To date, Institute-based working papers have been published through the long-standing CSSR Working Paper series.

YearAuthorTitleWP numberPublished by
2025Sarah LockwoodWhom do African election campaigns contact? And does it matter?208Afrobarometer
2023Lena Gronbach, Jeremy Seekings and Winnie ArthurLessons learned on social protection responses to Covid-19 in Botswana35IDCPPA
2023Winnie ArthurCross-national differences in preferences for redistribution among Africa’s urban poor: evidence from a survey experiment in Zambia and South Africa34IDCPPA
2023Winnie Arthur, Jeremy Seekings and Hangala SiachiwenaSocial protection in urban Zambia: the view from below33IDCPPA
2022Jacob Ulrich, Malin J. Nystrand and Lars BuurJust give all the money to the poor?32IDCPPA
2022Vayda MegannonExperiences of accessing the
Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress Grant in South Africa		 31IDCPPA
2021Jeremy Seekings and Hangala SiachiwenaVoting preferences among Zambian voters ahead of the August 2021 elections 27IDCPPA
2021Hangala SiachiwenaChanges of government and the expansion of social cash transfer programmes in East and Southern Africa 26IDCPPA
2021Hangala SiachiwenaPopulism in power: public policy in Zambia under President Michael Sata and the Patriotic Front government 25IDCPPA
2020Robert Mattes and Matthias KrönkeThe consequences of partisanship in Africa 449IDCPPA/CSSR
2020Lena GronbachSocial cash transfer payment systems in sub-Saharan Africa. 452IDCPPA/CSSR
2020Sydney Johnson,Remy Reya and Julia IlhardtAdapting South Africa’s Social Protection System for COVID-19. 451IDCPPA/CSSR
2020Thomas IsbellKeeping tabs? Perceptions of relative deprivation and political trust in Africa 461IDCPPA/CSSR
2020Sishuwa, SCities and dominance: Urban strategies for political settlement maintenance and change: Zambia case study with Marja Hinfelaar and Danielle Resnick.  136ESID
2020Thomas IsbellKeeping up with the Dlaminis: perceived inequality and satisfaction with democracy 458IDCPPA/CSSR
2020Jeremy SeekingsBold promises, constrained capacity, stumbling delivery:the expansion of social protection in response to the Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa 465IDCPPA/CSSR
2020Jeremy SeekingsFailure to feed: State, civil society and feeding schemes in South Africa in the first three months of Covid-19 lockdown, March to June 2020 455IDCPPA/CSSR
2020Thomas IsbellInequality and support for democracy – a micro perspective 448IDCPPA/CSSR
2020Siachiwena, H.The politics of social protection policy reform in Malawi, 2006-2017 447IDCPPA/CSSR
2020Sishuwa, SCharisma and politics in post-colonial Africa 446IDCPPA/CSSR
2019Aeby, M.SADC- The Southern Arrested Development Community? Enduring Challenges to Peace and Security in Southern Africa.No.14Nordic Africa Institute
2019Chinyoka, I.Familial child welfare regimes: The case of Botswana, 1966-2017 430IDCPPA/CSSR
2019Chinyoka, I.Namibia’s Child Welfare Regime, 1990-2017 431IDCPPA/CSSR
2019Hallink, CDefending negative freedoms: Liberalism as a response to the rising authoritarianism of the Botswana Democratic Party 439IDCPPA/CSSR
2019Hallink, C.Liberalism as a manifestation of the ideals and values of Zambia’s Southern Province: The United Party for National Development andthe promotion of self-reliance through social welfare 437IDCPPA/CSSR
2019Hallink, C.Promoting liberalism in post-apartheid South Africa: How liberal politicians in the Democratic Alliance approach social welfare 438IDCPPA/CSSR
2019Hlungwani, P. M., Masuku, S. & Magidi, M.Mainstreaming of policies and institutions towards engendering a pro-youth, consensual and progressive empowerment policy in rural Zimbabwe 443IDCPPA/CSSR
2019Macheka, T. & Masuku, S.Youth participation structures in Zimbabwe: A lens into the experiences of rural youth within WADCOs and VIDCOs 440IDCPPA/CSSR
2019Masuku, S.The aligning of refugee social protection guidelines: Examining the impediments to their universal adoption 433IDCPPA/CSSR
2019Masuku, S.Government and civil society: Collaboration and challenges in securing refugee rights 435IDCPPA/CSSR
2019Murithi, T.Regional Reconciliation in Africa: The Elusive Dimension of Peace and SecurityClaude Ake Memorial Paper No 10Nordic Africa Institute
2019Seekings, J.The Limits to Global Social Policy: The ILO, the Social Protection Floor and the politics of welfare in Africa 432IDCPPA/CSSR
2019Seekings, J.Social Grants and Voting in South Africa 436IDCPPA/CSSR
2018Hickey, S., Lavers, T., Nino-Zarazua, M and Seekings, J.The negotiated politics of social protection in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2018/34UNU-WIDER
2018Hickey, S. and Seekings, J.Who should get what, how and why? DfID and the transnational politics of social cash transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa. 409CSSR
2018Lockwood, S.J. and Kronke, M.Do electoral systems affect how citizens hold their government accountable? Evidence from Africa. 181Afrobarometer
2018Moore, E. and Seekings, J.Social protection, intergenerational relationships and conflict in South Africa. 419CSSR
2018Naidoo, V.Machinery of government change in South Africa's post-democratic public administration. nonePARI
2018Seekings, J.Voters, parties and elections in Zambia. 422IDCPPA/CSSR
2018Seekings, J.The legitimacy of claims made on kin and state in South Africa. 416CSSR
2017Button, K. Moore, E. & Seekings, J.South Africa’s Hybrid Care Regime: The changing and contested roles of individuals, families and the state after apartheid. 404CSSR
2017Hickey, S. & Seekings, J.The global politics of social protection. 2017/115UNU-WIDER
2017Kelly, G.Ways of Coping: how medical doctors manage their work within the social security system in South Africa. 405CSSR
2017Seekings, J.“Affordability” and the Political Economy of Social Protection in Contemporary Africa. 2017/43UNU-WIDER
2017Seekings, J.Building a conservative welfare state in Botswana. 2017/83UNU-WIDER
2017Siachiwena, H.Social policy reform in Zambia under President Lungu, 2015-2017 403CSSR
2016Kabandula, A.  & Seekings, J.Donor influence, the Minister of Finance and welfare policy reform in Zambia, 2003-11 395CSSR
2016Kelly, G.Hard and soft medicine: Doctors’ framing and application of the disability category in their assessments of grant claimants’ fitness to work in South Africa 384CSSR
2016Kelly, G.“We want another doctor!” Citizen agency and contested notions of disability in social assistance applications in South Africa 383CSSR
2016Seekings, J.“A lean cow cannot climb out of the mud, but a good cattleman does not leave it to perish”: The origins of a conservative welfare doctrine in Botswana under Seretse Khama, 1966-1980 387CSSR
2016Seekings, J.‘Affordability’ and the political economy of social protection in contemporary Africa 389CSSR
2016Seekings, J.Building a conservative welfare state in Botswana 388CSSR
2016Seekings, J.The Introduction of Old Age Pensions in Zanzibar 393CSSR
2016Seekings, J.Redefining the ‘affordability’ of social assistance programmes: The Child Support Grant in South Africa, 1998-2014 379CSSR
2016Siachiwena, H.Social protection policy reform in Zambia during the Sata presidency, 2011-2014 380CSSR