Research Articles (Political Studies and Governance)
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Co-operative governance and good governance: reality or myth?
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010-09)Serious questions are being asked concerning the manifestation of instability in society. The phenomena of maladministration, corruption, unrest, protests, failure in leadership, and the results of protest marches and poor ... -
Continuity and change: an evaluation of the democracy-foreign policy nexus in post-apartheid South Africa
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010-09)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 ... -
Piracy on the African east coast: a political science perspective
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010-09)Growing activities of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the Horn of Africa have increasingly threatened maritime security on the African east coast. The severity of the crisis has compelled the international community to ... -
Pik Botha and his times, Theresa Papenfus: book review
(Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, 2011-06)Abstract not available -
Potential for cooperation rather than conflict in the face of water degradation: the cases of the Nile River and Okavango River basins
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014-06)Although the notion of environmental security is a relatively new dimension of international relations, and of politics in general, it would be inane to assume that problems of environmental change are in any way novel. ... -
Vigilantism: a theoretical perspective as applied to people's courts in post-1994 South Africa
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)The article investigated vigilantism as phenomenon in South Africa. A metatheoretical framework was developed through which the constructed contextual and specific criteria were tested against one case study on people’s ... -
Understanding the rise of Boko Haram and its discontents
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014)Religious extremism has plagued Africa for many years. From its earlier permutation in North Africa in the 1980s and 1990s to its recent expression in East and West Africa, every part of the continent has had its own story ... -
The SANDF as an instrument for peacekeeping in Africa: a critical analysis of three main challenges
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2011)Under former President Thabo Mbeki South Africa started to play a salient leadership role in Africa and this role continues under President Jacob Zuma. In this context the SANDF has been and is still expected to be militarily ... -
The Zuma years: South Africa's changing face of power, Richard Calland: book review
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2014)Abstract not available -
The coming revolution: Julius Malema and the fight for economic freedom, Floyd Shivambu (Ed.): book review
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2015)Abstract not available -
Eight days in September: The removal of Thabo Mbeki, Frank Chikane: book review
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2012-06)Abstract not available -
Voorwoord = Foreword
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010)Abstract not available -
Tendencies of a dominant party system in the Free State Legislature (1994-2008)
(Faculty of the Humanities, University of the Free State, 2010-06)Dominant party tendencies exist either when a single party enjoys monopoly of power through the exclusion of other parties, or when the electorate continues to re-elect the same party despite the existence of other political ... -
The ‘shifting’ nature of theory in international relations: why the future of the discipline is its Waltzian past
(University of the Free State, 2014)Within the discipline of International Relations (IR), ‘new’ conceptions of theory, specifically those subscribing to, on the one hand, an inductivist and empiricist conception of theory, and, on the other hand, a ... -
J R Bowen, a new anthropology of Islam
(University of the Free State, 2014)Abstract not available -
Radicalisation to terrorism in Kenya and Uganda: a political socialisation perspective
(Terrorism Research Initiative and the Center for Terrorism and Security Studies, 2015)Africa is increasingly being classified as the new battleground against terrorism. Yet, despite this renewed interest, countries on the continent have been experiencing manifestations of this threat already for several ...
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