Suzanne Francis
Biographic Data
| ID | 6297977 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Suzanne Francis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Suzanne |
| FAMILY NAME | Francis |
| SIGNATURE | FRANCIS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Illusions of peace
This paper interrogates how Eurocentrism structures what counts as violence and, by extension, what counts as peace. Using the Central African Republic (CAR) as a site of analysis, it argues that violence cannot be understood through calamitous moments but through the endemic conditions embedded in la longue durée that shape life in the Postcolony. These conditions are relational, produced through the entangled histories of metropole and colony, …
Humanity, expectations, access and transformation (Heat)
Entrance assessment and standardized testing is a feature of the South African higher education landscape, with many universities using assessment and testing as benchmarking, placement or, in some instances, gatekeeping exercises. Entrance assessment practices seek to inform universities about the capabilities of students. In this paper we examine current entrance assessment paradigms and practices through our frame of humanity, expectations, ac…
Counter-trafficking governance in South Africa
Determining the efficacy of available counter-trafficking strategies is just as important as understanding the phenomenon of human trafficking itself. This is so if anti-trafficking practitioners wish to make in-roads in preventing and combating human trafficking in South Africa. At the heart of the matter are the ways in which counter-trafficking governance is structured in the South African context. In this article we use the KwaZulu-Natal inte…
Selected Themes in African Development Studies
Institutionalizing Elites
In this book, Francis expands and redefines the approach to the problematic of a comprehensive framework for the study of political elites through an interrogation of political elite formation in the African context of the Provincial Legislature of KwaZulu-Natal. The result is an empirically rich and detailed study of the realization, accumulation and exercise of institutionalized political power. Political elite agency shapes, enables and underm…
Representation and misrepresentation
The San of southern Africa are one of the most represented peoples of southern Africa. Internationally, they are most often depicted as a hunting-gathering people or as a people recently removed from that way of life. Organisations such as Survival International draw on these images for political advocacy and in campaigns for land rights for indigenous peoples. In southern Africa, San organisations fight for similar rights and, despite their memb…
Representation and misrepresentation
The San of southern Africa are one of the most represented peoples of southern Africa. Internationally, they are most often depicted as a hunting-gathering people or as a people recently removed from that way of life. Organisations such as Survival International draw on these images for political advocacy and in campaigns for land rights for indigenous peoples. In southern Africa, San organisations fight for similar rights and, despite their memb…
Counter-trafficking governance in South Africa
Determining the efficacy of available counter-trafficking strategies is just as important as understanding the phenomenon of human trafficking itself. This is so if anti-trafficking practitioners wish to make in-roads in preventing and combating human trafficking in South Africa. At the heart of the matter are the ways in which counter-trafficking governance is structured in the South African context. In this article we use the KwaZulu-Natal inte…
Representation and misrepresentation
The San of southern Africa are one of the most represented peoples of southern Africa. Internationally, they are most often depicted as a hunting-gathering people or as a people recently removed from that way of life. Organisations such as Survival International draw on these images for political advocacy and in campaigns for land rights for indigenous peoples. In southern Africa, San organisations fight for similar rights and, despite their memb…
Institutionalizing Elites
In this book, Francis expands and redefines the approach to the problematic of a comprehensive framework for the study of political elites through an interrogation of political elite formation in the African context of the Provincial Legislature of KwaZulu-Natal. The result is an empirically rich and detailed study of the realization, accumulation and exercise of institutionalized political power. Political elite agency shapes, enables and underm…
Selected Themes in African Development Studies
Counter-trafficking governance in South Africa
Determining the efficacy of available counter-trafficking strategies is just as important as understanding the phenomenon of human trafficking itself. This is so if anti-trafficking practitioners wish to make in-roads in preventing and combating human trafficking in South Africa. At the heart of the matter are the ways in which counter-trafficking governance is structured in the South African context. In this article we use the KwaZulu-Natal inte…
Humanity, expectations, access and transformation (Heat)
Entrance assessment and standardized testing is a feature of the South African higher education landscape, with many universities using assessment and testing as benchmarking, placement or, in some instances, gatekeeping exercises. Entrance assessment practices seek to inform universities about the capabilities of students. In this paper we examine current entrance assessment paradigms and practices through our frame of humanity, expectations, ac…
Illusions of peace
This paper interrogates how Eurocentrism structures what counts as violence and, by extension, what counts as peace. Using the Central African Republic (CAR) as a site of analysis, it argues that violence cannot be understood through calamitous moments but through the endemic conditions embedded in la longue durée that shape life in the Postcolony. These conditions are relational, produced through the entangled histories of metropole and colony, …
Political science (5 works) · Geography (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Corporate governance (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Africa (1 work) · African history and culture studies (1 work) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 work)