Robert Mattes

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• 2024

  Conceptualizing and measuring support for democracy: a new approach

  Claassen, C., Ackermann, K., Bertsou, E., Borba, L., Carlin, R. E., Cavari, A., Dahlum, S., Gherghina, S., Hawkins, D., Lelkes, Y., Magalhães, P. C., Mattes, R., Meijers, M. J., Neundorf, A., Oross, D., Öztürk, A., Sarsfield, R., Self, D., Stanley, B., Tsai, T., & 2 othersZaslove, A. & Zechmeister, E. J., 23 Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Comparative Political Studies. p. 1-28 28 p.

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  • Approach 100%
  • Democracy 100%
  • Liberal Democracy 75%
  • Organizations 25%
  • Influence 25%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

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• Political parties and democracy in South Africa

  Mattes, R., Krönke, M. & Lockwood, S., 4 Jul 2024, Political Parties and the Crisis of Democracy: Organization, Resilience, and Reform. Poguntke, T. & Hofmeister, W. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 489-511 23 p.

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  • South Africa 100%
  • Democracy 100%
  • Opposition 40%
  • Identity 40%
  • Problem 40%
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• African legislators: unrepresentative power elites?

  Mattes, R., Krönke, M. & Mozaffar, S., 22 May 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Southern African Studies. 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ruling Class 100%
  • Parliament 100%
  • Social Economics 100%
  • Legislators 100%
  • Elite 100%

• African Political Parties

  Krönke, M., Mattes, R. & Lockwood, S. J., 19 Apr 2024, Oxford Bibliographies: African Studies. Korieh, C. J. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

  • Africa 100%
  • Bibliographies 74%
  • Opposition 50%
  • Interest 50%
  • Literature 50%

• African Political Parties

  Krönke, M., Mattes, R. & Lockwood, S. J., 6 Mar 2024, (Accepted/In press) Encyclopedia of African Politics. Ndlovu, A., Kjaer, A-M. & Khisa, M. (eds.). Cheltanham

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2023

  Africans' views of the US and China

  Mattes, R. & Lewis, P., 27 Nov 2023, Is Africa Turning Against the West?. Carbone, G. & Ragazzi, L. (eds.). Milan, p. 77-91 15 p.

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  • Surveys 100%
  • African 100%
  • International Affairs 100%
  • People 50%
  • Politics 50%

• Harmonization in the Afrobarometer

  Logan, C., Mattes, R. & Kibirige, F., 21 Nov 2023, Survey Data Harmonization in the Social Sciences. Tomescu-Dubrow, I., Wolf, C., Slomczynski, K. M. & Jenkins, J. C. (eds.). New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc., p. 57-72 16 p.

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  1 Citation (Scopus)

• It takes two to toyi-toyi: one party dominance and opposition party failure in South Africa's 2019 national election

  Schulz-Herzenberg, C. & Mattes, R. B., 3 Oct 2023, In: Democratization. 30, 7, p. 1313-1334 22 p.

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  • Opposition 100%
  • South Africa 100%
  • Dominance 100%
  • Failure 100%
  • Performance 50%
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2022

  Lived Poverty Resurgent: COVID-19 Restrictions Feed Economic Contraction to Drive Down Living Standards in Africa

  Mattes, R. & Patel, J., 29 Dec 2022, Accra, Ghana. 21 p. (Afrobaromater Policy Paper; no. 84)

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  • Poverty 100%
  • Economics 100%
  • Trend 50%
  • Economy 12%
  • Gross Domestic Product 12%

• Economic vulnerability and poor service delivery made it more difficult for shack-dwellers to comply with COVID-19 restrictions

  Ellison, G. T. H., Mattes, R. B., Rhoma, H. & de Wet, T., 31 May 2022, In: South African Journal of Science. 118, 5/6, p. 1-15 15 p.

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  • COVID-19 100%
  • Economics 100%
  • Service Delivery 100%
  • Vulnerability 100%
  • Houses 40%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  18 Downloads (Pure)

• Economic vulnerability and poor service delivery made it more difficult for shack-dwellers to comply with COVID-19 restrictions: the impracticability and inequitable burden of universal/unstratified public health policies

  Ellison, GTH., Mattes, RB., Rhoma, H. & Wet, T. D., 12 Apr 2022, New York, p. 1-43, 43 p.

