Professor Raphael de Kadt

Professor of Politics & Co-ordinator of the Undergraduate Programme in Commerce, Philosophy and Politics

BA(Hons)(Witwatersrand) (cum laude) (P)

Raphael de Kadt holds the Bill Lynch Chair of Political Studies at St Augustine College of South Africa. A Research fellow at the Helen Suzman Foundation and currently a Guest Professor at the accadis Hochschule in Germany, he was formerly Head of the School of Politics at UKZN. The author, co-author or editor of over 70 publications, his scholarly interests cover modernization studies, the political economy of growth and development, comparative politics, normative political theory and international relations. He was, for twenty years, Editor-in-Chief of Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory, and of which he is now Editor Emeritus. He is a member of the International Political Science Association and the American Political Science Association.

Lectures in Political Science; International Relations and Global Politics; Political Economy; Modern Political Theory; Modernization and Democracy; Modern Theories of Justice

Research Interests:

Modernization studies; Political Economy of Growth and Development; Democratization; International Relations and Global Politics; Theories of Justice; Political Institutions.

Current Research Projects:

Transformation of the Global Political System; the Emergence of Political.

Areas of collaboration:

Helen Suzman Foundation; University of KwaZulu-Natal; NRF

Contact Details:

Email: R.deKadt@staugustine.ac.za
Telephone: 011 380 9053

Publications:

de Kadt, R.H.J. South Africa, Democracy and the Changing Patterns of Global Power, Focus, Issue 58, September 2010 pp22-32 http://www.hsf.org.za/resource-centre/focus/issues-51-60/Focus%2058.pdf
de Kadt, R.H.J. (Editorial) THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory, Volume 57, No 122 (2010) http://berghahn.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/berghahn/theoria/2010/00000057/00000122;jsessionid=24yycrwgu26x9.alexandra
de Kadt, R.H.J. David Reisman: Reclaiming Political Economy THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory, Volume 57, No 122. Pp. 1-3 (2010)
de Kadt R.H.J. Universalizing the Enlightenment: Amartya Sen’s Politically Savvy’ The Idea of Justice’ , Focus Issue 55, November 2009, pp. 6-11. http://www.hsf.org.za/resource-centre/focus-chapters/focus-55-chapters/universalising-the-enlightenment
de Kadt, R.H.J. (Commissioning Editor), Editorial, Focus Issue 55, November 2009. pp. 2-5
Farayi Gwenhamo, Johannes Fedderke and Raphael de Kadt, Measuring Institutions: The Zimbabwe Case, ERSA, December 2008. http://www.econrsa.org/wp112.html
de Kadt, R.H.J Review of Democracy and Exchange: Schumpeter, Galbraith, T.H. Marshall, Titmuss and Adam Smith, by David Reisman. Review, THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory 115, April 2008, pp. 138-140.
de Kadt, R.H.J. (Editor-in-Chief), THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory 115, April 2008
Fedderke, J.W., Luiz, J, de Kadt, R.H.J Using fractionalization indexes: deriving methodological principles for growth studies from time series evidence, Social Indicators Research, February 2008. 0303-8300 (Print) 1573-0921 (Online) (Social Indicators Research)
de Kadt, R.H.J. (Editor-in-Chief), THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory 114, December 2007
de Kadt, R.H.J. (Editor-in-Chief), THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory 113, August 2007
de Kadt, R.H.J. (Editor-in-Chief), THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory 112, April 2007
de Kadt, R.H.J. (Editor-in-Chief), THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory 111, December 2006
de Kadt, R.H.J. (Editor-in-Chief), THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory 107, August 2007
de Kadt, R.H.J. (Editor-in-Chief), THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory 106, April 2006
. de Kadt, R.H.J. (Editor-in-Chief), THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory 105, December 2005
de Kadt, R.H.J. (Editor-in-Chief), THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory 104, August 2005
de Kadt, R.H.J. (Editor-in-Chief), THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory 103, April 2005
de Kadt, R.H.J. (Editor-in-Chief), THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory 102, December 2003.
de Kadt, R.H.J. (Editor-in-Chief), THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory 102, June 2003.
Fedderke, J.W., de Kadt, R.H.J. and Luiz, J, Capstone or deadweight? Inefficiency, duplication and inequity in South Africa’s tertiary education system, 1910-93, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 27, 377-400, May 2003. http://cje.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/3/377.full.pdf+html?sid=8bef2e60-1092-4a12-8e48-99b7ac1e9bbd
de Kadt, R.H.J. (Editor-in-Chief), THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory 100, December 2002.
de Kadt, R.H.J. (Editor-in-Chief), THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory 99, June 2002.
de Kadt, R.H.J. “From Apartheid to Democracy” in Gustavo Mejia (ed) Democracy and Human Rights in African-Hispanic Encounters: Transitions and Development. New Orleans, University of the South Press, 2001.
de Kadt, R.H.J. (Editor-in-Chief), THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory 98 December 2001.
de Kadt, R.H.J. (Editor-in-Chief), THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory 96, Trust, democracy and Justice, Berghahn Journals, New York and Oxford, June 2001, pp. 112
Fedderke, J.W., de Kadt, R.H.J. and Luiz, J. Indicators of political liberty, property rights and political instability in South Africa: 1935-97, International Review of Law and Economics 21 (2001) 103-134. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014481880000051X
J Fedderke, J.W., de Kadt, R.H.J. and Luiz, J., Growth and Institutions: a study of the link between political institutions and economic growth in South Africa- a time series study, 1935-1997, Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 2001, 25 (1), 1-26.
Fedderke, J.W., de Kadt, R.H.J. and Luiz, J. Uneducating South Africa: the Failure to address the 1910-1999 legacy, International Review of Education 46(3/4): 257-281, 2000.
de Kadt, R.H.J. (Editor-in-Chief), THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory 96, Trust, democracy and Justice, Berghahn Journals, New York and Oxford, December 2000, pp. 158
de Kadt, R.H.J. (Editor-in-Chief), THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory 95, Economy, Democracy and Community, Berghahn Journals, New York and Oxford, June 2000, pp. 158.
Fedderke, J.W., de Kadt, R.H.J. and Luiz, J., Capstone or Deadweight? Inefficiency, Duplication and Inequity in South Africa’s tertiary education System, 1910-1993, ERSA Working paper No 14, ERSA, Johannesburg
Fedderke, J.W., de Kadt, R.H.J. and Luiz, J Economic Growth and Social Capital: a critical reflection, Theory and Society 28:709-754, Kluwer, Amsterdam, 1999.

