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Crime and democracy: The challenge of people’s policing in post-apartheid South Africa 犯罪与民主:种族隔离后南非人民治安的挑战

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Journal of Southern African Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-04 DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2023.2230704

K. Maphunye

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Points of Entry into Zimbabwean Post-Independence Politics: Mugabe, the Military or the Social Subalterns 津巴布韦独立后政治的切入点：穆加贝、军方还是社会底层

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Journal of Southern African Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-04 DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2023.2237352

Simukai Tinhu

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The Enduring Legacy of British-Promulgated Institutions on Civil Liberties and Governance in Post-Independence Malawi: An Analysis Grounded in Historical Institutionalism 独立后的马拉维，英国颁布的公民自由和治理制度的持久遗产:基于历史制度主义的分析

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Journal of Southern African Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-04 DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2023.2241337

M. M. Juwayeyi, Lee A. Leonard, Happy E. Mwaungulu

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Editorial 编辑

IF 0.5 4区社会学

Journal of Southern African Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-28 DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2022.2171631

Mattia Fumanti

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Revealing deep waters: continuing the literary history of Namibia 揭示深水:纳米比亚文学史的延续

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Journal of Southern African Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2023.2184109

A. Niven

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Navigating Insecurities in Foreign Territory: The Experiences of Zimbabwean Irregular Immigrants at a South African Informal Settlement 应对外国领土的不安全：津巴布韦非正规移民在南非非正式定居点的经历

IF 0.5 4区社会学

Journal of Southern African Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2023.2180720

Owen Nyamwanza

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Editorial 社论

IF 0.5 4区社会学

Journal of Southern African Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2023.2185407

J. Pearce

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Donal Lowry, 1959–2022 多纳尔·洛瑞，1959–2022

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Journal of Southern African Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2023.2187129

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‘Kale twale ikala bwino’ – life was better in the old days “Kale twale ikala bwino”——过去的生活更好

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Journal of Southern African Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2023.2184107

F. E. Mulenga

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Building Angola: A Political Economy of Infrastructure Contractors in Post-War Angola 建设安哥拉:战后安哥拉基础设施承包商的政治经济学

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Journal of Southern African Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2023.2192589

Fernandes Wanda, Carlos Oya, Borja Monreal

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