RESEARCH OUTPUT 2013

Journals: Accredited

  • Alex Amtaika (with T. Meyiwa). The impact of the implementation of security acts on physical and general psychological well-being of travellers within South African borders, Journal of Social Sciences, vol 34, no 3, March 2013.
  • Alex Amtaika. The power and authority of the dominant to name: a case study of selected Nyanja and isiZulu linguistic expressions regarding ‘national assets’, Journal of African Cultural Studies, vol 25, no 3, August 2013.
  • Alex Amtaika, Community rights, individual rights and toleration: a case study of the conviction of a gay couple in Malawi, Journal of Developing Societies, vol 29, no 4, December 2013.
  • Eben Coetzee. Democracy, the Arab Spring and the future (great powers) of international politics: a structural realist perspective, Politikon, vol 40, no 2, 2013.
  • Mamokhosi Choane (with C. Twala and N. Mandoyi). The role of the international multidimensional peacekeeping missions in Africa: A case of Darfur (Sudan), Journal of Social Sciences, vol 36, no 1, 2013.
  • Theo Neethling, Considerations on defence thinking in post-1994 South Africa with special reference to post-conflict reconstruction and development, Scientia Militaria (Special Issue), vol 40, no 3, 2012.
  • Theo Neethling. The Lord’s Resistance Army in the DRC: the problem of ungoverned spaces and related regional insecurity, Africa Insight, vol 34, no 1, 2013.
  • Hussein Solomon, The challenges to Political Science in the twenty-first century: a South African perspective, Politieia, vol 31, no 3, 2012.
  • Hussein Solomon, The demise of South African Intelligence Services and the erosion of its Liberal Democracy, Africa Review, vol 4, no 2, 2012.
  • Tshaba Tjemolane, Theo Neethling and Albert Schoeman, South Africa’s foreign policy and Africa: continental partner or hegemon. Africa Review, vol 4, no 2, 2012.

Books

  • Alex Amtaika. 2013. Local government in South Africa since 1994: leadership, democracy, development and service delivery in a post-apartheid era. Durham: Carolina Academic Press.
  • Hussein Solomon. 2013. Jihad: a South African perspective. Bloemfontein: Sun Media. 2
  • Chapters in books
  • Alex Amtaika. The impact of the BRICS countries on Africa’s socio-economic development in the post Cold War era. In Toyin Falola and Jessica Achberger (eds). 2013. The Political Economy of Development and Underdevelopment in Africa. New York: Routledge.
  • Alex Amtaika. The economic-democracy dichotomy of the decentralization of power to lower tiers of government in South Africa. In Peerasit Kamnuansilpa and Charles L. Sampson (eds). 2013. Public Management and the Blue Economy. Khon Kaen: University of Khon Kaen Press.
  • Theo Neethling. UN post-conflict programming under challenge in the post-electoral DRC. In Theo Neethling and Heidi Hudson (eds). 2013. Post-conflict and reconstruction and development in Africa: concepts, role-players, policy and practice. Cape Town: UCT Press.
  • Theo Neethling (with L. Oivier and B. Mokoena). Post-war programming in Sierra Leone: revisiting the challenges and achievements of the UN. In Theo Neethling and Heidi Hudson (eds). 2013. Post-conflict and reconstruction and development in Africa: concepts, role-players, policy and practice. Cape Town: UCT Press.
  • Theo Neethling. Towards ‘defence, security and development’: whither South African defence thinking on post-conflict missions? In Theo Neethling and Heidi Hudson (eds). 2013. Post-conflict and reconstruction and development in Africa: concepts, role-players, policy and practice. Cape Town: UCT Press.

Journals- non-accredited

  • Alex Amtaika (with and M. Ahmed). Is the Eritrean government a victim or a sponsor of Islamic extremism and terrorism?, International Journal of Peace and Development Studies, vol 4, no 4, August 2013.
  • Alex Amtaika. Replaying memories of the past: reflecting on South African teachers’ 2010 protest, International Non-Governmental Organization Journal, vol 8, no 5, June 2013.
  • Tania Coetzee (with I.D. Liba). Supremacy of the constitution and the rule of law in the new South Africa, Journal of US-China Public Administration, vol 10, no 3, 2013.
  • Theo Neethling. Revisiting South Africa’s contemporary political risk profile. Southern African Peace and Security Studies, vol 1, no 2, 2012.
  • Hussein Solomon, Critical reflections of the Africa Standby Force: the case of its SADC contingent, Southern African Peace and Security Studies, vol 2, no 2, 2013. 3
  • Hussein Solomon (with A. Coady). Responding to the Zimbabwe crisis: examining the role of preventive diplomacy in multi-track approaches toward Zimbabwe, 2000-2009, Journal of the Middle East and Africa, vol 3, 2012.
  • Hussein Solomon, Mali: West Africa’s Afghanistan, RUSI Journal, vol 158, no 1, 2013.

