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Research data: ELECTIONS
2017 Racial animosity and political party partisanship in South Africa: the case of the African National Congress and the black African majority
As it is in many countries, racial rhetoric is a feature of South African national government elections. The use of such rhetoric provokes t...
2017 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...
2016 The quest for 'three thirds' : the ANC's 2014 election campaign
This chapter examines the means by which the ANC utilises its discursive power, the power it derives through its political communications, i...