Browsing by Author "Thompson, Lisa"
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Between supply and demand: the limits to participatory development in South Africa
Tapscott, Chris; Thompson, Lisa (SAGE, 2013)Much of the focus in the literature on participatory development has been on the demand side and on the extent to which citizens succeed in pressuring the state to deliver basic services. Less attention has been focused ... -
Contested resources: Challenges to the governance of natural resources in Southern Africa
Benjaminsen, Tor Arve; Cousins, Ben; Thompson, Lisa; Campbell, Rosie; Heyns, Stephen (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2002)In this keynote address I wish to identify some important ideas and conclusions arising out of recent analyses of theory and practice on natural resource management. I use these in a preliminary attempt to argue that ... -
An exploration of the concept of community and its impact on participatory governance policy and service delivery in poor areas of Cape Town, South Africa
Thompson, Lisa; Tapscott, Chris; De Wet, Pamela Tsolekile (Taylor & Francis, 2018)The inclusion of citizen participation as a means to the equitable delivery of public services has distinguished South Africa’s democratic development trajectory over the last 20 years. While equitable resource allocation ... -
From poverty to power? Women’s participation in intermediary organisations in Site C, Khayelitsha
Thompson, Lisa; Conradie, Ina (Unisa Press, 2011)This article examines how women organise themselves in community structures to claim socio-economic rights through participation. The discussion is based on case study research undertaken in Khayelitsha, Site C, where ... -
Reconsidering the origins of protest in South Africa: some lessons from Cape Town and Pietermaritzburg
Nleya, Ndodana; Tapscott, Chris; Thompson, Lisa; Piper, Laurence; Esau, Michelle (Unisa Press, 2011)Protest politics in South Africa has a long history and has been deployed differentially in different historical moments. Whereas protests formed an important vehicle during the fight against apartheid, their rebirth and ... -
Survey methodology in violence-prone Khayelitsha, Cape Town, Couth Africa
Nleya, Ndodana; Thompson, Lisa (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2009)This article discusses the methodological challenges of a service delivery survey in Khayelitsha, atownship in Cape Town, South Africa. The survey aimed to gain a better understanding of the relationshipbetween citizen ...