South Africa : political institutions, social demographies and party strategies, 1994-1999
… parties. The process by which the ruling African National Congress (ANC) entrenched its dominant position between 1994 and 1999 was attributable to a number of factors. The analysis found that the ANC actively manipulated political cleavages to perpetuate its hegemonic position in South …
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Do southern Africa’s dominant-party systems affect popular attitudes?
Among the most distinctive features of Southern African politics is the region’s preponderance of one-party dominant systems. Considerable effort has been made to explain the unusual phenomenon with some analysts emphasizing the potential of such imbalances of power to undermine the effectiveness …
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The administration of Cecil John Rhodes as prime minister of the Cape Colony, 1890-1896
… as it was frequently called, the union of South African States; and the Government of the Cape Colony itself when he became its Premier. Any such divisions are of course merely arbitrary, and merely made for the sake of convenience, for it is obvious that these aspects of his policy were closely …
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Re-politicizing State Sovereignty in Global Governance: A Political Economy of Transparency in the Oil Sectors of Gabon and Ghana
… mining sectors. The dissertation asks why some African states have complied with the EITI requirements, while others have not. I focus on the primary cases of Ghana and Gabon, two key illustrations of oil-rich African countries that have, in respective order, complied with, and failed to comply …
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Racism in novels : a comparative study of Brazilian and South African cultural history
… and social demand for ending colonization on the African continent and racial segregation in the United States. As the features of South African politics and policies of exclusion emerged with new colours for the world – given the testimonies, and new analyses publicized in the past fifteen years …
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The making of a new past for a "new" South Africa :the commemoration of Robben Island
… the dynamics highlighted at the South African level.
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Esprit de corps : corruption in a transforming police service
… areas where corruption is thriving, the South African Police Service (SAPS). I have chosen for a study within the department of Safety and Security because this is the headquarters of the fight against corruption and the place where the rule of law should be rooted most deeply. If the …
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La Sociale: Welfare and Emergence in Twenty-first century Senegal
… it is an agenda that sits within a broader politics of emergence that has arisen across Africa during the same period, one that is marked by a strong discourse which seeks to break with structural adjustment and neoliberal minimalism with a return to state planning and investment. This …
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Truth in the time of tumult: tracing the role of official 'truth-seeking' commissions of inquiry in South Africa, from Sharpeville to Marikana
… was a watershed moment for post- Apartheid South African politics. News headlines and images depicting an ANC-led South African police killing 44 unarmed miners, striking for a wage increase, ruptured the TRC's official narrative that state violence of this proportion belonged to a bygone …
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Which Jobs for Which Boys? Party Financing, Patronage and State Capacity in African Democracies
… both of which vary considerably across African countries. Where party organizations are strong and the private sector large, patronage is likely to be concentrated primarily at the elite level to facilitate the exchange of contracts for financial support to the party. Conversely, where …
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Beyond guns or butter : towards a multi-level analysis of South Africa's strategic defence procurement
… had taken the upper hand in setting the African National Congress (ANC) government's defense policy agenda. However, the government changed course drastically in 1998, initiating a massive arms acquisition program comprising submarines, frigate-class ""corvette"" patrol vessels, fighter …
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A political ecology of community-based forest and wildlife management in Tanzania: politics, power and governance
… ecology approach in an investigation of the politics of struggles over natural resources, their management and the benefits that can be derived from this. I bring together theories of policy processes, African politics and scale into an examination of power within two case studies of CBNRM …
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