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Representing Hamilton
(Taylor & Francis group, 2017)
In his most important book to date, Freedom is Power: Liberty Through Political Representation (2014b), Lawrence Hamilton offers what he describes as a realistic theory of freedom for
modern conditions, located in the ...
Non-racialism and the African National Congress: views from the branch
(Taylor & Francis group, 2014)
South Africa’s ruling party is well known as an organisation that supports the ideal of
non-racialism. However, the extent to which the African National Congress (ANC)
has defined and instrumentalised the concept of ...
The limits of participatory democracy and the rise of the informal politics of mediated representation in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
In general, South Africans view the formal participatory institutions
of their state as ineffective mechanisms for the realization of their
demands. Conversely, the reach of formalized civil society is
limited in terms ...
Response to Prathama Banerjee's sovereignty and ascendancy: south Asian reflections
(Academia, 2018)
In this fantastic, wide-ranging but closely argued paper Prathama Banerjee makes the case that the concept of sovereignty is not a universal concept, but rather that it has a particular, substantive meaning developed in ...
Political violence in KwaZulu-Natal
(CPLO, 2018)
After 25 years of democracy, political violence
remains one of the greatest challenges that
continuously undermine South Africa’s
constitutional state. The province of KwaZuluNatal accounts for the majority of ...
A realist perspective of president trumps first un general assembly speech
(Academia, 2017)
On 19 September 2017, president of the United States of America (USA), Donald Trump, took the podium at the New York-based institution of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). In his speech, Trump provided global ...
Why treating water scarcity as a security issue is a bad idea.
(The Conversation Africa, 2018)
Helen Zille, the Premier of the Western Cape in South Africa, has made two startling
claims about the water crisis in the province. She says there will be anarchy when the
taps run dry, and that normal policing will be ...
Explain initially the main driving forces of this globalisation process of manufacturing since the 1980’s? Use thereafter a multinational company (MNC) to illustrate what main positive and negative factors a company takes into consideration when deciding where to locate its production facilities?
(Academia, 2017)
Globalization constitutes the economic shift in companies from domestic (home) to global (host) economic
systems. Global trade liberalization facilitates globalization through free-trade, reduced tariffs and quotas
with ...
‘How participatory institutions deepen democracy through broadening representation: the case of participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil’
(Berghahn, 2014-06)
Abstract: At the same time as democracy has ‘triumphed’ in most of the world, it leaves many unsatisfied at the disjuncture between the democratic ideal and its practical expression. Participatory practices and institutions, ...
Nuclear Politics of Denial: South Africa and the Additional Protocol
(Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013)
South Africa was one of the first states to conclude an Additional Protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2002, allowing the IAEA greater right of access to safeguard nuclear activities and material. ...