Browsing Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework by author "Department of Government and International Relations"
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Anatomy of State Failure
Townshend, AshleyPublished 2007-12-19Abstract In the 1990s, failed states emerged as a pernicious threat to both regional security and the wellbeing of millions of people worldwide. While this phenomenon has been welldocumented, explaining why and how states ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
"Dangerously Radical?" - Explaining the position of the Revolutionary Association of Women in Afghanistan in Post Taliban Afghanistan
Prichard, NishaPublished 2007-12-21ABSTRACT The Revolutionary Association of Women in Afghanistan is an organisation that provides a fascinating insight into understandings of gender, national identity and universal human rights. In its construction of a ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Filling the Void: Hizbullah's State Building in Lebanon
Davis, PeitaPublished 2007-12-21Abstract Hizbullah is a militarised sub-state group that challenges Lebanon's authority by establishing a parallel power-structure within the state. This thesis argues that the failure of the Lebanese government to provide ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Gathering Storm: Structuring More Successful Responses to Disasters
Solomons, EvanPublished 2007-12-21Abstract The period between 1992 and 2005 was turbulent for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Failed responses to Hurricanes Andrew and Katrina resulted in academics questioning the efficacy of FEMA’s structure ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Old Traditions new Perspectives
McGuinness, StephenPublished 2007-12-14This thesis looks at the discord between asymmetric warfare and just war theory. Specifically, it looks at the place of just war theory in political science, and the competing theories that analyse war. Consequently, it ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Presidential Encores: International Entrepreneurship in Health Policy
Bennett, ChloePublished 2007-12-19ABSTRACT Ex-Presidents Carter and Clinton are forging new paths for post-presidential activities. With their respective action-oriented public policy institutions, the Carter Center and the Clinton Foundation, they have ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Prostitution, Pornography and Islamic Law
Andren, KimPublished 2007-12-19ABSTRACT This thesis examines how increasing conservatism in Indonesia has affected Indonesian women. In order to avoid presenting them as passive victims of a conservative Islam ideology, the thesis examines women’s NGO ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Second-Strike Nuclear Forces and Neorealist Theory: Unit-Level Challenge or Balance-of-Power Politics as Usual?
Lombard, AlexPublished 2007-12-19ABSTRACT: What are the implications of second-strike nuclear forces for neorealism? The end of the Cold War yielded a unipolar structure of international politics defined by the military, economic, and political preponderance ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Women and Work in Contemporary Japan: Deconstructing the "Crisis" of the Gender Order
Mai, LillianPublished 2007-12-21ABSTRACT The 1990s saw important developments in the employment practices of Japanese women as necessitated by economic recession. Japanese women are increasingly postponing their traditional roles of wife and mother in ...Open AccessThesis, Honours
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