Search for dissertations about: "democracy in africa"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words democracy in africa.

2. 1. Watchdogs or Lapdogs? : National Human Rights Institutions in Africa

   Author : Karin Sundström; Jonas Tallberg; Thomas Sommerer; Sonia Cardenas; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; national human rights institution; NHRI; Ombudsman; human rights; Africa; Namibia; South Africa; diffusion; democracy; international organizations; Paris Principles; nationell institution för mänskliga rättigheter; mänskliga rättigheter; Afrika; Namibia; Sydafrika; diffusion; demokrati; ombudsman; internationella organisationer; Parisprinciperna; statsvetenskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : National human rights institutions (NHRIs) have important roles to play for the protection, promotion, and monitoring of human rights. These institutions are set up by governments that have a special role in upholding human rights but at the same time violate these rights. READ MORE

4. 2. Education for Democracy? : Life Orientation: Lessons on Leadeship Qualities and Voting in South African Comprehensive Schools

   Author : Getahun Yacob Abraham; Inga Wernersson; Ilse Hakvoort; Rajendra Chetty; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Classroom; democracy; differences; leadership qualities; learners; life orientation; participation; South Africa; teachers; voting; Education; Pedagogik; Classroom; democracy; leadership qualities; Life Orientation; Life Skills; South Africa; voting;

   Abstract : This study takes as its starting point how teachers understand, interpret and teach social development aspects of Life Orientation in South African comprehensive schools. The specific focus is on lessons on leadership qualities and voting for third grade learners in four schools, each dominated by either Black, Coloured, White or mixed groups of learners. READ MORE

5. 3. Decisions on democracy : The politics of constitution-making in South Africa 1990-1996

   Author : Per Strand; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; democratisation; constitutionalism; constitution-making; institutional choice; consociationalism; South Africa; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : Constitution making was at the very centre of the-troubled but ultimately successful SouthAfrican transition to democracy. Despite divergent and contradictory demands on thenature of a future democratic constitution, and the ever-present risk of a return to armedconflict in a vicious circle of violence and distrust, the South African patties reached acompromise that so far has been the foundation of six years of multiparty democracy. READ MORE

6. 4. Lost in Transformation : A critical study of two South African museums

   Author : Cecilia Rodéhn; Juliette Leeb du toit; Ciraj Rassool; Sabine Marshall; University of KwaZulu-Natal; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; South Africa; museum; exhibition; collection; apartheid; the transformation; democracy; space; place; time; Cultural heritage and cultural production; Kulturarv och kulturproduktion; History; Historia; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; Social anthropology ethnography; Socialantrolopologi etnografi; Ethnicity; Etnicitet; African and comparative archaelogy; Afrikansk och jämförande arkeologi; Historia; History; Archaeology; Arkeologi; Etnologi; Ethnology; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi; Cardiology; Kardiologi;

   Abstract : In this dissertation Transformation, as understood in South Africa, is investigated in the ‘Natal Museum’ and the ‘Msunduzi Museum Incorporating the Voortrekker Complex’ in terms of socio-political structures, the museum as a place, its collections and displays. I have emphasised the ethnographical perspective and analysed it by using key concepts such as new museology, time, space and place. READ MORE

7. 5. The Power of Elections : Democratic Participation, Competition and Legitimacy in Africa

   Author : Staffan I Lindberg; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political and administrative sciences; methodology; Africa; democratization; democracy; Elections; institutions; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

   Abstract : This book is about elections and democracy in newly democratizing countries. Building on a new data set of 5,568 observations in 232 elections, it provides evidence elections have a casual impact on improving the quality of democracy in Africa in more than one way. READ MORE