Qualifications:
BA Hons, MA, DPhil (Stellenbosch).
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Teaching specialisation:
Political Economy
Research interests:
The political economy of South and Southern Africa within the dynamics of globalisation. Theorising the African state form within the context of local social forces and the dynamics of the contemporary world order.
Current research projects
An empirical and critical application of the political economist, Robert W Cox's, macro theory of change to focus on the behaviour of marginalised social forces in Southern Africa. This involves generating hypotheses about these groups derived from Coxian Critical Theory and subjecting them to the survey data generated by the Afrobarometer project. An ongoing theoretical evaluation of Cox's work with the aim of (re)locating his contribution to political economy theory and attempting a synthesis between rational and interpretative approaches towards a critical empiricism.
Recent publications:
Marginalisation in Southern Africa: Tranformation from Below?
