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Visions of the Gulf: The Discourse of Arab-Iranian Rivalry and the Geopolitical Imaginations of Ba’thist Iraq and Pahlavi Iran (2022)
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Beyad, M. M. Visions of the Gulf: The Discourse of Arab-Iranian Rivalry and the Geopolitical Imaginations of Ba’thist Iraq and Pahlavi Iran. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis aims to explore the ways in which the Iranian and Iraqi states articulated and represented Gulf regional politics from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. In recognising the limited amount of work looking at the role of discourses and ideas... Read More about Visions of the Gulf: The Discourse of Arab-Iranian Rivalry and the Geopolitical Imaginations of Ba’thist Iraq and Pahlavi Iran.

Locating Politics in the Global: (Dis)Entangling Diaspora Governance Practices (2022)
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Craven, C. R. Locating Politics in the Global: (Dis)Entangling Diaspora Governance Practices. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Critical IR scholarship has argued that diaspora are governed in line with global political dynamics that class them as post/neocolonial, or neoliberal economic subjects. Fewer scholarly works have gone into exploring exactly how such structural dyna... Read More about Locating Politics in the Global: (Dis)Entangling Diaspora Governance Practices.

Doing Democracy in Malawi: MPs and their Home Styles (2022)
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Fisher, C. S. Doing Democracy in Malawi: MPs and their Home Styles. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Political scientists have under-studied those who actually “do” formal politics – politicians, particularly those operating below the level of heads of state. This neglect has been acute in African politics, resulting from, and contributing to, a gen... Read More about Doing Democracy in Malawi: MPs and their Home Styles.

Fuelling Culture: Art, Race, and Capitalism on the Arabian Peninsula (2022)
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Entwistle, M. H. Fuelling Culture: Art, Race, and Capitalism on the Arabian Peninsula. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis is about how racial capitalism and empire have enabled the creation of the Gulf’s cultural infrastructure, which includes Saadiyat Cultural District, Art Dubai, and Doha’s Museum of Islamic Art. Some studies of high culture have illustrat... Read More about Fuelling Culture: Art, Race, and Capitalism on the Arabian Peninsula.

Emigration State in Transition: Foreign policy goals in Myanmar’s emigration policies and practices (2022)
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Khemanitthathai, S. Emigration State in Transition: Foreign policy goals in Myanmar’s emigration policies and practices. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis demonstrates how migration constitutes a salient element of both Myanmar’s foreign policy goals and its relations with foreign receiving states. It examines the implications of Myanmar’s migration policies and practices by focusing on two... Read More about Emigration State in Transition: Foreign policy goals in Myanmar’s emigration policies and practices.

Interrogating Education Policymaking in the Rwandan Developmental State: The Politics of Changing the Language of Instruction and the Higher Education Merger (2022)
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Ambrozy, M. T. Interrogating Education Policymaking in the Rwandan Developmental State: The Politics of Changing the Language of Instruction and the Higher Education Merger. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis explores the extent to which Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)-led policymaking and policy-implementation in the education sector can be accurately portrayed as successful within a wider Developmental State model. By analysing the perspective... Read More about Interrogating Education Policymaking in the Rwandan Developmental State: The Politics of Changing the Language of Instruction and the Higher Education Merger.

'Made by China': the politics and implications of Chinese government funded and constructed Parliament buildings in Lesotho, Malawi and Zimbabwe (2022)
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Batsani-Ncube, I. 'Made by China': the politics and implications of Chinese government funded and constructed Parliament buildings in Lesotho, Malawi and Zimbabwe. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This PhD thesis maps the political controversies in the making, using and contesting of three Parliament buildings in Africa that were financed and constructed by the People’s Republic of China. In the past two decades China has directly taken charge... Read More about 'Made by China': the politics and implications of Chinese government funded and constructed Parliament buildings in Lesotho, Malawi and Zimbabwe.

Framing Democracy: The Competing Discourses of the Pro-Establishment and the Pro-Democracy Camps in Hong Kong 2003 – 2014 (2022)
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Law, P. F. Framing Democracy: The Competing Discourses of the Pro-Establishment and the Pro-Democracy Camps in Hong Kong 2003 – 2014. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This study examines the competing democracy discourses in Hong Kong (HK) from 2003-2014. Using primarily the ideas of Foucault (amongst others) on discourse, power, and institutions, it investigates the continuities and discontinuities of the competi... Read More about Framing Democracy: The Competing Discourses of the Pro-Establishment and the Pro-Democracy Camps in Hong Kong 2003 – 2014.

A Field Guide to Human-Elephant Relations in Sri Lanka: Patterns, Roles, and Rhythms of Multispecies Socialities within Conflict and Cohabitation (2022)
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Oriel, E. A Field Guide to Human-Elephant Relations in Sri Lanka: Patterns, Roles, and Rhythms of Multispecies Socialities within Conflict and Cohabitation. (Thesis). SOAS University of London and Royal Veterinary College

As the extinction and climate crises erase many species’ lifeways and lives, an ecological politics that views all beings as actors, negotiators, persons even, is called for across disciplines. This research approaches human-elephant conflict (HEC) i... Read More about A Field Guide to Human-Elephant Relations in Sri Lanka: Patterns, Roles, and Rhythms of Multispecies Socialities within Conflict and Cohabitation.