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Robert Mattes

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1992

Active since

Affiliations

University of Cape Town(Current)

Michigan State University

University of Strathclyde

Robert Mattes is an author at University of Cape Town specializing in social sciences, political science, and african development.

Top concepts

Social SciencesPoliticsAfrican DevelopmentAfrican PoliticsDemocracyPublic PolicyComparative PoliticsPolitical BehaviorAfrican Social ChangeAfrican Political Thought

Publications per year

1992–2024

49

Publications

49

Support for Democracy in Africa: Intrinsic or Instrumental?

Michaël Bratton, Robert Mattes · British Journal of Political Science · 2001 · 442 citations

Regime Analysis, Development Economics, African Political Thought +16

Learning about Democracy in Africa: Awareness, Performance, and Experience

Robert Mattes, Michaël Bratton · American Journal of Political Science · 2007 · 426 citations

Conventional Views, African Political Thought, African Public Policy +17

Public Opinion, Democracy, and Market Reform in Africa

Devra Moehler, Michaël Bratton, Robert Mattes et al. · Foreign Affairs · 2005 · 410 citations

Regime Analysis, Democracy, Public Policy +14

South Africa: Democracy Without the People?

Robert Mattes · Journal of democracy · 2002 · 148 citations · Full text

How People View Democracy: Africans' Surprising Universalism

Michaël Bratton, Robert Mattes · Journal of democracy · 2001 · 111 citations

Democracy, Colonialism, African Political Thought +10

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