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Political party caucuses and democracy: contradictio in terminis?
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2017)
The concept of “caucus” has historically been imbedded within
practical politics and in the disciplines of political science and history.
In a general sense, a caucus (also referred to as a parliamentary
party) aims to ...
Raising the crossbar: power politics and the role of values and self-interest in sport
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)
Within the broader ambit of sport the organisation and administration of athletics have been
underpinned or driven by strong opposing undercurrents such as self-interests and basic values such
as fairness and equality. ...
The political sociology of power in sport: a comparative analysis of the 1956 and 1981 Springbok rugby tours to New Zealand
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)
The political sociology of power in sport has been undervalued as a field of study for many years. The predominant reason for this phenomenon is that the “innocence” of sport as a power politics vehicle shields the ...
Legislative immobility and judicial activism: the impact on the separation of powers in South Africa
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2013)
The division between the legislature/executive and the judiciary in a constitutional state is a very
important, but precarious relationship. It is important that the political arm (legislature/executive)
understand the ...
Patronage, state capture and oligopolistic monopoly in South Africa: the slide from a weak to a dysfunctional state?
(University of the Free State, 2017)
The aim of the article is to investigate the phenomenon
of state capture from a political perspective. In the
literature, discussions around state capture are
principally done from an economic context, not from a
political ...
Sport, politics and black athletics in South Africa during the apartheid era: a political-sociological perspective
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2016)
The article examines the relationship between sport and politics in South Africa from a political-sociological perspective, with a specific focus on the status of black athletics in apartheid South Africa. The narrower ...
Equality and freedom in South Africa: creating a democratic paradox?
(University of the Free State, 2012)
English: South Africa’s democratic transformation from authoritarian rule to a constitutional democracy was a dramatic legal revolution that signalled the end of parliamentary sovereignty and its replacement by a supreme ...
South Africa's constitutional development: a matter of Machiavelli's Prince and Hobbes' Leviathan rather than Montesquieu's Spirit of the laws?
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010)
The democratisation and constitutional development of South Africa from a dominant parliament to a new constitutional order with a supreme constitution, was a significant development in the country’s constitutional ...
South Africa’s constitutional development: a matter of Machiavelli’s Prince and Hobbes’ Leviathan rather than Montesquieu’s Spirit of the laws?
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010-09)
The democratisation and constitutional development of South Africa from a dominant parliament to a new constitutional order with a supreme constitution, was a significant development in the country’s constitutional ...
South Africa after 20 years of democracy: a case study
(University of the Free State, 2016)
The two decades spanning the end of the 20th and the
start of the 21st Century were important phases in the
global process of democratisation. The 1990s were
epitomised by the ground-breaking 1991 publication of
Samuel ...