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day, I thank the staff of Wright’s Bar for remembering the way I drink my coffeeand ensuring that I was never hungry. I would like to thank Henry Radice andSerena Sharma for a productive, enlightening, and stimulating year co-editingMillennium: Journal of International Studies in 2006-7. Thanks go to Martina Langer ofthe IR Department for her efficiency and friendliness, as well as the staffs of theLSE Library, and the Senate House Library.For their love, support, and never asking, ‘When will you be done?’, I would like tothank my family. My close-knit family endured my absence for four years. Myparents to whom this thesis is dedicated, my mother Valie, who still encourages me,and my father Christopher, whom I lost during the writing of this thesis while onfieldwork in Brazil, are the dubious beneficiaries of this humble vote of gratitude. Itpales into insignificance beside all they have selflessly given my sisters and me. Mysisters, Chanelle Moore and Nadine Stow, a doctor and teacher, respectively, giveme so much inspiration daily. My nephew, Nikolas, makes everything worthwhile.My grandparents, all of whom passed away before I started this project, deserve mythanks and to be remembered for never wavering in their love and support of myacademic efforts while I was growing up. My brothers-in-law, Grant and Evan, areowed thanks for understanding ‘what we may and may not ask Candice about herPhD’. I thank my dear extended family member, Dorah Mose, for lifelong love andencouragement.Ultimately, there have been very many occasions on which I doubted very deeplywhether this was a goal worth pursuing. I faced many uphill battles in all areas ofthis endeavour. However, my faith in God has been the rock on which I haveleaned most heavily. I thank God for replenishing my personal and professionalresources on more occasions than I can remember. It is not easy being a scientistand a Christian, but I am fortunate to be both scientist and Christian, rather thanscientist alone.Candice Eleanor MooreJohannesburg, 20118