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Research data: PUBLIC ATTITUDE
2013 The nation states: the most important issues that preoccupy the nation
With an ambitious set of priorities planned by national government ahead of the 2014 general election, Benjamin Roberts, Jare Struwig and St...
2013 Public perceptions of science and technology
In the international context, South Africa has a unique 'fingerprint' of public attitudes towards science, characterised by a complex and sh...
Download this report2013 How popular protests influence public discourse and public accountability: revisiting the theory of public spheres in South Africa
This article analyses some major sociopolitical trajectories in South African society since the advent of democracy, in the light of the soc...
2004 Popular attitudes toward the South African electoral system
This article is based on a survey of popular attitudes towards the pure list system that is South Africa's proportional representation elect...