South Africa
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The South African Negrophobia: Sub-imperial Blowback, Scapegoating and a Major Threat to Continental Unity
CASAS’ member Kennedy Manduna has published this post in the site of the International Research Group on Authoritarianism and Counter-Strategies. Abstract: South Africa’s recurring xenophobic violence is not an isolated outbreak but a symptom of deeper structural fractures — economic inequality, political scapegoating, and the legacy of sub-imperial dominance. As retaliatory boycotts and legal challenges…
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Bridging divides against erratic democratic trajectories: the politics of rural and urban social movements in Southern Africa
CASAS’ member Boaventura Monjane just published this paper in Globalizations. Abstract: This article examines the complex relationship between social and popular movements in Southern Africa across sectors and geographies amid erratic democracy. It analyzes how these sectorial and geographical divides undermine collective strategies and shape the contested legitimacy of neoliberal or undemocratic authorities. The article…
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On financing social security in the shadow of the digital age
Ruth Castel-Branco (CASAS’ member) has published an article with Sarah Cook, Arabo K Ewinyu, and Thokozile Madonko in Global Social Policy. Abstract: Over the last decades, there has been a growing interest in the role of social protection as an instrument of inclusive growth. Much of the scholarship on the expansion of social protection has…
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‘Capital grabs back’: towards a global research agenda on the land grabbing-land reform/restitution nexus
CASAS’ members Enrique Castañón Ballivián, George Tonderai Mudimu & Mnqobi Ngubane have published with Melanie Sommerville in The Journal of Peasant Studies. Abstract: Capital is grabbing back land allocated through diverse national land reform and land restitution programmes globally. This article critically analyses this trend, which has so far received insufficient attention from land grab…