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
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