Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Political Science) by Title
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Electoral fraud and the transition process in Ekiti State, Nigeria (2007-2015)
(2019)The conduct of elections has, in modern times, been debated. This is particularly so as it concerns the question of the credibility of the results and fairness of the process. Many African elections have been criticized ... -
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 ... -
Examining intergovernmental relations in Nigeria’s Second Republic (1979-1983) and the Fourth Republic (1999-2007): insights from selected states in the South West, Nigeria.
(2019)This study is an empirical research work that employed the use of primary and secondary data to interrogate the nature of intergovernmental relations in Nigeria’s Second and Fourth Republics with insights drawn from Osun, ... -
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 ... -
Exploring elites’ arrangement and national integration in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic: challenges of rotational presidency.
(2022)The Nigerian state is ethnically and religiously diverse and this plurality culminated in crises that have displaced many and claimed lives and property. The response of the government and political elites to address ... -
Exploring the impact of women's organizations in peace building in Africa : a case study of women's organizations in South Sudan.
(2015)At the center of the crisis within Africa’s war-affected countries and regions, are similar causes of war such as the desire to acquire power and secure resources for one group of elites or one ethno-national group at the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
From autonomy to independence : the challenges of nation-building in South Sudan.
(2014)This study explores the dynamic process of the now Republic of South Sudan‘s achievement of independence after years of autonomy, with a focus on the challenges confronting nation-building efforts in the world‘s youngest ... -
Gender and climate change adaptation in South Africa: a case study of vulnerability and adaptation experiences of local black African women to flood impacts within the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.
(2020)This dissertation contributes towards the scholarly debate on gender and climate change adaptation. This is done by exploring the vulnerability and adaptation experiences of local Black Africans to impacts of floods ... -
Globalization, sustainable democracy and deregulation in Nigeria : a case study of the downstream oil sector.
(2015)The collapse of communism in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s signified an end to organized impediments to the spread of globalization and this invariably led to the triumph of liberal democracy as the promoter of good ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
An interrogation of service delivery by the Department of Home Affairs towards immigrants exploring the possibility of afrophobia within xenophobia: a case study of the Durban regional Department of Home Affairs.
(2018)This study was premised on the knowledge that the positive socio-economic image of a democratic government depends largely upon the humanistic effects of its policy, implementation and conduct of those that implement (those ... -
Investigating the performance of land restitution projects: a case study of Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2019)The land question is significant for South Africans on many levels. Enhancing and improving the productive capacity of land to achieve developmental gains has taken on particular importance in the face of food security ... -
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 ...