Scholarly papers delivered

  • Mamokhosi Choane. Majority party dominance and politics of service delivery. 2013 Sustainable Learning Environments and Social Justice Colloquium, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 29-31 October 2013.
  • Eben Coetzee. The idea of theory in International Relations. 2013 SA Association of Political Studies Regional Colloquium, Qwaqwa campus of the University of the Free State, 19-20 September 2013.
  • Tania Coetzee. The essence and indicators of good governance. 13th Annual Conference 2013 of SA Association of Public Administration and Management, Imagining the future of governance, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, 3-5 April 2013.
  • Tania Coetzee. African and Western discrepancies in governance. 2013 SA Association of Political Studies Regional Colloquium, Qwaqwa campus of the University of the Free State, 19-20 September 2013.
  • Ambrose du Plessis. The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation: ideas and aid - strategic partners or national self-interest? 2013 SA Association of Political Studies Regional Colloquium, Qwaqwa campus of the University of the Free State, 19-20 September 2013.
  • Khosi Mahlakeng. Environmental conficts: the case of waters in the Nile River Basin. 2013 SA Association of Political Studies Colloquium, Qwaqwa campus of the University of the Free State, 19-20 September 2013.
  • Theo Neethling. Reflections on political risk in South Africa: Any hope for the future? 2013 Opening ("Theological Day") of the Faculty of Theology, The church as a sign of hope in a troubled world, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 4 February 2013.
  • Theo Neethling. Revisiting South Africa’s risk profile. Conference of the Southern Africa Centre for Collaboration on Peace and Security, Reflections on Southern African Peace and Security, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 11 February 2013.
  • Theo Neethling. Reflecting on coherence and coordination in peacebuilding: The case of the DRC (2006-2012). ACCORD Peacebuilding Handbook Seminar, ACCORD House, Durban, 6-7 June 2013. 4
  • Theo Neethling. South Africa’s political risk profile in 2013: Reflections on selected indicators. 11th Annual International Conference on Politics and International Affairs, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece, 17-20 June 2013.
  • Theo Neethling. The Lord’s Resistance Army in the DRC: the problem of ungoverned spaces and related regional insecurity. Paper presented at the 36th Annual Conference of the African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia, 28-29 November 2013.
  • Bukola Adeyemi Oyeniyi. The Boko Haram terrorist menace and Nigeria's national security. 2013 Social Movements, Religion, and Political Expression in Africa conference at the University of Texas, Austin, 30 March.
  • Bukola Adeyemi Oyeniyi. What has dress got to do with it: dress and identity in Yorubaland. 2013 Social Movements, Religion, and Political Expression in Africa conference at the University of Texas, Austin, 5 April.
  • Hussein Solomon. From state-centric to people-centric conflict resolution initiatives in Southern Africa: the case of Zimbabwe. Conference of the Southern Africa Centre for Collaboration on Peace and Security, Reflections on Southern African Peace and Security, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 11 February 2013.
  • Hussein Solomon. Possibilities of engaging with BRICS in enhancing the African peace and security agenda. ACCORD seminar on the role of emerging powers in shaping the international peace and security agenda, Durban, 15 March 2013.
  • Hussein Solomon. Critical terrorism studies and its implications for Africa. University of the Free State Centre for Africa Studies, Africa Day colloquium, Researching Africa Across the Disciplines, Bloemfontein, 22 May 2013.
  • Hussein Solomon. The African state and its reconstruction. 2013 SA Association of Political Studies Regional Colloquium, Qwaqwa campus of the University of the Free State, 19-20 September 2013.
  • Tjaba Tjemolane, Albert Schoeman and Theo Neethling. South Africa’s foreign policy and Africa: continental power or hegemon. 2013 SA Association of Political Studies Regional Colloquium, Qwaqwa campus of the University of the Free State, 19-20 September 2013.
  • Ruan van der Walt. Reflections on the idea of a civil religion in the United States. 2013 SA Association of Political Studies Regional Colloquium, Qwaqwa campus of the University of the Free State, 19-20 September 2013.

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