Abstract This article seeks to develop a distinction between emerging and traditional middle powers as a means to giving the concept of a middle power greater analytical clarity. All middle powers display foreign policy behaviour that stabilises and legitimises the global order, typically through multilateral and cooperative initiatives. However, emerging and traditional middle powers can…
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Politikon is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering South African History and Culture, Legal Issues in South Africa, International Development and Aid.
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Author–year (Chicago, T&F) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Politikon 12 (3): 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | South African History and Culture Legal Issues in South Africa International Development and Aid Political Conflict and Governance Global Peace and Security Dynamics |
| ISSN | 0258-9346 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 0.9 |
| h-index | 42 |
| i10-index | 285 |
| Total citations | 10,330 |
| Top institutions publishing here | Stellenbosch University |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com |
| You get | A submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit. |
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Throughout the world, truth commissions have been (and are being) constructed under the hope that discovering the 'truth' about a country's past conflicts will somehow contribute to 'reconciliation'. Most of such efforts point to South Africa's truth and reconciliation process as an exemplar of the powerful influence of truth finding. But has truth actually contributed…
Jonathan Jansen is well known as a leading South African educationist, commentator and author of several books. He is also known as the former vice-chancellor of the University of the Free State. I...
Abstract For ambitious civic and national boosts sport mega-events provide unique opportunities for the pursuit of symbolic politics—a chance to signal important changes of direction, reframe dominant narratives about the host, and/or reinforce key messages of change. These signals or narratives are critical vehicles of legitimation, with both narrowly instrumental objectives and more expansive purposes…
On becoming President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa put the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) into his national economic strategy, generating criticism for its neoliberal rhetoric echoing the World Economic Forum (WEF) and concern it would not create jobs. 4IR is an umbrella term for 3D-printing, artificial intelligence (AI), big data, industrial Internet of things (IIoT)…