The new Mayor of New York’s electoral campaign prioritised face-to-face interactions with voters. Western commentators have struggled to find a language for this new ‘politics of listening’. Portia Roelofs argues that this is a standard part of Nigerian political practice – and offers the potential for a new kind of accountability
Lecturer in Politics, Department of Political Economy, King's College London
Portia works at the intersection of African politics, political thought and critical development studies.
Her research has been published in journals such as Governance, Journal of Development Studies, African Affairs and Democratization.
Her current project explores how concepts derived from Nigerian political practice – like accessibility – shed light on the relationship between populism and democracy.
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