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Family political socialisation and its effect on youth trust in government: a South African perspective
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
Current debates on citizenship and democracy highlight the salience of cooperative relations between government and its citizens. Scholars observe that governments and its institutions function better where there is ...
Assessing pre-election political space in the 2011 local government elections
(Unisa Press, 2012)
The administration of elections in South Africa, including the 2011 local government elections(hereafter the 2011 elections), has widely been hailed as a resounding success. Yet competitive elections, an essential component ...
Non-racialism and the African National Congress: views from the branch
(Taylor & Francis group, 2014)
South Africa’s ruling party is well known as an organisation that supports the ideal of
non-racialism. However, the extent to which the African National Congress (ANC)
has defined and instrumentalised the concept of ...
Power in action: Democracy, citizenship and social justice by Steven Friedman
(2019)
Steven Friedman has long been one of South Africa’s premier public intellectuals, making invaluable
and thoughtful contributions on the political issues of the day. In Power in Action, he zooms out from
everyday issues ...
‘How participatory institutions deepen democracy through broadening representation: the case of participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil’
(Berghahn, 2014-06)
Abstract: At the same time as democracy has ‘triumphed’ in most of the world, it leaves many unsatisfied at the disjuncture between the democratic ideal and its practical expression. Participatory practices and institutions, ...
Small parties and independents – from also-rans to kingmakers
(SUN Press, 2012)
Small parties and independents play an important role in South Africa’s democracy. It
is on the level of the local that these small parties and independents have some chance
to make indents in terms of winning a few wards ...
Dynamics of building a better society: Reflections on ten years of development cooperation and capacity building
(SUN Media, 2014)
The modern world is an environment of rapid change. Per Dalin points
out that we are experiencing an unprecedented ten revolutions occurring
simultaneously. There are revolutions prompted by globalisation and the
population ...
Student involvement in university decision-making: Good reasons, a new lens
(2011-04-04)
This paper proposes a framework for understanding student involvement in different domains of university decision-making based on the various reasons brought for and against student involvement. It briefly outlines the ...
Clientelism as civil society? Unpacking the relationship between clientelism and democracy at the local level in South Africa
(SAGE Publications, 2017)
This article, building on analyses from the global south, attempts to reframe democratic expectations by considering where previously maligned practices such as clientelism may hold moments of democracy. It does so by ...