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  • Economics 100%
  • Health Policy 100%
  • COVID-19 100%
  • Vulnerability 100%
  • Public Health 100%
  26 Downloads (Pure)

• Mapping State Capacity in Africa: Professionalism and Reach

  Krönke, M., Mattes, R. & Naidoo, V., 25 Jan 2022, Accra, Ghana. 53 p. (Afrobarometer Working Papers; no. 190)

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  • Africa 100%
  • Professionalism 100%
  • Cartography 100%
  • State 100%
  • Citizen 23%
• 2021

  Party structures and organization building in Africa

  Lockwood, S. J., Krönke, M. & Mattes, R., 5 Sept 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Party Politics. 28, 2, p. 203-207 5 p.

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  • Party Structure 100%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  23 Downloads (Pure)

• Party footprints in Africa: measuring local party presence across the continent

  Krönke, M., Lockwood, S. J. & Mattes, R., 18 May 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Party Politics. 28, 2, p. 208-222 15 p.

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  • Continents 100%
  • Africa 100%
  • Indexes 50%
  • Reliability 50%
  • Literature 50%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  29 Downloads (Pure)

• South Africa: a united front? A divided government

  Mattes, R. & Glenn, I., 19 Mar 2021, Political Communication and COVID-19: Governance and Rhetoric in Times of Crisis. Lilleker, D., Coman, I., Gregor, M. & Novelli, E. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 303-311 9 p.

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  • South Africa 100%
  • Government 100%
  • United Front 100%
  • Policy 100%
  • Travel 33%
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• Africa First! Igniting a Growth Revolution: by Jakkie Cilliers, Cape Town & Johannesburg, Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2020, 379 pp., ZAR250 (paperback), ISBN 9781776190300

  Mattes, R., 2 Jan 2021, In: South African Journal of International Affairs. 28, 1, p. 117-119 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

  • Publishers 100%
  • Africa 100%
  • Growth 100%
  • Urban Areas 100%
  • Revolutions 100%

• African political culture

  Mattes, R. & Nyenhuis, R., 2021, Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Politics. Thompson, W. R. (ed.). Oxford

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

  • Political Culture 100%
  • State 100%
  • Citizen 75%
  • Africa 50%
  • Trust 50%
• 2020

  COVID-19 in Africa: Vulnerabilities and Assets

  Mattes, R., Logan, C., Gyimah-Boadi, E. & Ellison, G., 31 Aug 2020, Accra, Ghana. 22 p. (Afrobarometer Policy Paper; no. 67)

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  • Research 100%
  • Vulnerability 100%
  • Retirement 100%
  • Air Travel 100%

• The consequences of partisanship in Africa

  Mattes, R. & Kroenke, M., 31 May 2020, Research Handbook on Political Partisanship. Oscarsson, H. & Holmberg, S. (eds.). Cheltenham, UK, p. 368-380 12 p.

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  • Africa 100%
  • Partisanship 100%
  • Consequences 100%
  • Preference 100%
  • Demographics 100%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  47 Downloads (Pure)

• A lost decade for third-wave democracies?

  Chu, Y., Huang, K-P., Lagos, M. & Mattes, R., 15 Apr 2020, In: Journal of Democracy. 31, 2, p. 166-181 16 p.

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  • Democracy 100%
  • Support 40%
  • Work 20%
  • Practice 20%
  • Reality 20%
  22 Citations (Scopus)

  161 Downloads (Pure)

• Lived Poverty On the Rise: Decade of Living Standard Gain Ends in Africa

  Mattes, R., 31 Mar 2020, Accra, Ghana. 36 p. (Afrobarometer Policy Papers; no. 62)

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  • Africa 100%
  • Poverty 100%
  • Standard 100%
  • Clotiazepam 100%
  • People 66%
• 2019

  Public opinion and democratic legitimacy

  Mattes, R., 23 Aug 2019, Routledge Handbook of Democratization in Africa. Lynch, G. & VonDoepp, P. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 345-363 19 p.

