University of Cape Town

Faculty Member, Political Studies

Professor; Director, Democracy in Africa Research Unit

Humanities

About

My research focuses on the development of democratic attitudes and practices in South Africa and across sub-Saharan Africa.

I teach in the Department of Political Studies at the University of Cape Town www.humanities.uct.ac.za/postgraduate/departments/politicalstud

I am also Director of the Democracy in Africa Research Unit (www.cssr.uct.ac.za/daru) located within the Centre for Social Science Research (www.cssr.uct.ac.za) at UCT.

I have a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1992).

Research Projects

-Co-founder and Senior Adviser to the Afrobarometer, a regular survey of public opinion in 20 African countries  www.afrobarometer.org.

-Co-director of the African Legislatures Project, a study of legislators and legislatures in 20 African countries
www.africanlegislaturesproject.org

-Research Associate, Comparative National Elections Project
www.cnep.ics.ul.pt/index1.asp

Publications

I am co-author author (with Michael Bratton and E. Gyimah-Boadi) of Public Opinion, Democracy and Markets In Africa (Cambridge University Press, 2004) and have published on this subject in in the American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, World Development, Journal of Democracy, Democratization, and Party Politics. 

Contact Information

Email:

Address: Centre for Social Science Research
Robert Leslie Social Science Building
University of Cape Town
Private Bag
Rondebosch 7701
South Africa