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Die sosiopolitieke sienings van 'n groep Suid-Afrikaanse universiteitstudente oor demokrasie in Suid-Afrika
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2017)
Democracy in South Africa is under pressure. A growing number of citizens are convinced that the
government is underperforming and that democracy is often undermined. The current generation
of young adults will soon play ...
Continuity and change: an evaluation of the democracy-foreign policy nexus in post-apartheid South Africa
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010)
If foreign policy is viewed as an “intermestic” arena where the external meets the internal, then it becomes possible to see how internal domestic factors drive foreign policy making. In this context the democracy-foreign ...
The long walk to economic freedom after apartheid, and the road ahead
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2017)
As South Africa moves further away from the political transition of 1994, the economic history of the post-apartheid era is coming up for debate. The optimism generated by the ANC’s early successes must now, after more ...
The United States of America's post-1990 foreign policy towards West Africa: the case study of Ghana
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2017)
This explorative study uses Ghana as a test case to critique the post-Cold War foreign policy of the United States of America (hereafter referred to as the US) towards West Africa. It does this by contemporaneously locating ...
Rethinking Marx rethinking the public
(University of the Free State, 2014)
This essay argues that the young Marx’s defence of press freedom in the repressive
Germany of his day is more important than the tradition of Orthodox Marxism
has generally allowed, and is best considered as a crucial ...
Silence after violence and the imperative to ‘speak out’
(University of the Free State, 2015)
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Changing local politics in South Africa: the power relationship between local government and the people
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)
The South African Freedom Charter (1955) states that “The people shall govern” and the African
National Congress (ANC) (1991) stated in “Advance to national democracy” that “the immediate
issue on the agenda is the ...
Fiscal crisis, social protest and state violence in Swaziland, 2009-2012
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2016)
By 2010, Swazi society was experiencing severe economic hardship since the country was experiencing the worse fiscal crisis in its history. These economic hardships were partly an aftermath of the 2008 world financial ...
Puo le demokrasi
(University of the Free State, 2003)
English: The concept of democracy places the power to choose in the hands of the majority of
a country’s voters over the age of eighteen and of sound mental health. Inherent in
ideal democratic choices is a proper grasp ...
The inoperative community of law students: rethinking the foundations of legal culture
(University of the Free State, 2014)
In this article I contemplate the possibility of a relationship between democracy and the
democracy to come experienced from within an inoperative community of law students.
The reason for this contemplation is to ascertain ...