Browsing by Subject "globalisation"
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"America's Mandela": South African responses to the rise of Barack Obama
(Institute for Contemporary History: Sabinet, 2013)In this article reactions in the South African media to the emergence of Barack Obama as contender in the 2008 US presidential election, then as official Democratic Party presidential candidate and then as US President-elect ... -
Broadening the Legal Academy, the Study of Customary Law: The Case for Social-Scientific and Anthropological Perspectives
(2017-10-26)This article explores the need for a more broadly based understanding of law, especially in the context of undertaking research in customary law. It examines the limitations of doctrinal legal scholarship involving a "black ... -
Christianity and secularisation in South Africa: probing the possible link between modernisation and secularisation
(Edinburgh University Press, 2013)The secularisation theory of Max Weber states that modernisation inevitably leads to the decline of religion. This theory has in recent years been challenged by the desecularisation theories of various sociologists and ... -
The effectiveness of South Africa's immigration policy for addressing skills shortages
(University of Primorska, 2012)South Africa is presently experiencing a serious shortage of skilled workers. This situation is negatively influencing the economic prospects and global participation of the country. The primary purpose of the study was ... -
The quest for hegemony and the future of African solutions to African development problems: lessons from headways in the African security sector
(Sage, 2017)The problems of African development and integration with the world of globalisation have continued to attract concern in the policymaking cycle and the academic world, within and beyond the shores of the continent. Ever ...