Unless the economic benefits resulting from having the government of national unity become socially inclusive, it might well collapse.
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What happens when people form romantic relationships across class? Eve Vincent and Rose Butler interviewed 38 people to find out. Their candid answers are revealing.
My research suggests City firms’ efforts to deliver more equal representation at the top have not worked because they were never meant to.
Skewed reportage on the land debate contributes to entrenching the injustices of colonialism and apartheid.
Non-racialism is one of the unexamined dogmas of the governing ANC, which has never fully understood how white racism functions.
The idea of what it means to be South Sudanese is not universally accepted in the young nation.
In his new book, Nigeria Democracy Without Development: How To Fix It, international political economist Omano Edigheji explains why democracy has not led to development in Nigeria.
A president’s persona is always a public act. In that way, Trump’s shtick – vulgar man of the people – was not exceptional. And every president has had to invent his version of the role.
Two social scientists investigate why working-class white men are particularly receptive to President Trump’s racist and anti-immigrant messages.
Rural and small-town residents believe they aren’t getting their fair share from the government. A majority of them were Trump supporters in 2016. How will they vote when Trump is gone?
London’s super rich are building thousands of subterranean palaces.
Mass hysteria and lawlessness during disasters are remarkably rare, contrary to Western Cape Premier Helen Zille’s prediction of anarchy when Cape Town’s taps run day.
What does it mean to have a cosmopolitan identity?
Making self-interest seem normal and a commitment to fairness an elite aberration has been a long-term project.
We should be wary of simplified and sweeping explanations about the scope for potential social and political reforms the middle classes can promote.
Over the past 300 years, Western educated elites have debated, founded and expanded the right to vote.
A survey shows that candidates who exploited populism in one way or the other during the first round of the French presidential election captured about half of the vote.
New measure of 32 countries’ economic balance places UK and US near bottom of the pile.
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Associate professor, University of East Anglia
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Professor Emeritus of Media and Culture, Griffith University, Griffith University
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Associate Professor in Political Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Regional Political Economy, University of Glasgow
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Historian, University of Greifswald
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Research Director of the Center for Employment Equity, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Employment Equity, UMass Amherst
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Directeur de recherche CNRS, Sciences Po
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Professor of Cities, Newcastle University
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Senior Lecturer, Macquarie School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Work, Queen Mary University of London
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Associate Professor and Director, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, University of South Florida
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