Government and International Relations: Recent submissions
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Sustaining Policies- A Case Study Comparison of University Implementation of Sustainability Policies
Published 2011-01-01We are now more than halfway through the UN‟s “Decade for Education for Sustainability.” Universities around the world are working to teach and exemplify sustainable modes of thinking. This thesis is a case study comparison ...Open AccessThesis -
National Television in Putin's Russia - The Media's Changing Role in Society and the Consolidation of Competitive Authoritarianism
Published 2011-01-01Over the course of Putin's two terms as president, national television, the most important form of media for the Russian population, fell increasingly under the control of the state and many independent channels were ...Open AccessThesis -
The Republic of South Africa: the Southern African Regional Hegemon - Analysing the ‘irresponsible’ leadership of a regional Southern African hegemon; post-apartheid, through case studies of Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, and Zimbabwe
Published 2011-01-01Numerous informal regional leaders exist all around the world. These include Japan in South East Asia, the United Kingdom (UK), France and Germany in Europe, and the United States (US) in North America. However, southern ...Open AccessThesis -
China’s Rule of Law is Australia’s Business
Published 2011-01-01The purpose of this paper is to investigate the implications of China’s rule of law, in the context of commercial corruption, on the Australia-China business relationship. This paper involves the analysis of three separate ...Open AccessThesis -
BP in Papua: A chance for development or the return of the resource curse?
Published 2010-01-01This study focuses on explaining the absence of violent conflict, a symptom associated with the „resource curse‟, in resource extraction projects in volatile and resource dependent regions. An institutionalist approach is ...Open AccessThesis