Politikon, Volume 44, Issue 1 (2017)

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Progress or Stagnation: Quo Vadis Southern African Politics?

Editorial

Editorial
Progress or Stagnation: Quo Vadis Southern African Politics?
Cheryl Hendricks
Pages: 1-3
Published online: 01 Mar 2017
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The State of Democratisation in Southern Africa: Blocked Transitions, Reversals, Stagnation, Progress and Prospects
Khabele Matlosa
Pages: 5-26
Published online: 01 Mar 2017
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The Democracy Deficit of Africa’s Liberation Movements Turned Governments
William Gumede
Pages: 27-48
Published online: 08 Feb 2017
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Rethinking the Effects of Identity Politics in a Multi-ethnic Society: A Comparative Case Analysis of Zambia and Kenya
Sanny Mulubale
Pages: 49-71
Published online: 26 Jan 2017
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Challenging Elite Understandings of Citizen Participation in South Africa
Julia Plessing
Pages: 73-91
Published online: 05 Jan 2017
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Redrawing the Map of Southern Africa? A Critical Analysis of the Arguments for the Unification of South Africa and Lesotho
Laurence Caromba
Pages: 93-109
Published online: 12 Jan 2017
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An Exploration of the Effects of Structural Adjustment and BRICS Engagement on Development in Zimbabwe Over the Periods 1991–1995 and 2009–2013
Melba C. Nyabereka
Pages: 111-131
Published online: 23 Jan 2017
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Drivers of the Foreign Policies of Southern African Small States
Suzanne Graham
Pages: 133-155
Published online: 16 Jan 2017
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The First Ladies of Southern Africa: Trophies or Trailblazers?
Jo-Ansie van Wyk
Pages: 157-172
Published online: 30 Jan 2017
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Comment and Debate

Review Article
The Discordant Soft Power Tunes of South Africa’s Withdrawal from the ICC
Christopher Isike & Olusola Ogunnubi
Pages: 173-179
Published online: 08 Jan 2017
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Mobilizing Transnational Gender Politics in Post-genocide Rwanda
Raeesah Cassim Cachalia
Pages: 181-182
Published online: 12 Jan 2017
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New African Intellectuals and New African Political Thought in the Twentieth Century
Mojalefa Dipholo
Pages: 182-184
Published online: 08 Feb 2017
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Correction
Erratum
Page: 185
Published online: 28 Mar 2017
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