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Robert Mattes

Observed names: Mattes Robert, Mattes, Robert, R Mattes, R. Mattes, RB Mattes, ROBERT MATTES, Robert B Mattes, Robert B. Mattes, Robert Britt Mattes, Robert Marres
Observed institutions: University of Cape Town, National Taiwan University, University of Strathclyde, Stellenbosch University, Oxford University Press (United Kingdom), Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica, Institute for Democracy in South Africa, Academia Sinica, University of the Western Cape
ORCID: 0000-0003-0567-9385
Observed ORCID: 0000-0003-0567-9385
OpenAlex ID: A5083297116
Support for Democracy in Africa: Intrinsic or Instrumental?
2001 · MICHAEL BRATTON, ROBERT MATTES · British Journal of Political Science · 468
Learning about Democracy in Africa: Awareness, Performance, and Experience
2007 · Robert Mattes, Michael Bratton · American Journal of Political Science · 442
Public Opinion, Democracy, and Market Reform in Africa
2005 · Devra Coren Moehler, Michael Bratton, et al. · Foreign Affairs · 408
Public Opinion, Democracy, and Market Reform in Africa
2004 · Michael Bratton, Robert Mattes, et al. · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 341
South Africa: Democracy Without the People?
2002 · Robert B Mattes · Journal of democracy · 153
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The ‘Born Frees’: The Prospects for Generational Change in Post‐apartheidSouth Africa
2012 · Robert Mattes · Australian Journal of Political Science · 123
How People View Democracy: Africans' Surprising Universalism
2001 · Michael Bratton, Robert Mattes · Journal of democracy · 114
Conceptualizing and Measuring Support for Democracy: A New Approach
2024 · Christopher Claassen, Kathrin Ackermann, et al. · Comparative Political Studies · 91
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In Whose Interest? Gender and Mass–Elite Priority Congruence in Sub-Saharan Africa
2018 · Amanda Clayton, Cecilia Josefsson, et al. · Comparative Political Studies · 85
The Material and Political Bases of Lived Poverty in Africa: Insights from the Afrobarometer
2008 · Robert Mattes · Social indicators research series · 82
South Africa's Emerging Black Middle Class: A Harbinger of Political Change?
2015 · Robert Mattes · Journal of International Development · 71
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Poverty, survival and democracy in Southern Africa
2002 · Robert Mattes, Michaël Bratton, et al. · Open University of Cape Town (University of Cape Town) · 69
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3 Does Ethnicity Determine Support for the Governing Party?
2013 · Pippa Norris, Robert Mattes · Lynne Rienner Publishers eBooks · 68
Legislatures and Democratic Development in Africa
2016 · Robert Mattes, Shaheen Mozaffar · African Studies Review · 64
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A Lost Decade for Third-Wave Democracies?
2020 · Yun-han Chu, Kai-Ping Huang, et al. · Journal of democracy · 63
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Opposition Parties and the Voters in South Africa's General Election of 1999
2001 · R. Mattes, J. Piombo · Democratization · 63
Consolidation and Public Opinion in South Africa
1998 · Hermann Thiel, Robert B Mattes · Journal of democracy · 61
Does Ethnicity Determine Support for the Governing Party? The Structural and Attitudinal Basis of Partisan Identification in 12 African Nations
2003 · Pippa Norris, Robert Mattes · SSRN Electronic Journal · 60
Social and Political Trust in Developing Countries
2017 · Robert Mattes, Alejandro Moreno · Oxford University Press eBooks · 56
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: Migration from Lesotho, Mozambique and Zimbabwe to South Africa
2000 · David A. McDonald, Lovemore Zinyama, et al. · International Migration Review · 55
Do Africans Still Want Democracy
2016 · Robert Mattes, Michaël Bratton · 44
Why CDFs in Africa? Representation vs. constituency service?
2014 · Joel D. Barkan, Robert Mattes · Open University of Cape Town (University of Cape Town) · 43
Support for Economic Reform? Popular Attitudes in Southern Africa
2003 · Michael Bratton, Robert Mattes · World Development · 41
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
2004 · Michael Bratton, Robert Mattes, et al. · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 37
After a Decade of Growth in Africa, Little Change in Poverty at the Grassroots
2013 · Boniface Dulani, Robert Mattes, et al. · Open University of Cape Town (University of Cape Town) · 36
Works count: 276
Citation count: 4,201
H-index: 31
I10-index: 64
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