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Name: Elias Phaahla
Location: B-Ring 233 Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
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Tel: 011 559 2912
Email:听eliasp@uj.ac.za
About Prof Elias Phaahla
Elias Phaahla is an Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at the 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg where he specialises in comparative politics and the politics of social transfers with specific focus placed on the welfare regimes of South Africa and Mauritius. Of particular interest regarding the aforementioned welfare regimes is the intersection between developmental state ideals and the welfare consensus defining Mauritius and South Africa鈥檚 pensions-focused pro-poor policies and the tightrope often walked by states in the Global South as they pursue growth-focused economic policies against those of egalitarian orientation. His forthcoming book, Social Forces and Divergent Welfare Paradigms in the Global South: The Case of South Africa and Mauritius, explores the historical antecedents shaping modern-day welfare paradigms of the two countries with the role of social forces placed at the centre of discussions. He is also working on research assessing the impact of Covid-19 on pro-poor policies of economies in distress with South Africa and Mauritius serving as case studies. His secondary research interests explore the developmental states of Rwanda, Ethiopia, and Botswana as well as China-Africa relations in the context of BRICS. A list of his publications is provided below:
PEER REVIEWED AND OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS
2021 听听听听听听听 鈥淩eflections on the proceedings of the 19th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Sino-Africa and Sino-NRICS relations鈥�, in Strategic Review of Southern Africa, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 191 – 210
2020听听听听听听听听 鈥淲hat the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) means for China-Africa Relations and BRICS鈥�, in Management and Economics Research Journal, Special Issue S5: BRICS – The Emerging Block, pp. 1 – 6
2020听听听听听听听听 鈥淪ocial Justice and Sustainable Development and Quality of Life鈥�, in Revista Tempo do Mundo, Iss. 22, pp. 75-94
2019听听听听听听听听 鈥淢auritius鈥� competitive party politics and social democratic outcomes since independence鈥�, in Strategic Review of Southern Africa, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 1-18
BOOK CHAPTERS
2019听听听听听听听听 鈥淓lectoral experiences and (social) democratic expectations in Mauritius, 1968 -2005鈥�, in Gray, R., Rupiya, M., Teffo, L., and Gutto, S (eds.), A Glass Full or Half Empty: The Challenges of Political Succession and Elections in Africa, Ssali Publishers: Cape Town, pp. 94 鈥� 115
2017听听听听听听听听 Phaahla, Elias et. al (2017), 鈥淪ocial Justice and Sustainable Development and Quality of Life鈥�, in Viswanathan, H.H.S., and Soni, Shubh (eds.), Realising the BRICS Long-Term Goals: Road-maps and pathways 鈥� A proposal by the BRICS Think Tanks Council, Observer Research Foundation: New Delhi, pp. 50 鈥� 67
BOOK REVIEW
2015听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淩eview: Religion without Redemption: Social Contradictions and Awakening Dreams in Latin America, in Latin American Review, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 99-101
FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS
2022听听听听听听听听 Social Forces and Divergent Welfare Outcomes in the Global South: The Case of South Africa and Mauritius, Palgrave MacMillan