Deborah James

2.3k total citations
76 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Deborah James is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Law and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah James has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 22 papers in Law and 17 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Deborah James's work include Legal Issues in South Africa (19 papers), Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (16 papers) and South African History and Culture (14 papers). Deborah James is often cited by papers focused on Legal Issues in South Africa (19 papers), Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (16 papers) and South African History and Culture (14 papers). Deborah James collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Africa and United States. Deborah James's co-authors include Elizabeth Hull, Evan Killick, Insa Koch, Dinah Rajak, Preben Kaarsholm, Caitlin Zaloom, Sandra Clarke, Marguerite MacKenzie, Fenella Cannell and C. H. Whittle and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Annual Review of Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Deborah James

69 papers receiving 868 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Deborah James United Kingdom	19	524	177	154	153	125	76	1.1k
Shirley Ardener United Kingdom	15	437 0.8×	156 0.9×	86 0.6×	103 0.7×	83 0.7×	34	969
Sonia E. Álvarez United States	14	1.0k 2.0×	162 0.9×	46 0.3×	615 4.0×	69 0.6×	39	1.7k
Peter C. W. Gutkind Canada	18	566 1.1×	343 1.9×	20 0.1×	215 1.4×	199 1.6×	101	1.2k
Sian Lazar United Kingdom	17	631 1.2×	261 1.5×	63 0.4×	514 3.4×	252 2.0×	41	1.3k
Richard Lachmann United States	19	730 1.4×	132 0.7×	20 0.1×	385 2.5×	168 1.3×	58	1.4k
Jane L. Parpart United States	20	818 1.6×	277 1.6×	20 0.1×	246 1.6×	52 0.4×	107	1.4k
Elizabeth Schmidt United States	17	647 1.2×	371 2.1×	27 0.2×	104 0.7×	29 0.2×	52	945
Luis Roniger United States	16	862 1.6×	103 0.6×	21 0.1×	558 3.6×	51 0.4×	78	1.4k
Hirokazu Miyazaki United States	11	484 0.9×	278 1.6×	142 0.9×	203 1.3×	60 0.5×	26	1.0k
Derek Sayer Canada	16	824 1.6×	229 1.3×	46 0.3×	522 3.4×	45 0.4×	49	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Deborah James

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All Works

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James, Deborah. (2025). What relevance has division of labour in a world of precarious work?. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 380(1922). 20230279–20230279. 1 indexed citations

Breckenridge, Keith & Deborah James. (2021). Recentring the margins: Theorizing African capitalism after 50 years. Economy and Society. 50(1). 1–8. 6 indexed citations

James, Deborah. (2021). Life and debt: A view from the south. Economy and Society. 50(1). 36–56. 20 indexed citations

Koch, Insa & Deborah James. (2020). The State of the Welfare State: Advice, Governance and Care in Settings of Austerity. Ethnos. 87(1). 1–21. 24 indexed citations

James, Deborah. (2020). Householding and social reproduction. Focaal. 2020(86). 125–128. 1 indexed citations

James, Deborah. (2020). Money from Nothing. Stanford University Press eBooks. 35 indexed citations

James, Deborah, et al.. (2019). ‘Sorting out income’: transnational householding and austerity Britain. Social Anthropology. 28(3). 671–685. 8 indexed citations

James, Deborah, et al.. (2014). Acts of Assistance: Navigating the Interstices of the British State with the Help of Non-profit Legal Advisers. Social Analysis. 58(3). 21 indexed citations

James, Deborah, et al.. (2014). Labour, Lodging and Linkages: Migrant Women's Experience in South Africa. African Studies. 73(3). 410–431. 11 indexed citations

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James, Deborah. (2011). A Sociedade Chope: Indívíduo e Aliança no Sul de Moçambique (1969-1976). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

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James, Deborah. (2011). Tenure reformed. Focaal. 2011(61). 19–32. 2 indexed citations

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James, Deborah & Carol E. Kaufman. (2001). The reproductive consequences of shifting ethnic identity in South Africa. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 1 indexed citations

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James, Deborah. (2000). Sister, spouse, lazy woman: commentaries on domestic predicaments by Kiba performers from the Northern Province. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 1 indexed citations

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James, Deborah. (1999). Bagagešu (Those of My Home): Women Migrants, Ethnicity, and Performance in South Africa. American Ethnologist. 26(1). 69–89. 9 indexed citations

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James, Deborah & Carol Muller. (1994). Report on the eleventh symposium on ethnomusicology, Natal university Durban, 23–25 August 1993. African Studies. 53(1). 145–148.

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Gordon, Gordon & Deborah James. (1992). An Unofficial Guide to the Bill of Rights. Brigham Young University law review. 1992(2). 371–374. 1 indexed citations

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Gordon, Gordon & Deborah James. (1992). A Bibliography of Humor and the Law. Brigham Young University law review. 1992(2). 427–456. 1 indexed citations

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James, Deborah. (1986). Foreground and Background in Moose Cree Narratives. 17. 1 indexed citations

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James, Deborah. (1985). Family and household in a Lebowa village. African Studies. 44(2). 159–187. 17 indexed citations

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James, Deborah. (1973). The Syntax and Semantics of Some English Interjections.. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 20 indexed citations

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