Ashwin Desai
Impact in
- Urban Studies top 2%
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Law top 1%
- Legal Issues in South Africa
Papers in
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- South African History and Culture 41
- African studies and sociopolitical issues 10
- Sport and Mega-Event Impacts 10
- Anthropology 12
- African history and culture studies 10
- Co-authors
- Kimberly Lanegran (1 shared paper)Goolam Vahed (19 shared papers)Patrick Bond (7 shared papers)Richard Pithouse (3 shared papers)Adam Habib (3 shared papers)Brij Maharaj (4 shared papers)Devan Pillay (1 shared paper)Shannon Walsh (2 shared papers)
- Journals
- Capitalism Nature Socialism (6 papers)Journal of Contemporary African Studies (5 papers)Diaspora Studies (2 papers)The International Journal of African Historical Studies (2 papers)South Asian Diaspora (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- South AfricaUnited StatesRussia
In The Last Decade
Ashwin Desai
65 papers receiving 572 citations
Ashwin Desai's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 71
- Urban Studies 93
- Law 142
- Public Administration 48
- Sociology and Political Science 548
- Gender Studies 101
Countries citing papers authored by Ashwin Desai
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Fields of papers citing papers by Ashwin Desai
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Co-authors
The 15 scholars most cited alongside Ashwin Desai, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We Are the Poors: Community Struggles in Post-Apartheid South Africa Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 199 |
| 2 | 2003 | 55 | |
| 3 | 1998 | 40 | |
| 4 | Zuma's Own Goal: Losing South Africa's 'War on Poverty' | 2010 | 40 |
| 5 | 2009 | 38 | |
| 6 | 2004 | 35 | |
| 7 | 2008 | 31 | |
| 8 | 2018 | 24 | |
| 9 | The race to transform sport in post-apartheid South Africa | 2010 | 20 |
| 10 | 2003 | 20 | |
| 11 | 2010 | 19 | |
| 12 | 2003 | 17 | |
| 13 | 1997 | 15 | |
| 14 | 2013 | 13 | |
| 15 | 2011 | 12 | |
| 16 | 2010 | 11 | |
| 17 | 2001 | 10 | |
| 18 | 2015 | 10 | |
| 19 | 2004 | 10 | |
| 20 | 2018 | 9 |
About Ashwin Desai
Ashwin Desai is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology, Law, Gender Studies and Literature and Literary Theory, having authored 78 papers that have together received 772 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include South African History and Culture (41 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (11 papers), African history and culture studies (10 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (10 papers), Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (10 papers), Sports, Gender, and Society (9 papers), Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (5 papers) and African cultural and philosophical studies (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Urban Studies (93 citations), Law (142 citations), Public Administration (48 citations), Sociology and Political Science (548 citations) and Gender Studies (101 citations). Ashwin Desai has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Russia. Frequent co-authors include Kimberly Lanegran, Goolam Vahed, Patrick Bond, Richard Pithouse, Adam Habib, Brij Maharaj, Devan Pillay, Shannon Walsh, Geoffrey Wood and Vishnu Padayachee. Their work appears in journals such as Capitalism Nature Socialism, Journal of Contemporary African Studies, Diaspora Studies, The International Journal of African Historical Studies and South Asian Diaspora.
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