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Nel, Prof. Dr. Philip

E-mail:
philip.nel [at] otago.ac.nz
Areas of research:
Inequality, corruption, and the informal economy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Regional focus:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Professional experience:
2024 -
Professor Emeritus of Political Economy, University of Otago, New Zealand
2003 - 2024
Professor Extraordinaire, Stellenbosch University
1997 - 2025
Past visiting professor, Tuebingen University, Germany, Ritsumeikan University, Japan, Can Tho University, Vietnam
Education:
1984
DPhil, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
1978
MA, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
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Nel, Philip (2024) “Transnational inequality and geopolitics,” Palgrave Handbook on Contemporary Geopolitics, edited by Zak Cope, Palgrave, pp. 1-13.

Amusan, Omotola & Philip Nel (2023) ‘The limits of mutual benefit: A neo-mercantilist perspective on China’s economic relations with Nigeria’, South African Journal of International Affairs, 30(1): 121-152,  doi.org/10.1080/10220461.2023.2207557

Nel Philip (2022) ‘Mobility Rules: Why New Zealanders Oppose Redistribution,’ Koituitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Science online, 17(1): 24-43. To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/1177083X.2021.1912121.

Nel, Philip (2021) ‘Why Africans tolerate income inequality,’ Journal of Modern African Studies, 52(3) pp. 343-365.

Nel, Philip (2020) 'How South Africa set out to change the world, and succeeded in changing itself', in: Soo Yeon Kim (ed) The Political Economy of the BRICS Countries, London: World Scientific Publications, pp 83-111 (book is one in a series, edited by E. Mansfield and N. Rudra dealing with the BRICS countries).

Nel, Philip (2018) ‘Corruption’, in T. Binns et al. Handbook of African Development, Routledge, pp. 649-662.

Nel, Philip (2018) ‘Inequality in Africa’, in T. Binns et al. Handbook of African Development, Routledge, pp. 104-119.