Browsing Masters Degrees (Political Science) by Title
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Fit to govern? A comparative analysis of the suitability of South Africa’s current proportional representation electoral system versus the majority system.
(2017)The debate around the type of electoral system that South Africa should use has been ongoing for some time. The debate started during the Congress for a Democratic South Africa negotiations. While the negotiations resulted ... -
A fragile and unsustained miracle : analysing the development potential of Zimbabwe's resettlement schemes, 1980-2000.
(2009)Black fanners' contribution and percentage share of the marketed agricultural produce (especially maize and cotton) increased dramatically following Zimbabwe's independence, especially between 1982 and 1987. Almost ... -
Fuelling the dragon : energy resource competition in East Asia as component of regional instability.
(2006)No abstract available. -
Gender equality in South African higher education institutions : assessing determinants of policy failure. A case study on the University of KwaZulu-Natal (Howard College)
(2013)Gender equality barriers today are less obvious and more subtle than ever before and in some instance go undetected. Despite evidence of women‘s success and proven abilities, a high proportion of suitably qualified and ... -
Genocide, citizenship and political identity crisis in postcolonial Africa : Rwanda as case study.
(2012)To state that the 1994 Rwandan genocide was one of the most horrific catastrophes that occurred in the 20th century is to restate the obvious. This thesis is an analytical exploration of the root causes of the 1994 Rwandan ... -
HIV/AIDS in prison : the public policy challenge for South Africa.
(2001)In South Africa, both the number of people entering prison, and the number of people infected with HIV, are steadily increasing. While reliable statistics are not available on the number of HIV+ prisoners, the characteristics ... -
The Horn of Africa and International Terrorism: the Predisposing Operational Environment of Somalia.
(2008)A fundamental driving factor to contemporary international terrorism is the role of religion. Since the 1980s, there have been not only a rise in the number of Islamist terrorist incidents but also of a more globalized and ... -
Human and non-human flows as a threat to the security of a democratic South Africa.
(1996)Abstract not available. -
The human security paradigm as a challenge for the African Union in promoting peace and security in Africa : a case study of the Sudan/Darfur conflict.
(2009)Using the Sudan/Darfur Conflict as a case study, this work seeks to address how and why the human security paradigm is a challenge for the African Union in its effort to establish long-term peace and stability in Africa. ... -
The impact of corruption in recruitment and procurement within local government and its impact on service delivery, using the KwaZulu-Natal department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs as a case study.
(2018)The dawn of democracy in 1994 may have signalled a new beginning for South Africa politically. Economically, however, it was not going to be the case unless the socio-economic inequalities that the apartheid regime had ... -
The impact of foreign aid in sub-saharan Africa : problems and prospects.
(2003)At face value, foreign aid is generally extended either to contain crises situations or promote development. In Africa, it appears that foreign aid has failed on both counts. One crucial question being asked by experts is, ... -
The impact of NATO interverntion in Kosovo and the changing rules of international humanitarian intervention.
(2012)No abstract available. -
The impact of public policy on competing interests : a case study of the taxi recapitalization programme.
(2009)This study is an investigation of the impact of public policy on competing interests in the case of the South African Taxi Recapitalization Programme. I explore this through a theoretical framework of implementation theory ... -
An implementation analysis of the language policy in basic education in selected schools in eThekwini Municipality.
(2014)The Department of Basic Education (DBE) in its 2013 budget speech announced that from 2014, a new policy will come into effect mandating the learning of an African language in all schools. The advent of the language policy ... -
The influence of Mahatma Gandhi's Satyagraha on Martin Luther King Jr.
(1991)No abstract available. -
The international political economy of fishery management : the case of pirate fishing off the Senegalese coast.
(2004)In 2002, at the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) a plan emerged to restore the approximately 60% of global fish stocks, which have been fished to the brink of destruction, to biologically sustainable ... -
The internationalisation of an internal resistance ethnic minority conflicts and the politics of exclusion in the Niger Delta.
(2011)While a lot of ink has been spilled and numerous papers devoted to the variegated causes of the Niger Delta conflict, what has been conspicuously moot in the literature is their integration into a sufficient explanatory ... -
Intra-political infighting versus service delivery : assessing the impact of intra-political infighting on service delivery in uMsunduzi local municipality.
(2017)This study is concerned with assessing the impact of intra-political infighting on service delivery in Msunduzi municipality. Essential to this study are the challenges facing service delivery in the municipality, as well ...