International Relations Theses: Recent submissions
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Preventing terrorism? conflict resolution and nationalist violence in the Basque Country
(University of St Andrews, 2008-06-24) - ThesisThis study examines the debates on nationalism, terrorism and conflict resolution, and intends to identify, on the one hand, the reasons why and the instances in which nationalist discourses usurp the notions of political ... -
Regime maintenance in post-Soviet Kazakhstan: the case of the regime and oil industry relationship (1991-2005)
(University of St Andrews, 2008-06-27) - ThesisThe main aim of this thesis is to investigate the ways in which the authoritarian regime in post-Soviet Kazakhstan maintained itself in power from 1991 until 2005. This study endeavours to uncover the palette of the ... -
Adapting authoritarianism: institutions and co-optation in Egypt and Syria
(University of St Andrews, 2007-03-07) - ThesisThis PhD thesis compares Egypt and Syria’s authoritarian political systems. While the tendency in social science political research treats Egypt and Syria as similarly authoritarian, this research emphasizes differences ... -
Turkmenbashy : the propagation of personal rule in contemporary Turkmenistan
(University of St Andrews, 2007-06-20) - ThesisTurkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov (known as Turkmenbashy, or “father of Turkmens”), the longest-serving leader in post-Soviet space, has ruled his country with increasing repression and megalomaniacal idiosyncrasy ... -
Religious protectionism in the former Soviet Union : traditional churches and religious liberties
(University of St Andrews, 2007-06-21) - ThesisReligious freedoms in the countries which were once part of the Soviet Union have gradually been on the decline since the mid 1990s. Reflective of de-democratisation trends in many states, religious market liberalisation ...