Journal of Contemporary African Studies, Volume 31, Issue 2 (2013)

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Social Movements and Political Change in Africa

Editorial

Editorial
Introduction: social movements and political change in Africa
Tom Lodge
Pages: 147-155
Published online: 29 May 2013
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Original Articles

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Personal grievance sharing, frame alignment, and hybrid organisational structures: the role of social media in North Africa's 2011 uprisings
Sarah Anne Rennick
Pages: 156-174
Published online: 01 May 2013
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Protest movements and political change: an analysis of the ‘Arab uprisings’ of 2011
Vincent Durac
Pages: 175-193
Published online: 29 May 2013
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Does unemployment spark collective contentious action? Evidence from a Moroccan social movement
Montserrat Emperador Badimon
Pages: 194-212
Published online: 25 Apr 2013
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Sudan's elusive democratisation: civic mobilisation, provincial rebellion and chameleon dictatorships
Alex de Waal
Pages: 213-234
Published online: 29 May 2013
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Antinomies in the struggle for the transformation of the Kenyan constitution (1990–2010)
Jacob Mwathi Mati
Pages: 235-254
Published online: 08 May 2013
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People, technology and spaces: towards a new generation of social movements
Philip Thigo
Pages: 255-264
Published online: 03 May 2013
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Structure, agency and regime change: a comparative analysis of social actors and regime change in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Ciara McCorley
Pages: 265-282
Published online: 29 May 2013
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Movements, protests and a massacre in South Africa
Patrick Bond & Shauna Mottiar
Pages: 283-302
Published online: 29 May 2013
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Hybrid social movements in Africa
Alex de Waal & Rachel Ibreck
Pages: 303-324
Published online: 03 Apr 2013
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Book reviews

Book Review
The African National Congress and the regeneration of political power
Tom Lodge
Pages: 325-327
Published online: 26 Mar 2013
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Fanonian practices in South Africa: from Steve Biko to Abahlali baseMjondolo
Mandisi Majavu
Pages: 327-330
Published online: 10 Apr 2013
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Popular politics and resistance movements in South Africa
Thapelo Tselapedi
Pages: 330-332
Published online: 27 Mar 2013
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