International Relations Theses: Recent submissions
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'Mysterious in content' : the European Union peacebuilding framework and local spaces of agency in Bosnia-Herzegovina
(University of St Andrews, 2012-06-19) - ThesisThis thesis aims to investigate EU peacebuilding in Bosnia-Herzegovina, focusing on the ways in which EU actors engage with local cultural actors and vice versa. Given that, in the liberal peacebuilding tradition, civil ... -
Intellectual and historical roots of the Anglo-American "special relationship"
(University of St Andrews, 2011-11) - ThesisThis dissertation examines the intellectual and historical roots of the Anglo-American “Special Relationship,” most notably Anglo-Saxonism and social Darwinism, and their effect on the noted policy organs of the Royal ... -
The liberal peace and post-conflict peacebuilding in Africa : Sierra Leone
(University of St Andrews, 2011-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis critiques liberal peacebuilding in Africa, with a particular focus on Sierra Leone. In particular, it examines the interface between the liberal peace and the “local”, the forms of agency that various local ... -
Norms and transboundary co-operation in Africa : the cases of the Orange-Senqu and Nile rivers
(University of St Andrews, 2010-06-22) - ThesisThe inter-scalar interaction of norms is pervasive in African hydropolitics due to the nature of freshwater on the continent – shared, strategic and that which necessitates cooperation. However, with few exceptions, ... -
Dividing lines, converging aims : a moral analysis of micro-regionalism in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire
(University of St Andrews, 2011-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis provides a moral analysis of micro-regional forces in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, using the framework of the New Regionalism Approach (NRA). It presents an original contribution to the field through the addition ...