Outputs (19)

The Limits of Governmentality: Call-in Radio and the Subversion of Neoliberal Evangelism in Zambia (2023)
Journal Article
Fraser, A. (2024). The Limits of Governmentality: Call-in Radio and the Subversion of Neoliberal Evangelism in Zambia. Journal of African Cultural Studies, 36(1), 41-57. https://doi.org/10.1080/13696815.2023.2283179

The spread of mobile telephones in Africa has enabled a broad range of citizens to join live conversations on call-in radio shows. Both African governments and foreign aid agencies claim that broadcasting such debates can raise awareness, amplify the... Read More about The Limits of Governmentality: Call-in Radio and the Subversion of Neoliberal Evangelism in Zambia.

Ukraine’s Euromaidan moment and the power of global elite networks (2023)
Thesis
Hale, S. Ukraine’s Euromaidan moment and the power of global elite networks. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The street protests that erupted in Ukraine in late 2013 prompted by the government’s sudden pull-back from the process of joining the European Union, leading to the government’s collapse two months later, are widely understood as a pivotal moment of... Read More about Ukraine’s Euromaidan moment and the power of global elite networks.

Recruiting Social Movements Activists to Political Parties: The post-movement Party-Movement Relations in Taiwan from 2008 to 2020 (2023)
Thesis
Kwan, C. Y. Recruiting Social Movements Activists to Political Parties: The post-movement Party-Movement Relations in Taiwan from 2008 to 2020. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The Somaliland Social Covenant: An Experiment in Non-State Coexistence (2023)
Thesis
Gordon, M. The Somaliland Social Covenant: An Experiment in Non-State Coexistence. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Somaliland, which emerged from the collapse of the Somali Republic as a self-governing territory, is today considered one of Africa’s success stories, an experiment in locally-owned reconciliation and bottom-up democratisation that confounds scholars... Read More about The Somaliland Social Covenant: An Experiment in Non-State Coexistence.

Doing Democracy in Malawi: MPs and their Home Styles (2022)
Thesis
Fisher, C. S. Doing Democracy in Malawi: MPs and their Home Styles. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Political scientists have under-studied those who actually “do” formal politics – politicians, particularly those operating below the level of heads of state. This neglect has been acute in African politics, resulting from, and contributing to, a gen... Read More about Doing Democracy in Malawi: MPs and their Home Styles.

Party Cadres, the Politicisation of Local Government and Zambia’s 2021 Elections (2021)
Preprint / Working Paper
Beardsworth, N., Fraser, A., Resnick, D., & Siame, G. Party Cadres, the Politicisation of Local Government and Zambia’s 2021 Elections. London

Post-populism in Zambia: Michael Sata’s rise, demise and legacy (2017)
Journal Article
Fraser, A. (2017). Post-populism in Zambia: Michael Sata’s rise, demise and legacy. International Political Science Review, 38(4), 456-472. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512117720809

Models explaining populism as a policy response to the interests of the urban poor struggle to understand the instability of populist mobilisations. A focus on political theatre is more helpful. This article extends the debate on populist performance... Read More about Post-populism in Zambia: Michael Sata’s rise, demise and legacy.

The Political Economy of Sponsored Call-In Radio in Zambia (2016)
Preprint / Working Paper
Fraser, A. The Political Economy of Sponsored Call-In Radio in Zambia. Cambridge, UK

This working paper provides a context for the assessment of hopes that there might be a transformation in political accountability in Africa as a result of previously powerless and voiceless populations having their agendas strengthened via interacti... Read More about The Political Economy of Sponsored Call-In Radio in Zambia.

Let's Be Responsible Citizens! Contesting the agenda of a sponsored call-in radio programme (2016)
Preprint / Working Paper
Fraser, A. Let's Be Responsible Citizens! Contesting the agenda of a sponsored call-in radio programme. Cambridge, UK

This working paper considers in detail how the hosts of and listeners to one call-in radio programme in Zambia were influenced by, resisted and co-opted the agendas of the sponsor that paid for its production. It develops a detailed case-study coveri... Read More about Let's Be Responsible Citizens! Contesting the agenda of a sponsored call-in radio programme.

Interactive media audiences in Africa : A comparison of four constituencies in Kenya and Zambia (2015)
Preprint / Working Paper
Lopes, C. A., Mudhai, O. F., Mitullah, W. V., Simutanyi, N., Balongo, S., Diepeveen, S., Fraser, A., Milapo, N., Mwangi, S., Tembo, E., & Srinivasan, S. Interactive media audiences in Africa : A comparison of four constituencies in Kenya and Zambia. Cambridge

To better understand who participates in media-driven public discussion and opinion-making, this working paper presents the results of a randomised household survey implemented in four constituencies in Kenya and Zambia, one urban and one rural const... Read More about Interactive media audiences in Africa : A comparison of four constituencies in Kenya and Zambia.