Roger Southall

3.6k total citations
163 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Roger Southall is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Law and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Roger Southall has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 34 papers in Law and 18 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Roger Southall's work include South African History and Culture (59 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (34 papers) and African studies and sociopolitical issues (26 papers). Roger Southall is often cited by papers focused on South African History and Culture (59 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (34 papers) and African studies and sociopolitical issues (26 papers). Roger Southall collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and Canada. Roger Southall's 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 and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and Third World Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Roger Southall

143 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers

Roger Southall
Bill Freund South Africa
Bryant G. Garth United States
Patrick Chabal United Kingdom
Ira Katznelson United States
Vedi R. Hadiz Australia
Colin Leys Canada
James Cobbe United States
Bill Freund South Africa
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Fields of papers citing papers by Roger Southall

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roger Southall

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Southall, Roger. (2017). The Case for Sortition: Tackling the Limitations of Democracy in South Africa. Politikon. 45(2). 245–260. 2 indexed citations
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Southall, Roger. (2017). Book Review: South Africa's Corporatised Liberation: A Critical Analysis of the ANC in Power. Africa Spectrum. 52(1). 122–125. 2 indexed citations
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Southall, Roger. (2014). The African Middle Class in South Africa 1910–1994. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 29(2). 287–310. 5 indexed citations
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Southall, Roger. (2010). The South African Development Model: Hitting against the Limits?. 32(2). 69. 2 indexed citations
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Southall, Roger, et al.. (2009). Kenya's uncertain democracy: the electoral crisis of 2008. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 27(3). 257–461. 13 indexed citations
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Buhlungu, Sakhela, et al.. (2009). Book Review: South Africa 2005-2006: State of the Nation. Africa Insight. 37(1).
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Southall, Roger. (2008). The 'new scramble' and labour in Africa. 41(2). 128–155. 8 indexed citations
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Melber, Henning & Roger Southall. (2008). African presidents - of despots and democrats continuity and change in leadership. African Renaissance. 5(1). 19–27. 1 indexed citations
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Southall, Roger. (2006). South Africa's role in conflict resolution and peacemaking in Africa: conference proceedings. 3 indexed citations
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Southall, Roger. (2005). The 'dominant party debate' in South Africa. Africa Spectrum. 40(1). 61–82. 18 indexed citations
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Southall, Roger. (2005). The Ndungu Report: land & graft in Kenya. Review of African Political Economy. 32(103). 142–151. 40 indexed citations
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Southall, Roger, et al.. (2005). An African peace process : Mandela, South Africa, and Burundi. 30 indexed citations
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Southall, Roger & Geoffrey Wood. (1999). COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions), the ANC (African National Congress) and the Election: Whither the Alliance?. Transformation. 68–81. 6 indexed citations
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Southall, Roger. (1999). Uncertain Progress in Lesotho. Conflict trends. 1999(3). 0. 1 indexed citations
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Southall, Roger. (1998). A Deepening of Democracy? Establishing Provincial Government in South Africa. Africa Insight. 28. 5–18. 6 indexed citations
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Southall, Roger. (1994). South Africa's 1994 Election in an African Perspective. Africa Insight. 24(2). 86–98. 5 indexed citations
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Southall, Roger. (1985). Monopoly capital and industrial unionism in the South African motor industry. 18(2). 304–342. 3 indexed citations
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Southall, Roger. (1984). Trade unions and the internal working class in Lesotho. 10(3). 85–113. 3 indexed citations
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Southall, Roger. (1982). Botha reformism, the Bantustan strategy and the marginalization of the South African periphery. 15(2). 6–39. 7 indexed citations
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Southall, Roger. (1980). Resettling the Refugees. Africa report. 25(6). 48–52. 1 indexed citations

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