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Redefining defence in the post-apartheid security imaginary: The politics of meaning-fixing
(University of the Free State, 2008)
This article traces the politics of meaning-fixing with respect to the role
of the defence force as apartheid declined from the mid-1980s, as it was negotiated
from a current to a past organising principle of the “security ...
Revolution in military affairs, missile defence and weapons in space: The US strategic triad
(Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University, 2005)
American plans for Missile Defence (MD) and the weaponisation of space should be analysed in the larger framework of the contemporary Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA).1 Soviet military analysts have written about this ...
The Technological culture of war
(Sage, 2008)
The article proceeds from the argument that war is a social institution and not a historical inevitability of human interaction,
that is, war can be “unlearned.” This process involves deconstructing/dismantling war as an ...
‘From rhetoric to practice: a critique of immigration policy in Germany through the lens of Turkish-Muslim women’s experiences of migration’
(Berghahn Journals, 2009)
The largest group of migrants in Germany is the Turkish people, many of whom have low skills levels, are Muslim, and are slow to integrate themselves into their host communities. German immigration policy has been significantly ...
Democracy by accident: the rise of Zuma and the renaissance of the tripartite alliance
(Routledge, 2009)
In party organisational terms, the rise of Jacob Zuma to the Presidency of the African National
Congress (ANC) is a victory for the alliance partners and the struggle-era vision of the ANC as a
popular front, or the ‘ANC ...
Too dependent to participate: ward committees and local democratisation in South Africa
(Routledge, 2009)
Will participatory local government structures help deepen democracy in
South Africa? That is the proclaimed purpose of the ward committee system, the centre-
piece of post-apartheid local government reform, intended to ...
Eroding the middle ground: the shift in foreign policy underpinning South African nuclear diplomacy
(Routledge, 2009)
In international relations states labelled as ‘middle powers’ are often
responsible for crafting a middle way to bridge conflicting international interests.
They typically favour multilateralism and cooperative international ...