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Wanderer, J.R. 2011. On Vice and Confession. South
African Journal of Philosophy, 30(3): 408-416.
Department of Political
Studies
Head of Department: Professor Annette
Seegers
Departmental Profile
TheDepartment of Political Studies is home to internationally
recognised scholars in comparative politics, international
relations, political theory, political behaviour, intellectual
history, public policy, and public administration. Our staff
members have made major intellectual contributions in
their respective fields and some have published widely
in renowned international journals. Our staff members
have also made practical contributions to the policies and
politics of our new democracy.
Our department is home to one of the bigger postgraduate
programmes and boasts a lively and cosmopolitan
postgraduate student community. Our postgraduate
programmes provide students with a firm academic
foundation in political theory; comparative politics;
international relations; South African politics; public
administration; and public policy, amongst others. Students
are encouraged to pursue more specialised study under
the close supervision and guidance of faculty.
Our undergraduate courses remain a popular choice and
the department is one of the largest departments in the
Faculty of Humanities at UCT.
Staff and students both comprise a vibrant and intellectually
engaged community and you are most welcome to join us.
Departmental Statistics
Permanent and long-term contract staff
Professors
3
Associate Professors
1
Senior Lecturers
7
Lecturers
1
Administrative and Clerical Staff
3
Total
15
Honorary staff
Emeritus Professors
2
Students
Doctoral
3
Master’s
170
Honours
43
Undergraduates
3007
Total
3223
Research Fields and Staff
Permanent staff
Dr John Akokpari
Senior Lecturer: African politics; international relations;
political economy; comparative politics.
Professor Robert Cameron
Senior Lecturer: Comparative local government politics &
administration; public sector reform; public administration
thought.
Mr Zwelethu Jolobe
Lecturer: Comparative politics; international relations;
Africanpolitics; political violence; revolutions; contemporary
South African politics; democratisation.
Professor Robert Mattes
Senior lecturer: Democratisation; political behaviour;
public opinion; survey research; research methodology;
comparative politics.
Dr Vinothan Naidoo
Senior Lecturer: Public administration, with a special
interest in comparative public administration and
development management.
Associate Professor Andrew Nash
Senior Lecturer: South African political thought; the history
of political thought in the West; the making of a global
political vocabulary
Dr Thiven Reddy
Senior Lecturer: Comparative politics; South African
politics; regime transition and democratisation; political
party systems and political parties; post-colonial theory
and identity politics
Dr Karen Smith
Senior Lecturer: International Relations theory; the
developing world (Africa in particular) as an object of IR
study and an agent of IR knowledge; South Africa and
India as regional powers in the global South