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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2013)On July 12, 2006, Hizbullah forces near the Lebanese town of Ayta ash Shab crossed the Israeli border and attacked an Israeli army patrol, killing three soldiers and capturing two others. For 33 days a war ensued between ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)In 1991, Russian embarked on an ambitious regime transition to transform the country from communism to democracy. This would be a massive transformation, demanding economic, political, institutional, and social change. It ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)For centuries the Alawites were one of the most downtrodden religious minorities of the Middle East, so when an Alawite named Hafiz al-Asad rose to become president of the Syrian Arab Republic in 1971, it seemed a remarkable ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)This thesis examines the theory of nuclear deterrence and its relationship to missile defence in the context of global security. The issue of whether missile defence would bolster deterrence – or undermine it – became a ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2012)Throughout the 20th century and into the subsequent 21st century the unique Dunedin Town Belt of 500 acres of contiguous sports fields, botanic gardens, cultural icons and original native bush has been subject to invasion ... -
(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2012)Justice is a concept that, when fulfilled, has the power to make us cry with happiness and, when transgressed, to sob with sadness. This dissertation is an attempt to understand whether justice is the subject for personal ... -
NATO after the Cold War: Explaining the Durability of the Atlantic Alliance in a New Global Context (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)NATO was established in 1949 at the beginning of the Cold War to counter the perceived threat of the Soviet Union. But the eventual demise of the superpower confrontation in the late 1980s did not mark the end of the ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)Turkey’s willingness to enter the EU brought forward a set of issues regarding harmonisation that needed urgent solutions before such joining could take place. Harmonisation work requires rigorous agreement between Turkey ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2012)In 2001 the New Zealand Government launched the New Zealand Disability Strategy. This thesis examines the historical background behind the Strategy’s formulation, the rationale for it, and implementation within government. ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)The perspective of this dissertation is a comparison between the integration policies of Denmark and Sweden between 1960, when there was a shift toward non-Nordic and non-European immigration, and 2006. The two countries’ ... -
(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2012)The global financial crisis which developed in 2008 arguably had the potential to undermine the stability of the entire financial system of modern capitalist economies. Although there have been economic and financial crises ... -
(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2012)Youth voter turnout has continued to decline for the past fifty years both internationally and in New Zealand. While attempts to explain this decline have been numerous, the theories of voter turnout focus heavily on ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2012)Abstract Under Saddam Hussein the Shi’ites of Iraq lived a sad story; they were politically suppressed and killed in cold blood. After the creation of the Iraqi state they lived as if they were a minority without any ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2011)The world food crisis of 2008 presented the neo-liberal development model with one of its sharpest challenges since the Asian economic crisis of the late 1990s. The impacts of agricultural market liberalization, the ... -
(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2011)The Internet has many benefits for politicians including its ability to immediately disseminate information and facilitate communication. This study contributes to the body of research on the political consequences of the ... -
(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2011)Previous studies of political campaigning have focused on developed and industrialised nations. This research analysed the three phases of campaigning in a case study of a developing nation, the Cook Islands. The specific ... -
(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2011)The purpose of this study is to discover if the concept of humanitarianism has changed significantly in response to the challenges of complex emergencies. To find the answer, this study assessed humanitarian agencies’ ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2011)What accounts for variation in electoral success for minor parties in New Zealand? Although there have been many attempts to analyse minor party emergence and success, including institutional and sociological approaches, ... -
(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2011)Religious beliefs are often singled out for special treatment in secular liberal societies. Yet if a legal exemption is granted for a belief with a religious foundation, the question arises whether a similar, but non-religious ... -
(Dissertation, Postgraduate Diploma in Arts, 2010)What, if any, moral obligations we have to animals is a matter of intense debate. Views in moral and political philosophy vary from those that give animals no moral status in themselves, to those that give animals a ...
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