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  • Public Opinion 100%
  • Legitimacy 100%
  • Representative 33%
  • Actors 33%
  • Africa 33%
  38 Downloads (Pure)

• Democracy in Africa: Demand, Supply and the Dissatisfied Democrat

  Mattes, R., 28 Feb 2019, East Lansing, Michigan. 30 p. (Afrobarometer Policy Paper; vol. 54)

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  • Democracy 100%
  • Supply and Demand 100%
  • Africa 100%
  • Civil and Political Rights 50%
  • Quality 25%
  62 Downloads (Pure)

• In whose interest? Gender and mass-elite priority congruence in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Clayton, A., Josefsson, C., Mattes, R. & Mozaffar, S., 15 Jan 2019, In: Comparative Political Studies. 52, 1, p. 69-101 33 p.

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  • Citizen 100%
  • Interest 100%
  • Africa 100%
  • Gender 100%
  • Congruence 100%
  42 Citations (Scopus)

  103 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Support for democracy

  Mattes, R., 30 Jun 2018, Oxford Research Encyclopedia in Politics. Thompson, W. (ed.). [New York]: Oxford University Press, (Oxford Research Encyclopaedias).

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  • Support 100%
  • Democracy 100%
  • Research 33%
  • Theory 33%
  • Evidence 16%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  80 Downloads (Pure)

• Social and political trust in developing countries: sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America

  Mattes, R. & Moreno, A., 1 Mar 2018, Oxford Handbook of Social and Political Trust. Uslaner, E. M. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 357-382 26 p.

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  • Africa 100%
  • Latin America 100%
  • Developing Countries 100%
  • Trust 100%
  • Market Concentration 100%
  32 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  South African politics and society

  Mattes, R., 30 Apr 2017, Comparative Governance: Political Structure and Diversity Across the Globe. Kurzer, P. (ed.). [New York], 38 p.

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• The surprising growth in minority support for the 'Rainbow Nation'

  Mattes, R., 1 Mar 2017, Rethinking Reconciliation: Evidence From South Africa. Lefko-Everatt, K., Govender, R. & Foster, D. (eds.). Pretoria

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• The rise of political advertising in a traditional campaign environment: the case of South Africa

  Mattes, R. & Glenn, I., 2017, Routledge Handbook of Political Advertising. Holz-Bacha, C. & Just, M. R. (eds.). New York: Routledge, p. 389-402 14 p.

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• 2016

  Mineral Governance Barometer: Southern Africa

  Mattes, R. & Alence, R., 31 Dec 2016, Johannesburg. 60 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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  • Namibia 100%
  • Small Scale Mining 100%
  • Swaziland 100%
  • Congo 100%
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• Legislatures and democratic development in Africa

  Mattes, R. & Mozaffar, S., 19 Dec 2016, In: African Studies Review. 59, 3, p. 201-215 15 p.

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  • Economic and Social Development 100%
  • Africa 100%
  • Stakeholders 100%
  • Demand 66%
  • Representation 66%
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Do Africans Still Want Democracy?

  Mattes, R. & Bratton, M., 30 Nov 2016, Accra, Ghana. 27 p. (Afrobarometer Policy Papers; no. 36)

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  • Gabon 100%
  • Congo DR 100%
  • Human Security 100%
  • Cameroon 100%

• Growing up democratic

  Mattes, R., Denemark, D. & Niemi, R. G., 30 Jul 2016, Growing Up Democratic: Does It Make A Difference?. Denemark, D., Mattes, R. & Niemi, R. G. (eds.). Boulder, CO, p. 1-26 26 p.

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• Growing Up Democratic: Does It Make A Difference?

  Denemark, D. (ed.), Mattes, R. (ed.) & Niemi, R. G. (ed.), 30 Jul 2016, Boulder, CO. 350 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Anthology

• Sub-Saharan Africa: the positive impact of effective democracy

  Mattes, R., 30 Jul 2016, Growing Up Democratic: Does It Make A Difference?. Denemark, D., Mattes, R. & Niemi, R. G. (eds.). Boulder, CO, p. 151-180 30 p.

