Leyton-Brown: What impact has Nelson Mandela had on your life?
Professor of Political Science, York University
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Mandela was a model of personal grace and behaviour, and was an exemplar of seeking constructive rather than confrontational solutions. He showed how to reframe zero-sum problems as variable-sum.