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Political Studies Department, University of Cape Town
5th Floor, Robert Leslie Social Science Building, Upper Campus

		Research interests	Courses taught/convened
	Assoc. Prof Thiven Reddy Head of Department Convenor: Politics postgraduate programme Rm 5.34, R Leslie bldg +27 21 650-3385 thiven.reddy@uct.ac.za	Comparative politics; South African politics; regime transition and democratisation; political party systems and political parties; post colonial theory and identity politics	POL3039S (with H Scanlon) Advanced South African Politics POL4044S Global Political Thought
	Dr Zwelethu Jolobe Deputy Head of Department General Postgraduate Convenor Rm 5.26, R Leslie bldg +27 21 650-3382 zwelethu.jolobe@uct.ac.za	Comparative politics; international relations; African politics; political violence; revolutions; contemporary South African politics; democratisation	POL1004F Introduction to Politics POL4012F Comparative Politics POL5001F Comparative Politics
	Assoc. Professor John Akokpari Senior Lecturer Convenor: International Relations postgraduate programme Rm 5.32, R Leslie bldg +27 21 650-3912 john.akokpari@uct.ac.za	African politics; international relations; political economy; comparative politics	POL1005S (with L Lushaba) Introduction to Politics B POL3044S Foreign Policy Analysis POL5043S Regionalism in Africa
	Prof Robert Cameron Professor Rm 5.24, R Leslie bldg +27 21 650-3380 robert.cameron@uct.ac.za	Comparative local government politics & administration; public sector reform; public administration thought	POL3038S Urban Politics & Administration POL4015S Local Government POL5006F Public Management
	Prof Anthony Butler Professor Rm 5.22, R Leslie bldg +27 21 650-3384 anthony.butler@uct.ac.za	Politics & public policy in South Africa, including political funding, theories of the state, policy uncertainty, party systems, the politics of HIV/AIDS policy, and black economic empowerment in SA	POL5044S South African Politics
	Dr Lwazi Lushaba Lecturer Rm 5.24.1, R Leslie bldg +27 21 650-2050 lwazi.lushaba@uct.ac.za	Political philosophy; Subaltern Studies (decolonial thought, the politics of representation, and postcolonial theory); African politics; radical African/Black traditions of intellectual thought	POL4050S Contemporary Debates in African Politics
	Dr Vinothan Naidoo Senior Lecturer Convenor: Public Policy & Administration postgraduate programme Rm 5.23, R Leslie bldg +27 21 650-3383 vinothan.naidoo@uct.ac.za	Public administration, with a special interest in comparative public administration and development management.	POL2042S Comparative Public Institutions POL4013S Comparative Public Administration POL5007S Policy Evaluation & Implementation
	Ms Alecia Ndlovu Lecturer Rm 5.26, R Leslie bldg +27 21 650-4748 alecia.ndlovu@uct.ac.za	Political economy of development, politics and governance in Africa, comparative politics, quantitative research methods.	POL2038F Comparative Politics POL2039F The Politics of International Economic Relations POL5035F Data analysis in Political Science POL5032F International Political Economy
	Dr Helen Scanlon Senior Lecturer (On Sabbatical) Convenor: Justice & Transformation postgraduate programme Rm 5.27, R Leslie bldg +27 21 650-5593 h.scanlon@uct.ac.za	Transitional justice in an African context; conflict resolution; peace-building; gender and conflict	POL3039S (with T Reddy) Advanced South African Politics POL4032F Comparative Transitional Justice POL5037S Post-Conflict Justice in Africa
	Dr Elias Phaahla Lecturer Rm 5.23, R Leslie bldg elias.phaahla@uct.ac.za	Comparing development and welfare paradigms of South Africa, Mauritius and Chile; emerging powers and the remaking of the global economic architecture.	POL2038F Comparative Politics POL4012F/POL5001F Comparative Politics
	Gregory Maxaulane Lecturer Rm 5.66 R Leslie bldg gregory.maxaulane@uct.ac.za	Social and Political theory Politics in South Africa and the Black Atlantic World	POL1004F Introduction to Politics POL3029F Politics of Africa and Global South

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