Professor Philip Nel

Philip Nel received his DPhil in Philosophy from the University of Stellenbosch in 1984. He has been Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, until 2002. Since 2003, he is Professor in the Department of Politics at the University of Otago, New Zealand, where he was Head of the Department from 2007 to 2010. He has been visiting Professor in Germany and Japan, and is a Professor Extraordinaire at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Philip was one of the founding editors of the International Studies Association journal Foreign Policy Analysis, and serves on the editorial boards of Global Society, International Studies Perspectives, and Political Studies.

Recent publications includes:

Books

Boston, J., P.R. Nel, and M. Righarts (eds) (2009) Climate Change and Security: Planning for the Future. Wellington: Institute of Policy Studies, 113 pp.

Nel, P.R. (2008) The Politics of Inequality in Developing Countries. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 204 pp.

Carlsnaes, W. & P.R. Nel (eds) (2006) In Full Flight: South African Foreign Policy since 1994. Johannesburg: The Institute for Global Dialogue, 226 pp.

McGowan, P.J., S. Cornelissen, & P.R. Nel (eds) (2006) Power, Wealth and Global Equity: An International Relations Textbook for Africa (revised 3rd edition). Cape Town: UCT Press, 442 pp.

Chapters in Books:

Nel, P.R. & Stephen Matthew (2010) 'The Foreign Economic Policies of the IBSA States', in Daniel Flemes (ed.), Regional Leadership in the Global System: Ideas, Interests and Strategies of Regional Powers (Aldershot: Ashgate), pp.71-90

Nel, P.R. (2008) 'Dealing with Inequality: A Conversation with Islamic Economics', in Western Political Thought in Dialogue with Asia, edited by Takashi Shogimen and Cary J. Nederman, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, pp. 135-159.

Nel, P.R. (2007) 'When Can the Rabble Redistribute? Democratization and Income Distribution in Low and Middle-Income Countries', in Institutions and Market Economies: The Political Economy of Growth and Development, edited by R. Garside, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 222-249.

Nel, P.R. (2006) 'The Power of Ideas: "Ambiguous Globalism" and South Africa's Foreign Policy', in In Full Flight: South African Foreign Policy After Apartheid, edited by W. Carlsnaes & P.R. Nel, Johannesburg: Institute for Global Dialogue, pp.108-121.

Nel, P.R. (2006) 'Globalization and Violent Political Dissent in Developing Countries', in Globalization and Conflict: National Security in a 'New' Strategic Era, edited by R. Patman, London: Routledge, pp. 56-76.

Peer reviewed articles:

Nel, P.R. (2010) 'Redistribution and Recognition: What Regional Powers Want', Review of International Studies, Vol 36, No 4, pp. 951–974.

Nel, P.R. and Nolte, D. (2010) 'Introduction: special section on regional powers in a changing global order', Review of International Studies, Vol 36, No 4, 877-879.

Mylek, I. and Nel, P.R. (2010) 'Religion and relief: the role of religion in mobilizing civil society against global poverty', Kotuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, 5: 2, 81 — 97.

Nel, P.R. & M. Righarts (2008) 'Natural Disasters and the Risk of Violent Civil Conflict', International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 159-184.

Nel, P.R. (2006) 'El regreso de la desigualdad' (Spanish translation of "The Return of Inequality"), Sistema 195/2006, pp. 83-101.

Nel, P.R. (2006). 'The Return of Inequality,' Third World Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 689-706.

Nel, P.R. (2005) 'Global Inequality Revisited: A Review Article', Global Society: Journal of Interdisciplinary International Relations, Vol. 19, No.3, pp. 317-327.