In this thesis I look at modernization theory and the relationship between economic development and political liberalization. I focus my analysis on China and I investigate a recent argument that seeks to explain why China's ...

African women's multiple forms of participation in contemporary (intrastate) warfare and the survival strategies they employ remain ill-researched. This dissertation studies this topic using the 1976-1992 conflict between ...

At the core of the following thesis lies the idea that the recent European Union (EU) enlargement cannot be explained fully unless greater attention is paid to the institutional context in which decision making on the ...

The dissertation discusses the occurrences and implications of an exhausted body and its encounters with its witnesses. The phenomenon is studied as a specific performance presence that can be located across cultures and ...

"In this world I feel trapped. I can never make up my mind whether I want to fit in or whether I’m proud of being different. As independent and as free as I try to be, or think I am, I am relentlessly aware of being ...

The Acholi population, who constitute the area often referred to as Acholi-land in northern Uganda, have been the most affected by the war waged over the past two decades by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). ‘Victims have ...

Dosrennir y dilyniant dadleuon yn yr ymdriniaeth hon, yn dair pennod, gyda'r cynnwys fel a ganlyn- 1. Amlinelliad o'r dealltwriaethau traddodiadol o ystyr 'trefedigaethu'. Y modd y syrthia Cymru yn fyr o'r nodau cydnabyddedig; ...

This study investigates whether folksonomies and social networking sites are useful tools when searching for music from independent record labels. It uses questionnaires, and interviews to collect the users' views and ...

The performance took the form of a 60-minute audio tour of Aberystwyth, starting at the train station and ending at the large shelter on the promenade. At ten minute intervals, walkers were set up with an Mp3 player, ...