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Research data: DEMOCRACY
2017 Traditional institutions of governance in a democratic South Africa
Tha background of the apartheid legacy and the current constitutional and legilastive context is important to understand the intense debates...
2017 Technology transformation and changing demographic patterns: perspectives for Africa
The last decade of the 21st century has so far seen many important elections on the African continent. These elections offer windows for the...
2017 Public procurement and experiments in transparency: how not to profit from the poor
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Download this report2017 Voting then, voting now: the long-term consequences of participation in South Africa's first democratic election
In a developing democracy, can elections change the behavior of participating citizens? I study the effect of voting in South Africa's first...