Browsing Research Articles (School of Government) 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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...