Lawrence Hamilton is the SA UK Bilateral Chair in Political Theory, based at the Universities of theWitwatersrand and Cambridge. He contributes to rethink political theory from and for the Global South. His works include Amartya Sen (2019), Freedom is Power (2014) and The Political Philosophy of Needs (2003).

In this month’s podcast I interview Professor Federico M Rossi about social movements and political change in Argentina. We discuss the emergence of the Piquetero Movement which is arguably the most significant unemployed workers’ movement in the world and  the concept of Peronism in the country. 

Also, not to be missed, in our monthly feature called the Political Agenda,  political studies scholar Moshibudi Motimele looks at the ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  

Lawrence Hamilton is the SA UK Bilateral Chair in Political Theory, based at the Universities of theWitwatersrand and Cambridge. He contributes to rethink political theory from and for the Global South. His works include Amartya Sen (2019), Freedom is Power (2014) and The Political Philosophy of Needs (2003).

In this month’s podcast I interview University of Pretoria Philosophy Professor Bernard Matolino, about democracy by consensus versus majoritarian democracy  looking at issues of representation and equality. 

Matolino casts a critical eye on misgovernance on the continent, even touching on the subject of the controversial former South African President Jacob Zuma and his late counterpart Robert Mugabe. 

Also, not to be missed, in our monthly feature called the Political Agenda,  political studies scholar Moshibudi Motimele looks at the recent coup in Niger.  

Lawrence Hamilton is the SA UK Bilateral Chair in Political Theory, based at the Universities of theWitwatersrand and Cambridge. He contributes to rethink political theory from and for the Global South. His works include Amartya Sen (2019), Freedom is Power (2014) and The Political Philosophy of Needs (2003).

In this month’s podcast I interview Dr Camilla Vergara, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the University of Cambridge  on the ongoing quest for constitutional reform in the South American country.  She  breaks down the challenges with systemic corruption and  talks to us about the need for plebian democracy in the world. 

And in the political agenda segment  political studies scholar Moshibudi Motimele goes to Senegal where there has been an internet shut down  since June 1 due to widespread protests. 

Nicole Beardsworth is a lecturer in Politics at the University of the Witwatersrand and an honorary research fellow in Politics and International Studies (PAIS) at the University of Warwick. Her PhD research focused on opposition parties and electoral coordination in Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe and her broader research is on the history and politics of sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on political parties, governance, democratisation and elections in Southern and Eastern Africa.

In this month’s episode of Critical South, Dr Nicole Beardsworth from the University of the Witwatersrand  interviews Aili Tripp, a Professor of Political Science, Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin, who  explains why African autocracies adopt gender reforms.  She tell us if there are any differences between how autocracies and democracies  on gender in the  promote women as leaders to gain traction. 

And in our political agenda segment this Time, Dr Laura Martin takes a quick look at how democracy is faring in West African country of Sierra Leone.

Lawrence Hamilton is the SA UK Bilateral Chair in Political Theory, based at the Universities of theWitwatersrand and Cambridge. He contributes to rethink political theory from and for the Global South. His works include Amartya Sen (2019), Freedom is Power (2014) and The Political Philosophy of Needs (2003).

In this month’s podcast I interview Professor Lasse Thomassen from Queen Mary University of London and Professor Laurence Piper from University West Sweden about radical democracy, representation and populism.

We discuss the Cape Town suburb of Hout Bay to understand how the residents there are not being represented and what it means for their citizenship.

And we talk about Donald Trump’s brand of populism.

Also in this episode, in the political agenda segment, political studies scholar Moshibudi Motimele gives a rundown of the conflict and the never ending road to democratic government in the North Eastern African state Sudan.

Sit back and enjoy!