Browsing Research Articles - Dullah Omar Institute by Subject "Democracy"
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Decentralisation and Constitutionalism in Africa: Concepts, Conflicts and Challenges
(Fourth Stellenbosch annual seminar on constitutionalism in Africa (SASCA), 2016-09-07)A central quest in post-Cold War Africa has been to bring the Leviathan – the untrammelled ruler – to heel through constitutionalism, and, to a lesser extent, also decentralisation. 1 The unbridled power of the imperial ... -
Service delivery protests, struggle for rights and the failure of local democracy in South Africa and Uganda: parallels and divergences
(Centre for Applied Legal Studies, Wits University, 2013)Although the two countries are thousands of miles apart, Uganda and South Africa have both experienced service delivery protests in recent years. The protests have been directed mainly at local governments, although in ...