The limits of democratic governance in South Africa /

In the transition from apartheid rule to democratic governance in South Africa, what has been the impact on South African society at its base - on the people in the country's cities, towns, villages, and farms? Louis Picard and Thomas Mogale offer answers to this fundamental question, tracing h...

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Main Authors: Picard, Louis A. (Author), Mogale, Thomas (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2015.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781626372504
1626372500
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Political development in South Africa
  • Patterns of local governance : Africa's colonial legacy
  • The colonial origins of local control in South Africa
  • Authoritarian institutions and governance : the British come to the Cape
  • From colonialism to apartheid : state structures at the base
  • The urban local state in apartheid era
  • The local state vs. local governance after apartheid
  • Where's the money? : the fiscal debate
  • The special challenges of rural local governance
  • The continuing role of traditional authorities
  • The dilemmas of decentralized governance.