Browsing Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences by Author "Pillay, Suren"
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The Arab spring and the politics of gender: Assessing campaigns for women’s rights in Egypt and Tunisia
Fredericks, Lauren Raylene (University of the Western Cape, 2022)The Arab Spring or, as some call it, Arab Awakening, started in December 2010. The reasons for the Arab Spring were numerous and diverse. For some time, sections of Arab societies have confronted the suppression of free ... -
Good governance and democracy as political conditionalities for foreign aid: the case of Zimbabwe
Nkomana, Nqaba (University of the Western Cape, 2005)This study was an investigation of the relationship between political conditionality and self-determination using Zimbabwe as a case study. The Zimbabwean land issue illustrates the challenges posed by external influences ... -
The politics of belonging and a contest for survival: Rethinking the conflict in North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cloete, Jacob (University of the Western Cape, 2019)I set out to rethink the ongoing conflict in North Kivu and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). I highlight two problems with regards to the current conceptualisation of the conflict in North Kivu and ... -
Problematizing 'victim's justice' : political reform in post-genocide Rwanda
Bachu, Nivrata (University of the Western cape, 2016)In this dissertation, I problematize 'victim's justice' in post-genocide Rwanda. I argue that the kind of justice that was meted out in post-genocide Rwanda, namely victors' justice and complementary to it – victims’ ... -
Understanding the democratisation process in the Middle East and North Africa after the ‘Arab Spring’: The case of Libya
Alahwal, Abdsalam (University of the Western Cape, 2019)In this research study, the researcher explores the democratisation process in the Middle East and North African region (MENA), with Libya as the case study. The study is based on the views of students and lecturers from ...