Browsing Masters Degrees (Political Science) by Title
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The decline of Zulu nationalism as a defining feature of IFP policy, 1994-1997.
(1998)This thesis provides an analysis of changes apparent in the ideology and style of the Inkatha Freedom Party'si politics since April 1994. The IFP's first three years in power under the new dispensation, as a member of ... -
Democracy, ideology and the construction of meaning in the electronic age : a critical analysis of the political implications of electronic means of communication.
(1997)Set against the background of public life and political practice in late capitalist mass democracies, this study presents information and communication structures as central to the formation of discursive opinion and the ... -
Determinants of successful secessions in post-colonial Africa : analyzing the cases of Eritrea and South Sudan.
(2014)Post-colonial Africa has been riddled by numerous secessionist conflicts. Since the dawn of independence in the 1960s a number of African countries have experienced rebellions involving ethno-linguistic groups or marginalized ... -
Development as Freedom: An investigation into the effectiveness of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) on human development in sub-Saharan Africa.
(2018)That sub-Saharan Africa has suffered from decades of socio-economic crisis is no longer the dominant discourse, the major concern that remains is the continents inability to combat the depth of its underdevelopment and ... -
The development of the informal economy as a livelihood strategy amongst resident students at Howard College campus.
(2010)The marginalization of black people from the formal economy has led them to the informal economy. This is due to the country’s macroeconomic policies which have made the country’s economy develop unevenly. The uneven ... -
The development-particiation dilemma : rates increases and public protest in the nMngeni Municipality 2004-2007.
(2008)South Africa (SA) has always been a unique case for political scientists to analyse because of its heavy socio-economic cleavages created as a result of racist apartheid policies, but what has not been extensively covered ... -
The dialectics of emancipation: a critical exegesis of the work of Jurgen Habermas.
(1977)Abstract available in PDF. -
The dialectics of nation building and immigration practices in South Africa 1994-2008.
(2018)Post 1994 South Africa has experienced outbursts of xenophobic violence. These incidences of xenophobic violence beckons one to delve deeper and search for explanatory causes of such inhumane sentiments and actions. While ... -
Die kapitalisme en sosialisme in die lig van die werklikheid in Swart-Afrika met besondere verwysing na die Afrika-gebonde staatsfilosofie van kontemporere Tanzanië.
(1980)Sedert die Tweede W!reldoorlog is daar buiten en behalwe die talle artikels en boeke van Nyerere en ander voorstanders van die Afrikasosialisme veel gepubliseer oor die vooruitsigte van die kapitalisme sowel as die kommunisme ... -
Do youth structures facilitate meaningful youth participation in local government? : a case study of Msunduzi Municipality.
(2006)As the third sphere of government, and the one 'closest to the people', local government has been given a mandate of promoting and ensuring community participation in its municipal governance. Both the Municipal Structures ... -
Durban's industrialisation and the life and labour of black workers 1920-1950.
(1989)Abstract not available. -
Economic and social integration of Mozambican migrants in Durban.
(2008)Economic migration has become a global trend. The movement of people and goods within and beyond territorial boundaries is a phenomenon synonymous with the twentieth century. In the Southern African region, migratory ... -
Educating adolescents about AIDS : a policy analysis of AIDS education programmes in KwaZulu-Natal high schools.
(1996)This thesis is concerned with an evaluation of AIDS education in KwaZulu-Natal schools. Although HIV and AIDS affect all segments of the population and all age groups, prevention efforts aimed at the youth may be the most ... -
Educators's' readiness to implement inclusive education : the case of Umzumbe rural schools, Sayidi circuit.
(2015)It is the responsibility of a democratic government to democratize all its spheres: as such, the South African government has the responsibility to democratize its education system. The inclusive education framework was ... -
The effect of the electoral institutions on voter turnout in South African elections : a zoom-in on the electoral participation patterns of the electorate in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) 2011 local elections.
(2014)Electoral systems have far-reaching political consequences in representative democracies and are arguably the cornerstone of electoral democracies. A country’s electoral system directly determines among other things the ... -
The effects of the 2008 xenophobic violence on female African (foreign) nationals in South Africa and possible solutions : a case study of female students at UKZN.
(2010)Xenophobia in South Africa is a social-political ill. Despite the huge xenophobic attack that took place in May 2008 leaving so many people homeless, wounded and dead, xenophobia still continues to occur in several ways ... -
Establishing a Ministry of Peace in Zambia.
(2009)Zambia faces extensive conflict and violence of both direct and structural types. The qualitative and quantitative indices provided by the Global Peace Index (GPI), the Human Development Index (HDI) and the Gender Disparity ... -
Evaluating the African Union's Military Interventionist role towards conflict management in Africa.
(2014)The prevalence of intra-state conflicts and state failures in Africa since the end of the Cold War has made Africa the epicentre of threats to human, national and international security. The inability of African states to ... -
An evaluation of the "In-service Training Policy" in Swaziland with specific reference to the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Health.
(2015)Administrations of all kinds are experiencing pressure to make essential developments to the way they function in order to keep stride with frequently changing, political, economic, technological and social environments. ... -
An evaluation of the University of KwaZulu-Natal Intensive Tution for Engineers (UNITE).
(2015)This qualitative study is an evaluation of the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Intensive Tuition for Engineers (UNITE) program. It is based on the high attrition rate phenomenon prevalent within Science, Technology, Engineering ...