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 : 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 ...
The South African Constitution of 1996 vested local government with substantial decentralised powers...
This paper starts with the study of participation patterns in different neighbourhoods in Johannesb...
In many developing countries, there is a continued decline in public participation at the local leve...
Local government structures are believed to be the essence of participatory democracy. It is through...
Local government structures are believed to be the essence of participatory democracy. It is through...
Background: The need for participatory local governance is urgent, especially in the developing coun...
Negotiations to restructure and transform local government in South Africa commenced in 1993. Key ro...
The Constitution of South Africa is underpinned by the standards of good administration, featuring t...
Over the last 15 years, South Africa has transformed its local government system from an illegitimat...
Participation as a way to ensure equal accessibility to democracy has gained importance alongside th...
In this article, I use public opinion data collected over the past decade to probe three widely held...
In this article, I use public opinion data collected over the past decade to probe three widely held...
Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2009.Since the dawn of democracy i...
The South African Local Government Municipal Systems Act (Act 32 of 2000) requires participatory gov...
Will participatory local government structures help deepen democracy in South Africa? That is the p...
The South African Constitution of 1996 vested local government with substantial decentralised powers...
This paper starts with the study of participation patterns in different neighbourhoods in Johannesb...
In many developing countries, there is a continued decline in public participation at the local leve...
Local government structures are believed to be the essence of participatory democracy. It is through...
Local government structures are believed to be the essence of participatory democracy. It is through...
Background: The need for participatory local governance is urgent, especially in the developing coun...
Negotiations to restructure and transform local government in South Africa commenced in 1993. Key ro...
The Constitution of South Africa is underpinned by the standards of good administration, featuring t...
Over the last 15 years, South Africa has transformed its local government system from an illegitimat...
Participation as a way to ensure equal accessibility to democracy has gained importance alongside th...
In this article, I use public opinion data collected over the past decade to probe three widely held...
In this article, I use public opinion data collected over the past decade to probe three widely held...
Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2009.Since the dawn of democracy i...
The South African Local Government Municipal Systems Act (Act 32 of 2000) requires participatory gov...
Will participatory local government structures help deepen democracy in South Africa? That is the p...
The South African Constitution of 1996 vested local government with substantial decentralised powers...
This paper starts with the study of participation patterns in different neighbourhoods in Johannesb...
In many developing countries, there is a continued decline in public participation at the local leve...