Malnutrition is a considerable contributor to child mortality and morbidity. Child malnutrition
further affects the country's economic development. Child malnutrition in South Africa is …

Grounded in social-contractual ideas about relationships between the governed and those
who govern, the provision of social benefits to citizens has historically been predicated on …

In recent years, scholars of authoritarianism have noted a trend in which institutions
designed to check arbitrary power have been hollowed out to facilitate its exercise. As they …

This article is about how ideologies legitimize authoritarianism. The literature argues that
liberation nationalists discursively construct “liberation” as an ongoing struggle and justify …

In 2015, using social media, a new generation of South African university students launched
the social justice movement# FeesMustFall. The call for social justice, equity and equality …

In the wake of unthinkable atrocities, it is reasonable to ask how any population can move
on from the experience of genocide. Simply remembering the past can, in the shadow of …

Over the past decade, as ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) initiated Turkey's
authoritarian populist turn, it sought to derive legitimacy through extra-institutional avenues …

Support for democracy, human rights, and good governance reforms in Africa has become a
prominent objective in engagement by European Union (EU) institutions, EU member states …

Human rights abuse tends to increase during national crises, such as civil wars and mass
nonviolent uprisings. Under what conditions does this abuse abate or persist? I argue that …

This article is about democratic political thought and African political parties. Studies judge
that opposition speak about democracy, but rarely express democratic ideologies. This …