Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Political Science) by Title
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
Natural resources, profit and peace : multinational corporations and conflict transformation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
(2014)This study is anchored on the premise that contemporary international relations has been characterised by the expansion and growing importance of multinational corporations (MNCs) whose power ... -
Nigeria and the politics of African decolonization in the United Nations 1960-1994 : historical analysis and implications for Nigeria's contemporary political ambitions.
(2014)This study is an investigation of the role of the Nigerian state in African decolonization politics in the United Nations (UN) during the period 1960 to 1994 and its implications for Nigeria’s contemporary political ... -
The Nigerian internal security policy : an assessment of the human security threats to Nigeria in the post – military era (2006 – 2021)
(2022)The Nigerian internal security policy is designed to deter all forms of real or perceived physical and human security threats to the people’s lives, property, interest and personal welfare. Since the post-military era, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Polarity in contemporary international politics : a uni-interpolar order?.
(2014)Reference to the structural impact of the emergence and resurgence of new and old great powers in international politics is common in the literature on international politics. This study has attempted to explore this subject ... -
Political elites and democratic institutions in South Africa since 2004.
(2019)This is a study, through extensive empirical fieldwork research, of political elites and democratic institutions in South Africa from 2004-2018. The study examines the dynamics, roles and challenges of political elites in ... -
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 ...