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Research outputs: ELECTIONS
2013 The South African Social Attitudes Survey 2012: the state of democracy in South Africa: tabulation report
The overall objective of this study was to inform and guide the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in its plans, policies and practices...
2013 State of the nation: South Africa 2012-2013
Between 2003 and 2008, the HSRC published its annual flagship publication, State of the Nation. Since the launch of the first edition, the s...
2012 A vote of confidence: gender differences in attitudes to electoral participation and experience in South Africa
Despite a sizeable body of literature on the extent and nature of gender differences in electoral participation in developed countries there...
2011 IEC voter participation survey 2010/11
The primary overall objective of this study is to inform and guide the Commission in its plans, policies and practices in order to assist th...