• Islamist violent extremism and the fragile African state: the case in Kenya 

  Mokoena, Benjamin (University of the Free State, 2022-07)

  What we know, and how we know about state fragility, Islamist violent extremism (IVE), and countering Islamist violent extremism (CIVE), is fiercely contested. It is no different in the case of state fragility, IVE, and ...

• Beyond the state-centric lens of the fragile state discourse: the case for hybrid political orders in Somaliland 

  Schoeman, Albert (University of the Free State, 2021-11)

  Since the collapse of communism in the late 1980s, a "third wave of democratisation" has swept across the globe, encouraging many developing countries (particularly in Africa) to embrace liberal democratic, free market ...

• An analysis of emerging governing coalitions at the local level in South Africa with a specific focus on Johannesburg and Nelson Mandela Bay 

  Knowles, Kelvin David (University of the Free State, 2021-11)

  The 2016 South African local government election was a defining moment, which changed the political and governance landscape of the country significantly. The results of this election saw the electoral dominance of the ...

• A governance perspective on policies and practices combating youth unemployment in South Africa 

  Phokontsi, Gaelebale Lilly (University of the Free State, 2021-10)

  The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of South African youth development policies in ensuring the development and empowerment, especially regarding employment, of young people in the country. The ...

• The status of the public protector within the governance framework in South Africa 

  Phera, Molefinyana Solomon (University of the Free State, 2019-05)

  The Public Protector (PP) is a genus of the Ombudsman and its status within governance has been a controversial subject in the national discourse in South Africa. This institution was created in terms of Section 181 of the ...

• An analysis of regime capacity and a nascent environmental conflict in the Orange-Senqu, the Nile and the Niger River basins 

  Mahlakeng, Mahlakeng Khosi (University of the Free State, 2017-05)

  For much of the past century, the hydropolitical landscape of African transboundary river basins has been affected by water scarcity. The analysis of hydropolitics is referred to here as the politics of water, which ...

• Traditional leadership and its relation to the democratically elected local government structure in Kwazulu-Natal 

  Koenane, Mojalefa Lehlohonolo Johannes (University of the Free State, 2007-05)

  English: The role of traditional leadership in South Africa has remained a controversial issue over the past fifteen years. The focus of this research is to investigate the relationship between the modern political system ...

• Vigilantism as a feature of political decay in the post-1994 South African dispensation 

  Swanepoel, Lenie; Duvenhage, Andrè (University of the Free State, 2007)

  English: Little research has been done on the phenomenon of vigilantism in South Africa. Vigilantism describes the action of citizens who take the law into their own hands, making use of violent methods, in the context ...

• Die transformasie van politieke instellings in oorgangstye - 'n rekonstruksie, interpretasie en evaluasie van S. P. Huntington se teoretiese bydrae 

  Duvenhage, André (University of the Free State, 1994-11)

  When the present state of affairs in world politics is being reviewed, the single predominant characteristic that emerges is the fundamental and radical political changes that occured during recent years. The development ...

• The effectiveness of development aid in Lesotho for good governance and political transformation 

  Nko, Edward Ret'selisitsoe (University of the Free State, 2017-05)

  English: The thesis commences with the discussion that looks at the process of development aid as a catalyst for good governance and political transformation. This includes the practice of capacity building and reforms of ...

• International politics in an era of democratic peace: the enduring quality of Waltzian structural realism 

  Coetzee, Eben (University of the Free State, 2017-01)

  English: International politics continue to be marked (or, more properly) marred by debilitating continuities. Across time and space, and against the vogue of inside-out explanations of international politics (with democratic ...

• Die owerheidstaak 

  Wessels, Francois Jakobus Hendrik (University of the Free State, 1957-02)

  Abstract not available

• Die staatsfilosofie grondslae van die Suid-Afrikaanse staatkunde sedert 1910 

  Van der Watt, Louis (University of the Free State, 1970-09)

  Afrikaans: Ons toeleg is 'n ondersoek na die religieus-verankerde staatsfilosofiese rigtings wat sedert 1910 beslissend was in die Suid-Afrikaanse staatkunde. Hierdie denkrigtings het in belangrike wetgewing nie onbetuig ...

• The social relations of the taxi industry in South Africa: contending theories of corporatism, pluralism and systematic patronage 

  Croucamp, Petrus Abraham (University of the Free State, 2002-11)

  Afrikaans: Hierdie tesis ondersoek die sosiale verhoudinge wat die taxi industrie van Suid-Afrika verbind aan die staat, maar ook aan ander sosiale en politieke vorminge binne die samelewing. Die assumpsie is dat ...

• Vigilantism as a feature of political decay in the post-1994 South African dispensation: a theoretical perspective 

  Swanepoel, M. P. (University of the Free State, 2008-11)

  English: The main aim of this study was to develop a more comprehensive theoretical perspective of the occurrence of vigilantism in post-1994 South Africa as available literature lack order and structure in their explanations ...

• Electoral systems as a mechanism of democratic governance: a South African perspective 

  Makhetha, K. C. (University of the Free State, 2003-05)

  Abstract not available

• Changing international realities and the configuration of the South African National Defence Force in the 21st century 

  Olivier, Laetitia (University of the Free State, 2015-01)

  English: The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is currently in the process of evaluating its policies, strategies and force design in order to ensure that it is optimally postured and configured to successfully ...

• ʼn Vergelykende pluraliteitsanalise van die hantering van kulturele diversiteit, toegepas op Suid-Afrika, die Verenigde State van Amerika en Australië 

  Van der Merwe, Jacobus Hercules (University of the Free State, 2015-08-07)

  English: This study investigates the management of the conflict and struggles that arise when a variety of cultural groups reside in one society, under one political system (plurality). As various groups endeavour to ...

• 'n Vergelykende pluraliteitsanalise van die hantering van kulturele diversiteit, toegepas op Suid-Africa, die Verenigde State van Amerika en Australië 

  Van der Merwe, Jacobus Hercules (University of the Free State, 2014)

  English: This study investigates the management of the conflict and struggles that arise when a variety of cultural groups reside in one society, under one political system (plurality). As various groups endeavour to ...

• Transformation and democratization of South African sport in the new constitutional dispensation, with special reference to rugby as a sport code 

  Smiles, Joseph A. (University of the Free State, 2012)

  This thesis traces and analyses the development of sport transformation and democratization in South Africa since the new constitutional dispensation, commencing in the early 1990’s. The origin, evolution and development ...

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