Laurence Piper

A graduate of the Universities and Natal and Cambridge, Laurence Piper is interested in informal urban life in the global south, both economic and political, and the implications for citizenship and participation in democratic politics and institutions. Within this broad frame, issues of identity and inclusion, and violence and reconciliation are recurring themes.

Laurence Piper is Professor of Political Studies at the University of the Western Cape. With a PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2000, he has published extensively on Zulu nationalism, the Inkatha Freedom Party and electoral politics in South Africa. His current research concerns new democratic theory and innovations, particularly new forms of participation in local governance and development in the global South Africa. Prof Piper is an NRF-rated scientist.

Publications

Democracy Disconnected: Governance and Participation in a City of the South. Routledge, 2019. with Dr Fiona Anciano.

http://democracydisconnected.com/