In this thesis, I argue for a move from the preoccupation with the obvious
(crude and quantifiable impacts), towards critically examining the subtle (less
than obvious impacts), which will allow us to deal with adversities (the likes of
HIV and AIDS) in the most effective ways. The thesis adopts the summative
governance framework to demonstrate how our preoccupation with the
quantifiable impacts shrouds our intellectual and practical ability to deal with
the subtle impacts of AIDS. Governance is hypothesised to emerge amidst
turbulent, unpredictable, messy, complex and dynamic path conditions
predicated upon certain orders of criticality, including but not limited to the
process of knowledge formation, retention and transfer. The thesis suggests
that the evolution of governance from nascent to fully institutionalised
mechanisms of control is in itself a product of the evolution of knowledge.
Notwithstanding, HIV and AIDS constrain the emergence of governance
through impacting the process of knowledge formation, retention and transfer. Resultantly, these impacts are not merely additive and isolated to the sectoral
governances, but are summative, intergenerational and structured, and
potentially endanger the fundamental systems of governance. The pre and
post independence induced vulnerabilities of Namibia are presented to
demonstrate that the country is an engrossing, but yet a perilous mix of the
past and the present. Whilst Namibia aspires for a democratic, non-racial,
progressive society, the thesis demonstrates that due to constraints
engendered by HIV and AIDS this proceeds on terms and conditions that by
no means guarantee a happy outcome.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/7287 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Mameja, Jerry |
| Contributors | Not named |
| Publisher | University of Bradford, Department of Peace Studies, School of Social and International Studies |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, doctoral, PhD |
| Rights | <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />The University of Bradford theses are licenced under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>. |
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