Browsing Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework by publication year
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Old Traditions new Perspectives
Published 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 ...Thesis, Honours -
Prostitution, Pornography and Islamic Law
Published 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 ...Thesis, Honours -
Second-Strike Nuclear Forces and Neorealist Theory: Unit-Level Challenge or Balance-of-Power Politics as Usual?
Published 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 ...Thesis, Honours -
Presidential Encores: International Entrepreneurship in Health Policy
Published 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 ...Thesis, Honours -
Anatomy of State Failure
Published 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 ...Thesis, Honours -
Women and Work in Contemporary Japan: Deconstructing the "Crisis" of the Gender Order
Published 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 ...Thesis, Honours -
"Dangerously Radical?" - Explaining the position of the Revolutionary Association of Women in Afghanistan in Post Taliban Afghanistan
Published 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 ...Thesis, Honours -
Gathering Storm: Structuring More Successful Responses to Disasters
Published 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 ...Thesis, Honours -
Filling the Void: Hizbullah's State Building in Lebanon
Published 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 ...Thesis, Honours -
Gendering the Agenda - Discursive Constructions of Gender within the Security Council’s ‘Women, Peace and Security’ Agenda
Published 2010-01-01In 2000, the adoption of Security Council resolution 1325 on the issue of ‘Women, Peace and Security’ (WPS) heralded the Council’s adoption of a new gender-sensitive approach to security. While an extensive literature has ...Thesis, Honours -
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 ...Thesis, Honours -
Identity Politics - A Case Study of Afghanistan
Published 2011-01-01Identity politics is a complex concept. However, it is rarely studied in the context of weak non-Western states. This study seeks to study identity politics in Afghanistan with a focus on ethnic and sectarian identities. ...Thesis, Honours -
Seas of Change - The Effects of China's Naval Modernisation on Southeast Asia.
Published 2011-01-01China‘s naval modernisation and assertiveness in the South China Seas (SCS) is causing major concerns for Southeast Asia. While substantial scholarship documents how Southeast Asian states have employed a ‗hedging‘ strategy, ...Thesis, Honours -
The Responsibility to Protect: Answering Civil Conflict in the 21st Century – A RAMSI Case Study
Published 2011-01-01This thesis will attempted to analyse the Responsibility to Protect, whether the doctrine has a future in the workings of the international system as an effective mechanism for conflict resolution and for consensus on ...Thesis, Honours -
Citizenship Status and Pressure Group Action
Published 2011-01-01This thesis investigates the intersection between citizenship status and pressure group action. It asks a two-pronged question. First, does variation in citizenship status (to be citizen or noncitizen) produce variation ...Thesis, Honours -
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 ...Thesis, Honours -
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 ...Thesis, Honours -
For God’s Sake! Rethinking Secularism in Australia
Published 2011-01-01This dissertation proposes a new way of thinking about Muslims, religion and politics in Australia. It critically engages those commentators, academics and politicians who in recent years have used the language of ‘secularism’ ...Thesis, Honours -
Globalisation and Comparative Capitalism: The Industrial Relations of Volkswagen and Ford in South African Export Zones
Published 2011-01-01In the modern era of „globalisation‟ the strategic autonomy of both firms and states is considered to be on the decline. Developing countries such as South Africa are considered to be especially susceptible the demands of ...Thesis, Honours -
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 ...Thesis, Honours