Essays about: "nation building in africa"
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1. The Cost of Identity Construction in the Somali Society : Lessons from the Past and Future Prospects.
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälleAbstract : Nation-states are described as failed states when they fall into internal violence,stop providing affirmative political services to their citizens, loose their legitimacyand show flawed institutions and disharmonies between communities. Nations failand recover but Somalia seems to be the only failed state in the longest period ofthirty years as of 2021, which has not so far recovered from the failure. READ MORE
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2. Exploring Exceptionalism in Foreign Policy Discourses: How can we understand South Africa’s unconstitutional and ineffective withdrawal from the Rome Statute?
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : This thesis seeks to understand South Africa’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute with a focus on the defective nature of the underlying decision-making process which resulted in an unconstitutional and ineffective withdrawal. To make sense of this procedural irrationality, the self-understanding of the central decision-making unit, the South African executive, was studied by applying the analytical framework of comparative exceptionalism. READ MORE
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3. The national and the international influences on the drafting of the South African Bill of Rights : A study on the South African transitional legal culture.
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Afrikanska studierAbstract : The South African democratic transition in the 1990s represents one of the clearest cases of practical implementation of constitutional engineering. The process was aimed to the creation of the principle of national unity in the fundamental text first, hoping it would be mirrored consequently by a popular sentiment. READ MORE
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4. POLITICAL WILL, NO FREE WILL? A Quantitative Analysis of the Influence of Contextual Factors on Leaders’ Political Will to Fight HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Political will has become a ‘silver bullet’ in political science to explain the outcomes of public policy reforms. While success is seen as proof of its existence, failure is regularly attributed to a lack of political will. READ MORE
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5. Constructing the Rainbow Nation : Migration and national identity in Post-Apartheid South Africa
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Post-Apartheid South Africa has seen xenophobic sentiments towards migrants increase, culminating in several deadly riots. The words of equality and diversity, nurtured during the fight for independence seem to be far away. READ MORE