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• Africa’s Growth Dividend? Lived Poverty Declines in Many Countries

  Mattes, R., Dulani, B. & Gyimah-Boadi, E., 21 Jan 2016, Accra, Ghana. 22 p. (Afrobarometer Policy Papers; no. 29)

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  • Africa 100%
  • Poverty 100%
  • Growth 100%
  • Dividend 100%
  • Economic Growth 25%

• Generational change in postauthoritarian democracies?

  Mattes, R., Denemark, D. & Niemi, R. G., 2016, Growing Up Democratic : Does It Make A Difference?. Denemark, D., Mattes, R. & Niemi, R. G. (eds.). Boulder, Co., p. 263-282 20 p.

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• Parties, elections, voters and democracy

  Mattes, R., Mujani, S., Liddle, R. W., Shi, T. & Chu, Y., 2016, Voting In Old and New Democracies. Gunther, R., Beck, P., Magalhaes, P. & Moreno, A. (eds.). New York: Routledge, p. 193-229 37 p.

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• 2015

  South Africa’s emerging black middle class: a harbinger of political change?

  Mattes, R., 31 Jul 2015, In: Journal of International Development. 27, 5, p. 665-692 27 p.

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  • African National Congress 100%
  41 Citations (Scopus)

  35 Downloads (Pure)
• 2014

  Popular perceptions of electoral integrity in Africa

  Mattes, R., 29 May 2014, Advancing Electoral Integrity. Norris, P., Frank, R. W. & Martinez i Coma, F. (eds.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press, p. 211-228 18 p.

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• Systematic, quantitative political science in South Africa: the road less travelled

  Mattes, R., 2014, Political Science in South Africa : The Last Forty Years. Vale, P. & Fourie, P. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon.: Routledge

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• The 2014 election and South African democracy

  Mattes, R., 2014, Election 2014 South Africa : The Campaigns, Results and Future Prospects. Southall, R. & Schulz-Herzenberg, C. (eds.). Johannesburg

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• Why CDFs in Africa? Representation vs. constituency service?

  Barkan, J. D. & Mattes, R., 2014, Distributive Politics In Developing Countries : Almost Pork. Mezey, M. & Baskin, M. (eds.). Lexington, KY.

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• 2013

  Systematic, quantitative political science in South Africa: the road less travelled

  Mattes, R., 19 Nov 2013, In: Politikon. 40, 3, p. 479-499 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Political Science 100%
  • South Africa 100%
  • Quantitative 100%
  • Roads 100%
  • Political Scientist 100%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• 'Asocial Cohesion': Political Community and Social Capital in Africa's Democratizing Societies

  Mattes, R., 2013, Regional Integration and and Social Cohesion: Perspectives From the Developing World. Moore, C. (ed.). Brussels, Vol. 6. p. 73-92 29 p.

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• Does Ethnicity Determine Support for the Governing Party?

  Mattes, R. & Norris, P., 2013, Voting and Democratic Citizenship in Africa. Bratton, M. (ed.). Boulder, Co., p. 41-60 19 p.

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• Does the Quality of Elections Affect the Consolidation of Democracy

  Mattes, R. & Greenberg, A. P., 2013, Voting and Democratic Citizenship in Africa. Bratton, M. (ed.). Boulder, Co., p. 239-252 13 p.

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• Uncritical Citizenship in a Low-Information Society: Mozambicans in Comparative Perspective

  Mattes, R. & Shenga, C., 2013, Voting and Democratic Citizenship in Africa. Bratton, M. (ed.). Boulder, Co., p. 159-178 20 p.

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• 2012

  Democratizing the measurement of the quality of democracy: public opinion data and the evaluation of African political regimes

  Logan, C. & Mattes, R., 1 Dec 2012, In: European Political Science. 11, 4, p. 469-491 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Public Opinion 100%
  • Quality 100%
  • Democracy 100%
  • African 100%
  • Evaluation Study 100%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• The university in Africa and democratic citizenship: hothouse or training ground

  Luescher-Mamashela, T., Kiiru, S., Mattes, R., Mwollo-ntallima, A., Ng’ethe, N. & Romo, M., 28 May 2012, Cape Town.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book