Simon Bekker
Impact in
- Urban Studies top 5%
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Urban Planning and Governance
- Law top 2%
- Legal Issues in South Africa
Papers in
- Law 11
- Legal Issues in South Africa 11
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- Local Economic Development and Planning 5
- Leadership, Human Resources, Global Affairs 2
- Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics 1
- Co-authors
- Laurent Fourchard (1 shared paper)Richard Humphries (1 shared paper)David Carlton (1 shared paper)Janak Koirala (1 shared paper)Aman Mahajan (1 shared paper)Heribert Adam (1 shared paper)Scarlett Cornelissen (1 shared paper)Catherine Cross (2 shared papers)
- Journals
- Development Southern Africa (3 papers)Politikon (2 papers)Urban Forum (1 paper)Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery (1 paper)Philosophical Papers (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- South AfricaUnited StatesIndia
In The Last Decade
Simon Bekker
29 papers receiving 152 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 63
- Urban Studies 49
- Law 55
- Linguistics and Language 13
- Sociology and Political Science 92
- Political Science and International Relations 43
Countries citing papers authored by Simon Bekker
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Co-authors
The 13 scholars most cited alongside Simon Bekker, 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 | Governing cities in Africa: politics and policies | 2013 | 25 |
| 2 | From control to confusion: The changing role of administration boards in South Africa, 1971-1983 | 1985 | 22 |
| 3 | Ethnicity in focus: The South African case | 1993 | 17 |
| 4 | 2012 | 16 | |
| 5 | Reflections on Identity in Four African Cities | 2006 | 12 |
| 6 | 2000 | 12 | |
| 7 | 'Residents' perceptions of developmental local government : Exit, voice and loyalty in South African towns | 2003 | 11 |
| 8 | Racism, xenophobia, and ethnic conflict | 1996 | 11 |
| 9 | Diminishing Returns: Circulatory Migration Linking Cape Town to the Eastern Cape | 2001 | 9 |
| 10 | Capturing the event: conflict trends in the Natal region 1986-1992 | 1992 | 8 |
| 11 | 1997 | 6 | |
| 12 | Searching for stability: residential migration and community control in Marianhill | 1992 | 5 |
| 13 | 1995 | 5 | |
| 14 | 2021 | 4 | |
| 15 | 2008 | 4 | |
| 16 | 2014 | 4 | |
| 17 | Local government in urban South Africa: a normative approach | 1989 | 4 |
| 18 | 1991 | 3 | |
| 19 | Vir volk en vaderland: a guide to the white right | 1989 | 3 |
| 20 | 2014 | 2 |
About Simon Bekker
Simon Bekker is a scholar working on Law, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Urban Studies and General Health Professions, having authored 37 papers that have together received 205 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Legal Issues in South Africa (11 papers), Local Economic Development and Planning (5 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (4 papers), South African History and Culture (4 papers), African history and culture studies (2 papers), Leadership, Human Resources, Global Affairs (2 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (2 papers) and Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Urban Studies (49 citations), Law (55 citations), Linguistics and Language (13 citations), Sociology and Political Science (92 citations) and Political Science and International Relations (43 citations). Simon Bekker has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, United States and India. Frequent co-authors include Laurent Fourchard, Richard Humphries, David Carlton, Janak Koirala, Aman Mahajan, Heribert Adam, Scarlett Cornelissen, Catherine Cross, Antoinette Louw and Robert Evans. Their work appears in journals such as Development Southern Africa, Politikon, Urban Forum, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery and Philosophical Papers.
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