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2018 South Africa's social contract: the Economic Freedom Fighters and the rise of a new constituent power?

Taking the South African constitution as an eminent symbol of the South African social contract, and noting the opinion of many that the con...

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2017 Does democracy enhance economic growth?: the case of Anglophone West Africa

This article investigates the relationship between democracy and economic growth in five Anglophone West African countries using annual data...

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...