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Fedderke, J.W., de Kadt, R.H.J. and Luiz, J., Uneducating South Africa: the Failure to address the 1910-1999 legacy. ERSA Working Paper No 2, ERSA, Johannesburg, 1999. http://scnc.ukzn.ac.za/doc/EDU/School/DeKadt-R_Statistical_mosaic_institutional_economic_growth_SA.pdf
J Fedderke, J.W., de Kadt, R.H.J. and Luiz, J., Growth and Institutions: a study of the link between political institutions and economic growth in South Africa- a time series study, 1935-1997. ERSA Working paper No 6, ERSA, Johannesburg 1999.
Fedderke, J.W., de Kadt, R.H.J. and Luiz, J. Indicators of Political Liberty, Property Rights and Political Instability in South Africa: 1935-1997, ERSA Working Paper No 4, Johannesburg, 1999. (Revised version in The International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, March 2001)
de Kadt, R.H.J. (Editor-in-Chief), THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory 93, Science and Civilization, Berghahn Journals, New York and Oxford, June 1999. 159pp.
de Kadt, R.H.J. (Editor-in-Chief), THEORIA: A Journal of Social and Political Theory 94, Governance and Globalisation, Berghahn Journals, New York and Oxford, June 1999. 159pp.
De Kadt, R.H.J 1998 (d) (with J.W.Fedderke and J.Luiz) Unravelling the Education Crisis, Indicator South Africa (15)4, 1988, pp70-73.
De Kadt, R.H.J. 1998 Editor in Chief, THEORIA, Vol 91, At the Frontiers of Theory, Berghahn Journals, New York and Oxford. 170 pages.
De Kadt, R.H.J. 1998 Editor in Chief, THEORIA, Vol 92, Justice, Equality and Difference Berghahn Journals, New York and Oxford. 120 pages
De Kadt, R.H.J. 1997 (a) "Modernisation and ethico-political progress" in “Knowledge, Method and the Public Good", edited by J. Muller and J. Mouton. (HSRC Publisher, 1997, pp83- 113
De Kadt, R.H.J. 1997(b) Editor-in-Chief, THEORIA, Vol 90, The Scope and Limits of Public Reason Oxford and Providence, RI Berghahn Books.
29. De Kadt, R.H.J. 1997(c) Editor-in-Chief, THEORIA, Vol 89,`Poverty, Justice and the Economy, Oxford and Providence RI), Berghahn Books,
De Kadt, R.H.J. 1996(a) Editor-in-Chief, THEORIA, Vol 88, Identity, Agency and Self (Berghahn Books)
De Kadt, R.H.J. 1996(b) Editor in Chief, THEORIA, Vol 87, History, Theory and Reason, Oxford, United Kingdom and Providence, RI, USA. , Berghahn Books 150 pages
De Kadt, R.H.J. 1995(a) Reflections on the "Unfinished Project of Enlightenment": A Reply to Moran", Theoria, Vol 86, pp125-130
De Kadt, R.H.J. 1995(b) Universities Respond to the "Global Challenge" (Indicator Vol 13, No 1 pp. 85- 88)
De Kadt, R.H.J. 1995(c) Editor in Chief, THEORIA Vol 86, "Dimensions of Democracy", 150 pages
De Kadt, R.H.J. 1995(d) Editor in Chief, THEORIA Vol 85, "States, Markets and Justice", 162 pages, University of Natal Press.
