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BOOK REVIEWS: Richard Ballard, Adam Habib and Imraam Valodia (eds) (2006) 'Voices of Protest. Social Movements in Post Apartheid South Africa'
In: Politikon: South African journal of political studies, Band 35, Heft 2, S. 247-248
ISSN: 0258-9346
Voices of Protest. Social Movements in Post Apartheid South Africa
In: Politikon: South African journal of political studies, Band 35, Heft 2, S. 247-249
ISSN: 0258-9346
Participatory Government and The Challenge of Inclusion: The Case of Local Government Structures in Post Apartheid South Africa
In: Colombia internacional, Heft 63, S. 88-107
ISSN: 0121-5612
Participatory Government and the Challenge of Inclusion: The Case of Local Government Structures in Post Apartheid South Africa
In: Colombia internacional, Heft 63, S. 88-107
ISSN: 1900-6004
Local government structures are believed to be the essence of participatory democracy. It is through local government that citizens come into direct contact with their elected government, as power flows from national to local government. It is against this backdrop that the new local government structures were adopted in South Africa: as a measure to extend democracy to the larger citizenry. However, local government structures have not been able to live up to expectations, as they are generally characterized by sluggishness in terms of service delivery; failure to attract community participation; and, lately—towards the run-up of March 1 2006 local elections—mass protests and uprisings against these problems. The problem has been explained in terms of lack of capacity and technical know-how. This paper aims to go beyond such explanations, and argues that the local government "mayhem" has to do with structural limitations when it comes to drawing citizens' participation. Thus, in addition to lack of capacity, there is a problem of exclusion which undermines local government.
Changing economic balances and integration in 'Africa rising'
In: A MISTRA publication
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