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ii This work is licensed under a creative commons attribution-noderivs 3.0 unported license. iii DEDICATION This is dedicated to the peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina. May they finally know real and all-encompassing peace. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Writing a thesis is never an easy task and is one that is rarely undertaken alone. Instead an individual banks on the resources of his nearest and dearest and finally comes up with his final product. This has also been the case for me and were it not for my loving parents Marlene and Peter as well as my supportive brother Mark, neither this thesis nor this Master’s degree would have been possible. Their unending support has ensured that I have remained relatively sane and humble as I undertook this endeavour. Whilst we don’t get to choose family, we do get to choose friends. I cannot therefore fail to mention all those friends who chose to stick by me and believed in me even when I did not. Special