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The unfinished business of decentralisation: political accountability of local government in Ghana: A case study of the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality
(2012-08-16)
Debates about decentralisation have centered on political accountability of local governments so as to proffer restraint over the exercise of institutional power and authority. This has to do with institutions, procedures, ...
The Unbearable Lightness of International Relations: Technological Innovations, Creative Destruction and Assemblages
(2017-03-10)
How could one oversee the monumental modern landscape that has been created by over 250 years of continuous technological innovations? Notwithstanding a few students of international relations who have insisted in taking ...
Demystifying the (post-)politics of Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP): An analysis of the what, why, and how of GAP and the operation of development in Turkey from a critical perspective
(2017-07-20)
Turkey’s modernization process has been heavily influenced by the strong will and idealistic ambition of the Turkish state to ensure progress and development since the inception of the country in 1923, or even earlier, ...
Institutional Pathways to Transformative Climate Change Adaptation in Ghana
(2017-07-20)
This dissertation provides the first cross-sectoral analysis of how adaptation policy in Ghana is put into practice, from the translation and mainstreaming of international adaptation discourses to their concrete application ...
The Challenge of Governing Natural Resources: A Social Network Analysis of Actors’ Collaboration in Ghana’s Petroleum Sector
(2017-07-20)
The PhD thesis investigates the extent of collaboration among actors in Ghana’s petroleum sector. Previous research has either focused on the socio-economic changes enforced upon local communities in close proximity to the ......
An army with a country: How the Pakistan military imposes hegemony via the infrastructure and welfare sectors
(2019-11-29)
In addition to defending their countries, modern day militaries assist the state in labour intensive non-defence related activities. This ranges from disaster relief to providing administrative assistance. In countries ......
Innovationspolitik im Globalen Süden: Eine vergleichende Fallstudie aufstrebender ICT-Industrien in Indien und China
(2018-12-11)
Die Länder, in denen sich hochwertige technologische Unternehmen ansiedeln, werden auch im zukünftigen globalen Wettbewerb eine wichtige Rolle spielen. Dabei sind insbesondere Schwellen- und Entwicklungsländer sind in ihrer ...
The Toraja as an Ethnic Group and Indonesian Democratization Since the Reform Era
(2018-05-25)
When the authoritarian Suharto regime fell in 1998, Indonesia entered a period of transition on democracy, known as "era reformasi" (reform era). For local Communities it brings the opportunity, which is important for them, ...
Oppositionstradition versus Regierungsverantwortung: Die Positionen der SPD in der Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik zwischen 1993 und 2005
(2019-11-07)
Die SPD trug im Laufe ihrer Geschichte zu verschiedenen Zeitpunkten Regierungsverantwortung. Doch jedes Mal tat sie sich schwer mit der Bürde der administrativen Staatslenkung. Oftmals waren Schwierigkeiten bei der Gewöhnung ...
East of Suez: China’s Role in the Middle East (2003-2013)
(2019-03-20)
The focus of this study is to understand the process of regional role formation and if and how China’s regional economic presence and its global ‘rise’ are transmitted into a regional political role.
Today, China ...
Today, China ...