This article examines the rise of various representations of postcolonial states to highlight how thinking and practice that arose and prevailed during the Cold War still persists in the present ostensibly post-cold war era. After initially outlining the historical construction of the social sciences, it is shown how the annexation of the social sciences evolved in the early post-World War II and cold-war era as an adjunct of the world hegemonic pretensions of the USA. A critique is then developed of various representations of post-colonial states that arose in the making of the 'Third World' during the cold-war annexation of the social sciences. Yet such practices still persist in the present, as evidenced by more contemporary representati...
This article provides a critical review of recent literature that has attempted to define what a ‘fa...
Thesis (MA (Political Studies))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.In recent decades...
The end of the Cold War resulted in a wave of political change among post-colonial states in Africa....
This article examines the rise of various representations of post-colonial states to highlight how t...
In the post-Cold War era, it has become increasingly evident that one of the most important challeng...
A review essay focussing on Monica Popescu, At Penpoint: African Literatures, Postcolonial Studies a...
Since the end of the Cold War, a new dynamic has arisen within the international system, one that do...
The notion of 'failed states' has gained widespread currency in political and academic discourse. Th...
In the post-Cold War era, a voluminous literature has developed to define failed states, identify th...
In this chapter, we introduce postcolonialism as a recent and increasingly influential set of positi...
This chapter focuses on what is included within the standard historical genealogies, and what is omi...
The article examines the pathologisation of post-conflict societies through a comparison of the fram...
This thesis is about the idea of defective polities. It addresses two important understandings in th...
International Relations scholars and policy-makers are paying increasing attention to the new catego...
The article explores how the literature on 'failed states' (re)produces the modern state as a regula...
This article provides a critical review of recent literature that has attempted to define what a ‘fa...
Thesis (MA (Political Studies))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.In recent decades...
The end of the Cold War resulted in a wave of political change among post-colonial states in Africa....
This article examines the rise of various representations of post-colonial states to highlight how t...
In the post-Cold War era, it has become increasingly evident that one of the most important challeng...
A review essay focussing on Monica Popescu, At Penpoint: African Literatures, Postcolonial Studies a...
Since the end of the Cold War, a new dynamic has arisen within the international system, one that do...
The notion of 'failed states' has gained widespread currency in political and academic discourse. Th...
In the post-Cold War era, a voluminous literature has developed to define failed states, identify th...
In this chapter, we introduce postcolonialism as a recent and increasingly influential set of positi...
This chapter focuses on what is included within the standard historical genealogies, and what is omi...
The article examines the pathologisation of post-conflict societies through a comparison of the fram...
This thesis is about the idea of defective polities. It addresses two important understandings in th...
International Relations scholars and policy-makers are paying increasing attention to the new catego...
The article explores how the literature on 'failed states' (re)produces the modern state as a regula...
This article provides a critical review of recent literature that has attempted to define what a ‘fa...
Thesis (MA (Political Studies))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.In recent decades...
The end of the Cold War resulted in a wave of political change among post-colonial states in Africa....