Various theories of democratic governance posit that citizens should vote for incumbent
politicians when they provide good service, and vote for the opposition when service …

This article aims to explain stark local-level inequalities in public goods access in South
Africa and put forth a new framework as to how local electoral competitiveness and …

The period of democratisation known as the Third Wave resulted in widespread
democratisation in diverse parts of the world. In this study we use data from the World …

Which factor–being an electoral loser or being a non-voter–has a greater negative influence
on perceptions of democratic institutions in South Africa? Employing four waves of …

The Cape Town water crisis of 2017 to 2019 became national and international news due to
the risk of a major metropole running out of water. What this portrayal neglects to include is …

In countries ruled by a single party for a long period of time, how does political opposition to
the ruling party grow? In this dissertation, I study the growth in support for the Democratic …

Recent analyses of the continued dominance of the African National Congress (ANC) have
centred on its organizational, electoral, governmental and popular bases of power. This …

The question motivating this dissertation is: what explains variation in service delivery levels
across local government units in non-metropolitan areas of South Africa and Mozambique …