De Kadt, R.H.J. 1994(a) Modernization and Moral Progress THEORIA Vol 83/4, 43-60
De Kadt, R.H.J. 1994(b) Review of Haferkamp, H and Smelser, N (eds) "Social Change and Modernity" Politikon, Vol. 33. No 2, pp. 128- 131
De Kadt, R.H.J. 1994(c) Editor in Chief, THEORIA Vols 83/4, Progress, Modernity and Marxism, 190 pages, University of Natal Press.
De Kadt, R.H.J. 1993 Editor in Chief, THEORIA Vols 81/2, Our Catastrophic Century, 203 pages, University of Natal Press
De Kadt, R.H.J 1992(a) The Fragile Metaphor: Inside the Social Contract , Indicator, vol.9, No.2 pp15-17
De Kadt, R.H.J 1992(b) Convening Editor, THEORIA Vol 80, "Literature and Art in South Africa", 174 pages, University of Natal Press.
De Kadt, R.H.J 1992(b) Convening Editor, THEORIA Vol 79 ,"The State and Civil Society", 104 pages, University of Natal Press.
De Kadt, R.H.J 1991(a) Convening Editor: THEORIA Vol.78, "Ethics and Development", 182 pages, University of Natal Press.
De Kadt, R.H.J 1991(b) Convening Editor: THEORIA Vol.77, " Aesthetics and Ideology", 151 pages. University of Natal Press.
De Kadt, R.H.J 1991(c) Modernity and the Future of Democracy in Nurnberger, K.(ed) A Democratic Vision for South Africa, pp.39-49.
De Kadt, R.H.J 1990(a) Marx and the Problem of Justice , Politikon, Vol. 17, No.1 pp51-65)
De Kadt, R.H.J 1990(b) Convening Editor, THEORIA, Vol.76
De Kadt, R.H.J 1989(a) Modernity and the Future of Democracy (Theoria Vol 74 pp45-58)
De Kadt, R.H.J 1989(b) Adam Przeworski's "Capitalism and Social Democracy": A Review Essay (Transformation No.10 pp86-91)
De Kadt, R.H.J 1986 Trends in Modern European Marxist Theory, in Kneifel, T., Leatt,J. and Nurnberger,K (eds.) Contending Ideologies in South Africa (Cape Town and Grand Rapids 1986) pp250-259.
De Kadt, R.H.J 1984(a) Spheres of Justice or: How Not to Defend Pluralism and Equality, Social Dynamics Vol.9, No.2 pp64-72)
De Kadt, R.H.J 1984(b) Die jüngsten politischen Entwicklungen in Südafrika., Politische Vierteljahresschrift Vol.25 No.2, pp216-228.
De Kadt, R.H.J 1983 Reflections on Marxism: A Review (South African Journal of Philosophy, Vol.2 (3) pp155-156.
De Kadt, R.H.J 1980(a) Does Social Democracy constitute a Realisable Political Alternative in South Africa? in Nurnberger,K (ed) Ideologies of the Future and the Power of the Gospel, pp203-218 (Durban, 1980)
De Kadt, R.H.J 1978 Reactions to the Political pressure in South Africa: an Exploratory Study among Whites (co-authored with F.Fisher and L.Schlemmer) in Lever, H. (ed) Readings in South African Society pp.105-115, Johannesburg 1978 (An abbreviated version of 1975 below)
De Kadt, R.H.J 1975 Reactions to Political Pressures in South Africa: An Exploratory Study Among Whites, co-authored with F. Fisher and L.Schlemmer (Institute of Social Research, University of Natal, Durban) (Durban, 1975)

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