Roger Southall

3.6k citations
163 papers · 1.8k indexed · h-index 21
  • Development top 0.5%
    • International Development and Aid 11
  • Law top 0.2%
    • Legal Issues in South Africa 34
    • South African History and Culture 59
    • African studies and sociopolitical issues 26
    • Political Conflict and Governance 10
    • African history and culture studies 18
    • Labor Movements and Unions 8
    • Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics 9

Roger Southall

143 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Roger Southall
Comparison fields: 5 of 96
  • Development 220
  • Law 372
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.2k
  • Anthropology 215
  • Public Administration 72
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All Works

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2 20172
3 20145
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The South African Development Model: Hitting against the Limits?
20102
5
Kenya's uncertain democracy: the electoral crisis of 2008
200913
6 20090
7
The 'new scramble' and labour in Africa
20088
8
African presidents - of despots and democrats continuity and change in leadership
20081
9
South Africa's role in conflict resolution and peacemaking in Africa: conference proceedings
20063
10
The 'dominant party debate' in South Africa
200518
11
The Ndungu Report: land & graft in Kenya
200540
12
An African peace process : Mandela, South Africa, and Burundi
200530
13
COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions), the ANC (African National Congress) and the Election: Whither the Alliance?
19996
14
Uncertain Progress in Lesotho
19991
15
A Deepening of Democracy? Establishing Provincial Government in South Africa
19986
16
South Africa's 1994 Election in an African Perspective
19945
17
Monopoly capital and industrial unionism in the South African motor industry
19853
18
Trade unions and the internal working class in Lesotho
19843
19
Botha reformism, the Bantustan strategy and the marginalization of the South African periphery
19827
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Resettling the Refugees
19801

About Roger Southall

Roger Southall is a scholar working on Law, Development and Public Administration, having authored 163 papers that have together received 1.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include South African History and Culture (59 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (34 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (26 papers), African history and culture studies (18 papers), International Development and Aid (11 papers), Political Conflict and Governance (10 papers), Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (9 papers) and Labor Movements and Unions (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Development (220 citations), Law (372 citations) and Sociology and Political Science (1.2k citations). Roger Southall has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Juan Daniel, Roger Tangri, Henning Melber, Paul Wellings, Peter Kagwanja, Sakhela Buhlungu, Roddy Fox, Leslie Bank, Nicolas van de Walle and Greg Wood. Their work appears in journals such as Foreign Affairs, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and Third World Quarterly.

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