Simon Bekker is part of the 2015 1st Semester, and 2022 2nd Semester cohorts at STIAS.
Projects
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Analysing sub-Saharan African states through a limited access lens
During the past decade, an extraordinary disconnect regarding the futures of states in sub-Saharan Africa has emerged: ‘Aspiring Africa, the world’s fastes... -
Development from below? Islands of effectiveness or Enclaves in South Africa today.
What influence does living or working in a given area, an area delimited –even if informally - from its surroundings, have on those inside and those outsid...
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Refractions of the National, the Popular, and the Global in African cities
The Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) and the African Centre for Cities (ACC) will jointly host a conference on Refractions of the National...
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Enclaves or islands? - Fellows' seminar by Simon Bekker
Examining the role of civil society institutions in South Africa today “The successful institutions have mobilised local stakeholders around services and i...
Publication
A Shift in Western Development Agency Thinking? The Case for Second Best
Bekker, Simon and Norman Bromberger. 2016. A Shift in Western Development Agency Thinking? The Case for Second Best. Social Dynamics 42(3):530–41. https://...
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Die Suid-Afrikaanse Staat en Ekonomie voor en na 1994: het die luiperd sy kolle verander?
Bekker, Simon. 2016. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Staat en Ekonomie voor en na 1994: het die luiperd sy kolle verander? LitNet Akademies. https://www.litnet.co.za/d...
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Refractions of the National, the Popular and the Global in African Cities
Bekker, Simon, Sylvia Croese and Edgar Pieterse. (Eds.). 2021. Refractions of the National, the Popular and the Global in African Cities. African Minds. ht...