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Poverty, corruption and democracy: the role of 'political society' in post-colonial South Africa by Koelble, Thomas A.

“…The paper addresses the question of what accounts for South Africa's current deep political and economic crisis. The paper argues that most theories of…”
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Institutional complexity and unanticipated consequences: the failure of decentralization in South Africa by Koelble, Thomas A., Siddle, Andrew

“…The following article holds that the experiment with local government decentralization in South Africa has failed. We argue that South Africa's local…”
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Why Decentralization in South Africa Has Failed by Koelble, Thomas A., Siddle, Andrew

“…Decentralization in South Africa has not fulfilled its promise. Sixteen years after the adoption of the constitution, municipal governance in South Africa is…”
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Decentralization in Post-Apartheid South Africa by Koelble, Thomas A., Siddle, Andrew

“…Decentralization in South Africa was entrenched in the new democratic constitution of 1996 and charged local government with bringing basic and other services…”
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Traditional Leaders and the Culture of Governance in South Africa by KOELBLE, THOMAS A., Li PUMA, EDWARD

“…The global neoliberal economic and political order impregnated the emergence of democracy in South Africa. One of the hallmarks of this order is that the…”
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Democratizing Democracy: A Postcolonial Critique of Conventional Approaches to the 'Measurement of Democracy' by Koelble, Thomas A., Lipuma, Edward

“…In most approaches to measuring democracy, the underlying assumptions are highly a-historical and a-cultural. This article is a critique of such approaches and…”
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Currency devaluations and consolidating democracy: the example of the South African rand by LiPuma, Edward, Koelble, Thomas A.

“…In 2001 the South African rand depreciated suddenly and steeply against the dollar and euro. This triggered inflation as the prices of imported products gapped…”
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Institutional obstacles to service delivery in South Africa by Koelble, Thomas A., LiPuma, Edward

“…This paper argues that the service-delivery crisis facing two-thirds of the municipalities across South Africa is caused by a series of institutional…”
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Deliberative democracy and the politics of traditional leadership in South Africa: A case of despotic domination or democratic deliberation? by LiPuma, Edward, Koelble, Thomas A.

“…A heated debate developed in South Africa as to the meaning of 'deliberative democracy'. This debate is fanned by the claims of 'traditional leaders' that…”
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Social Capital in Emerging Democracies by LiPuma, Edward, Koelble, Thomas A.

“…Theorists have linked the creation of social capital to the development of the kind of robust civil society that underwrites the well formed and stable…”
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The effects of circulatory capitalism on democratization: Observations from South Africa and Brazil by Koelble, Thomas A., Lipuma, Edward

“…This article argues that the democratization processes taking place in South Africa and elsewhere in emerging market economies cannot be separated from the…”
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Zapiro: The Work of a Political Cartoonist in South Africa—Caricature, Complexity, and Comedy in a Climate of Contestation by Koelble, Thomas A., Robins, Steven L.

“…Jonathan Shapiro, better known as Zapiro, is South Africa's most influential and widely published political cartoonist. His work is featured in several…”
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Economic policy in the post-colony: South Africa between Keynesian remedies and Neoliberal pain by Koelble, Thomas A.

“…The jury is out and the verdict is in, according to most leftist commentators on the African National Congress (ANC) government. The South African political…”
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Economic policy diffusion and the international financial system: The case for an international Keynesian coalition by Lipuma, Edward, Koelble, Thomas A.

“…This article illustrates how the international financial markets influence socio-economic policy decisions taken by emerging market economies. These markets…”
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Globalisation and democratisation: the prospects for social democracy in South Africa by Koelble, Thomas A.

“…The prospects for social democracy in South Africa are assessed in the context of Gray's (1998) False Dawn and Hermann Giliomee and Charles Simkins' (eds,…”
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Why Decentralization in S outh A frica Has Failed by Koelble, Thomas A., Siddle, Andrew

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Traditional Leaders and the Culture of Governance in South Africa: TRADITIONAL LEADERS AND THE CULTURE OF GOVERNANCE by KOELBLE, THOMAS A., Li PUMA, EDWARD

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Rituals of Solidarity in the New South Africa by LiPuma, Edward, Koelble, Thomas A.

“…There is a deep connectivity between the construction of peoplehood and the fabrication of rituals, especially national secular rites of commemoration. The…”
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Una teoría económico-política de partidos competitivos by Thomas A. KOELBLE

“…RESUMEN:Los partidos políticos se dirigen a ciertos grupos sociales y distritos electorales a los que pretenden representar y de los cuales esperan obtener…”
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Party Structures and Democracy: Michels, McKenzie, and Duverger Revisited via the Examples of the West German Green Party and the British Social Democratic Party by KOELBLE, THOMAS A.

“…In recent years a number of new political parties have emerged in Western Europe with novel forms of intraparty organizations. This article addresses some of…”
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