Unpublished Articles/ Ongoing projects

An alternative model of press freedom around the world
A major joint project with Freedom House, New York City, USA. This is a critique and alternative to the current method employed by Freedom House in assessing press freedom levels. The study involves both quantitative and qualitative research approaches.

Transactional or transformational leadership? A study of F.W. de Klerk's early presidency, 1989-92.
A psychobiographic study of President F.W. de Klerk and South Africa's transition to democracy. The study combines political leadership theories advanced by James Burns and Margaret Hermann to demonstrate that de Klerk's presidency was transactional.

Adapt ... or die: A game-theoretic model of the 1992 national referendum in South Africa.
A rational choice study of the referendum as a non-cooperative form game. The study shows, among other things, that the decision by White South Africans to support political negotiations was made after careful consideration of the payoffs.

 


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