My research background is in comparative politics and southern African politics,
with a long standing interest in political economy and the history of political thought
in terms of how these fields of study bear on our understanding of political transitions,
development, democratisation and the evolving nature of the postcolonial world. More
recently my research has increasingly become focussed on comparative and theoretical
aspects of Anglo-American conservatism, in particular its relationship to classical
liberalism and to the anti-Enlightenment tradition, as well as its applicability to the
study of postcolonial politics.
Specific research interest include: the legacy of settler colonialism; state-business
relations and their impact on development and democratisation; the history of capitalism
in Southern Africa; corporate governance in developing countries; relations between North
and South in the global economy; conservatism and economic development. Most of these
research projects relate to my longstanding fascination with the philosophical and
political origins of development as a concept and the theoretical debates on what
constitutes development as defined by orthodox and post-development approaches to the
subject.
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