Harold Wolpe

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

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Harold Wolpe is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Law and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Harold Wolpe has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 3 papers in Law and 3 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Harold Wolpe's work include South African History and Culture (4 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (3 papers) and African studies and sociopolitical issues (2 papers). Harold Wolpe is often cited by papers focused on South African History and Culture (4 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (3 papers) and African studies and sociopolitical issues (2 papers). Harold Wolpe collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Brazil and United States. Harold Wolpe's co-authors include Martin J. Murray, Martin Legassick, Ann Seidman, Elaine Unterhalter, John Stone, Saleem Badat, Richard L. Sklar, Frederick Johnstone and Charles van Onselen and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Communications of the ACM and British Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Harold Wolpe

20 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Capitalism and cheap labour-power in South Africa: from segregation to apartheid¹

1972 656 citations Harold Wolpe Economy and Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Harold Wolpe United Kingdom	13	807	219	205	205	173	22	1.3k
Bruce M. Landesman United States	4	851 1.1×	554 2.5×	86 0.4×	86 0.4×	246 1.4×	10	1.5k
Michaël Löwy France	16	611 0.8×	181 0.8×	47 0.2×	89 0.4×	53 0.3×	237	1.0k
A. L. Epstein United States	11	384 0.5×	143 0.7×	221 1.1×	83 0.4×	48 0.3×	36	802
Davina Cooper United Kingdom	20	706 0.9×	303 1.4×	26 0.1×	207 1.0×	66 0.4×	73	1.4k
Peter Stallybrass United States	15	590 0.7×	161 0.7×	255 1.2×	29 0.1×	79 0.5×	37	1.8k
Ernst Bloch	17	636 0.8×	203 0.9×	68 0.3×	27 0.1×	74 0.4×	84	1.2k
György Lukács	20	795 1.0×	204 0.9×	105 0.5×	22 0.1×	100 0.6×	107	1.7k
Allon White	5	498 0.6×	120 0.5×	182 0.9×	20 0.1×	82 0.5×	8	1.4k
Andrew Apter United States	14	659 0.8×	239 1.1×	639 3.1×	20 0.1×	265 1.5×	45	1.5k
Jacques Donzelot France	14	768 1.0×	251 1.1×	32 0.2×	33 0.2×	144 0.8×	45	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Harold Wolpe

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Harold Wolpe

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Wolpe, Harold. (2023). The Articulation of Modes of Production.

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Wolpe, Harold. (1995). THE UNEVEN TRANSITION FROM APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA. Transformation. 88–101. 23 indexed citations

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Wolpe, Harold. (1995). The Debate on University Transformation in South Africa: the case of the University of the Western Cape. Comparative Education. 31(2). 275–292. 41 indexed citations

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Unterhalter, Elaine, et al.. (1993). Apartheid Education and Popular Struggles. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 26(1). 202–202. 27 indexed citations

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Unterhalter, Elaine, et al.. (1991). Education in a future South Africa : policy issues for transformation. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 24 indexed citations

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Seidman, Ann, et al.. (1988). Race Class and the Apartheid State. African Economic History. 171–171. 60 indexed citations

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Wolpe, Harold. (1985). The Liberation Struggles and Research. Review of African Political Economy. 12(32). 9 indexed citations

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Wolpe, Harold. (1985). Political strategies and the law in South Africa: analytical considerations. Journal of Southern African Studies. 12(1). 12–24. 5 indexed citations

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Murray, Martin J. & Harold Wolpe. (1981). The Articulation of Modes of Production: Essays from Economy and Society.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 10(5). 708–708. 63 indexed citations

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Wolpe, Harold. (1980). The articulation of modes of production : essays from economy and society. 36 indexed citations

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Wolpe, Harold, Richard L. Sklar, Frederick Johnstone, & Charles van Onselen. (1978). Corporate Power in an African State: The Political Impact of Multinational Mining Companies in Zambia. British Journal of Sociology. 29(2). 272–272. 1 indexed citations

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Wolpe, Harold. (1978). A comment on ‘the poverty of Neo‐Marxism’. Journal of Southern African Studies. 4(2). 240–256. 9 indexed citations

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Legassick, Martin & Harold Wolpe. (1976). The Bantustans and capital accumulation in South Africa. Review of African Political Economy. 3(7). 60 indexed citations

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Wolpe, Harold. (1976). The ‘White Working class’ in South Africa. Economy and Society. 5(2). 197–240. 43 indexed citations

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Wolpe, Harold. (1975). The theory of internal colonization: the South African case. 243–266. 61 indexed citations

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Wolpe, Harold & John Stone. (1974). Colonist or Uitlander? A Study of the British Immigrant in South Africa.. Population Studies. 28(3). 549–549. 9 indexed citations

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Wolpe, Harold. (1972). Capitalism and cheap labour-power in South Africa: from segregation to apartheid¹. Economy and Society. 1(4). 425–456. 656 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wolpe, Harold. (1972). South Africa: Sociological Perspectives. Sociology. 6(2). 297–298. 8 indexed citations

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Wolpe, Harold. (1968). A Critical Analysis of Some Aspects of Charisma. The Sociological Review. 16(3). 305–318. 10 indexed citations

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Wolpe, Harold. (1958). Algorithm for analyzing logical statements to produce a truth function table. Communications of the ACM. 1(3). 4–13. 148 indexed citations

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