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Reproducing toxic election campaigns: Negative campaigning and race-based politics in the Western Cape
(Sabinet, 2015)
The 2014 election in the Western Cape was once again a high-stakes,
fiercely-contested affair. Political parties saw the Western Cape as an ‘open
race’ and the province became the centre of vigorous campaign efforts ...
Representing Hamilton
(Taylor & Francis group, 2017)
In his most important book to date, Freedom is Power: Liberty Through Political Representation (2014b), Lawrence Hamilton offers what he describes as a realistic theory of freedom for
modern conditions, located in the ...
Non-racialism and the African National Congress: views from the branch
(Taylor & Francis group, 2014)
South Africa’s ruling party is well known as an organisation that supports the ideal of
non-racialism. However, the extent to which the African National Congress (ANC)
has defined and instrumentalised the concept of ...
The limits of participatory democracy and the rise of the informal politics of mediated representation in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
In general, South Africans view the formal participatory institutions
of their state as ineffective mechanisms for the realization of their
demands. Conversely, the reach of formalized civil society is
limited in terms ...
Response to Prathama Banerjee's sovereignty and ascendancy: south Asian reflections
(Academia, 2018)
In this fantastic, wide-ranging but closely argued paper Prathama Banerjee makes the case that the concept of sovereignty is not a universal concept, but rather that it has a particular, substantive meaning developed in ...
Political violence in KwaZulu-Natal
(CPLO, 2018)
After 25 years of democracy, political violence
remains one of the greatest challenges that
continuously undermine South Africa’s
constitutional state. The province of KwaZuluNatal accounts for the majority of ...
A realist perspective of president trumps first un general assembly speech
(Academia, 2017)
On 19 September 2017, president of the United States of America (USA), Donald Trump, took the podium at the New York-based institution of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). In his speech, Trump provided global ...
Power in action: Democracy, citizenship and social justice by Steven Friedman
(2019)
Steven Friedman has long been one of South Africa’s premier public intellectuals, making invaluable
and thoughtful contributions on the political issues of the day. In Power in Action, he zooms out from
everyday issues ...
Book review: Building a capable state: service delivery in post-apartheid South Africa
(SAGE, 2019)
Written by long-standing research practitioners Ian Palmer and Nishendra Moodley,
as well as one of South Africa’s leading academic urbanists, Professor Sue Parnell,
Building a Capable State tackles the hard
question ...
Why treating water scarcity as a security issue is a bad idea.
(The Conversation Africa, 2018)
Helen Zille, the Premier of the Western Cape in South Africa, has made two startling
claims about the water crisis in the province. She says there will be anarchy when the
taps run dry, and that normal policing will be ...