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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Militarisation"”.
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‘The Political Economy of Non-Recurrence: Navigating National Healing, Institutional Reform & Militarisation in Zimbabwe'
… of transitional justice, elite outlooks and militarisation in Zimbabwe, whilst drawing attention to the complexities of achieving this reality. The study draws from transitional justice, civil-military relations, as well as the political settlements literature as analytical frameworks. …
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Militarisation of conservation, violence and local people: the case of Sikumi Forest Reserve in Zimbabwe
… examines the texture and nature of everyday militarisation and violence effected in protected areas different from national parks and wildlife conservation. It also examines the consequences of militarised conservation on people living in, or adjacent to, these protected areas. The analysis …
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From Blue Heelers to Rifle Wielders: Exploring change within police and the progression and meaning of police militarisation in Australia
… discourse. An underexamined issue is the militarisation of Australian police. Academic exploration of the matter in an Australian context has not matched these trends. The objective of this study was to build on the limited body of research that examines police militarisation in Australia, …
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A history of the Committee on South African War Resistance (COSAWR) (1978-1990)
… within South Africa and overseas, research the militarisation of Southern Africa, influence the ANC's opinion on war resistance, bring Western European peace groups and soldiers' unions into the fold of the antiapartheid movement, and involve white South Africans in the anti-apartheid movement …
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The role of the military in education in South Africa
… most part questions relating to the military and militarisation have been skirted around. With a war raging in Namibia, the S.A.D.F.'s attempts to destabilise the Southern African region, the military dimension of the conflict in South Africa increasing in significance and with the military having …
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The Communist Party and war communism in Moscow, 1918-1921
… recruitment, organisation, the nature of militarisation during the civil war, the party's ideological work, and its relationship to mass bodies. It ends with a study of the Moscow soviet and the development of bureaucracy. In Part III the debates at the end of war communism are considered …
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A Literary and Cultural History of Military Science Fiction and the United States of America, 1870s-2010s
… on American attitudes towards militarism and militarisation. The concept of militarism also provides a foundational division in the subgenre, between the two ‘streams’ of militaristic military SF and antimilitaristic military SF. This thesis, however, shows that the subgenre has primarily been …
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An archaeology of colonialism, conflict, and exclusion : conflict landscapes of Western Sahara : in two volumes: volume one
… The middle, or regional level, will explore the militarisation of one settlement – Tifariti – which was fought over during the war, and which hosted a unique art festival between 2007 and 2010. The third, finer level, will look at the land art that was created as a result of the art festival, and …
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A Reign of Burnt Wounds and Crowded Cells: Exploring how political power is upheld at street level through observations of the municipal police in Mexico City
… of ever-expanding violence and the incipient militarisation of municipal policing.
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Urban Basis of Political Protest in Syria: Explaining: Divergent Patterns of Mobilisation and Demobilisation
… into neighbourhoods, particularly amid the militarisation of the conflict, social solidarity and fortified urban environments became increasingly decisive.
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Narratives of Normalisation: War Discourses in German Politics and Literature After Unification
… unification, specifically Germany’s gradual re-militarisation and participation in offensive military engagements abroad, and investigates to what extent German authors – through their literary writing and in their role as public intellectuals – have participated in, advanced or even shaped the …
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British Imperialism, Liverpool, and the American Revolution, 1763-1783
… of Britain during the eighteenth century. Militarisation of the local community prompted discussions regarding the boundaries of national and local government. The War of Independence split opinion, thereby revealing divergent trends within British imperial ideology. Finally, on balance, …
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MacKinder meets Buzan: A Geopolitical Extension to Security complex Theory with an emphasis on the Polar Regions
… prohibits both the commercialisation and militarisation of the continent. It is an institutional regime that is not due to be reviewed until mid-century. Antarctica is a continent like no other for its legal status remains ill-defined and the existing seven territorial claims attract no …
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Between Violence and Utopia: an ethnography of pedagogy, childhood, and spatial politics in urban Pakistan
… and facilitates the increased regulation, militarisation, and autocratic nature of the state. Schooling and teaching, on this periphery, are relegated to instruments of state control, with teachers functioning as (unknowing) bureaucrats and children identifying futures which are saturated …
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Understanding the Impact of Green Violence on Ndali Village, Zimbabwe
The rise in poaching of wildlife such as the rhino and elephant in the Greater Limpopo Transboundary Park (GLTP) has led state actors to implement strict security measures to eradicate the ‘problem of poachers.' A solution to that problem has been to adopt violent measures that coerce local …
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Constructing Frontier Villages: Human Habitation in the South Korean Borderlands after the Korean War
The inter-Korean border is often considered to be purely a politico-militaristic problem which renders the space of the border static, homogeneous, and empty of human habitation. However, a closer examination reveals a highly dynamic border full of discrepancies which is, in fact, inhabited by …