Lionel Cliffe

1.6k total citations
66 papers, 924 citations indexed

About

Lionel Cliffe is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lionel Cliffe has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 924 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 16 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 15 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Lionel Cliffe's work include African studies and sociopolitical issues (17 papers), African history and culture studies (14 papers) and Land Rights and Reforms (10 papers). Lionel Cliffe is often cited by papers focused on African studies and sociopolitical issues (17 papers), African history and culture studies (14 papers) and Land Rights and Reforms (10 papers). Lionel Cliffe collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Africa. Lionel Cliffe's co-authors include Ray Bush, Colin Stoneman, Ben Cousins, Rudo B. Gaidzanwa, Jocelyn Alexander, Philip White, Maureen Ramsay, Robin Luckham, John S. Saul and Peter Lawrence and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, The Journal of Peasant Studies and Development and Change.

In The Last Decade

Lionel Cliffe

60 papers receiving 634 citations

Peers

Lionel Cliffe
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  • Sociology and Political Science 521
  • Soil Science 250
  • Anthropology 209
  • Political Science and International Relations 201
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 178
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Countries citing papers authored by Lionel Cliffe

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lionel Cliffe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1 76
2
Land issues under power-sharing: comparing Kenya and Zimbabwe
1
3 1
4 8
5 1
6
Peace in the Horn This Year
1
7 28
8 20
9 22
10 8
11
Zimbabwe : politics, economics and society
53
12
Prospects for agrarian transformation in Zimbabwe
1
13 21
14 5
15 36
16
Underdevelopment or socialism? : a comparative analysis of Kenya and Tanzania
5
17
The Policy of Ujamaa Vijijini and the Class Struggle in Tanzania
11
18
Tanzania: socialist transformation and party development
3
19
The District Development Front in Tanzania
1
20
Socialist education in Tanzania
5

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