Browsing Research Articles (School of Government) by Author "Williams, John J."
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Citizenship, community participation and social change: The case of area coordinating teams in Cape Town, South Africa
Williams, John J. (Wiley, 2004)Social change does not roll in under the wheels of inevitability On the contrary; we have to organize for it, mobilize for it, struggle for it and indeed, plan for it. This is especially so in a country such as South Africa, ... -
Development policy planning in Ghana: The case of health care provision
Alatinga, Kennedy A.; Williams, John J. (European Scientific Institute, 2014)This paper examines the historical development of health policy in Ghana within the framework of financial, geographical accessibility and the availability of health care. Historically, health policy has been urban ... -
The Everyday at Grassroots level: poverty, protest and social change in post-apartheid South Africa
Williams, John J. (CLACSO, 2009)This paper posits that social change derives from how the everyday is encountered, analyzed and experienced at the grassroots level. Drawing extensively from the seminal work of Henri Lefebvre, the paper argues that for ... -
Gerwel taught us that theory without application is useless
Williams, John J. (IOL, 2012)This tribute to Prof Gerwel has been triggered by a picture on p 2 of the Cape Times, 29 Nov 2012, of a group of students, he addressed in 1977 [not 1973] as I was reading for my Honours degree in Geography. As students ... -
Mixed methods research for health policy development in Africa: The case of identifying very poor households for health insurance premium exemptions in Ghana
Alatinga, Kennedy A.; Williams, John J. (SAGE, 2019)Despite the utility of applying mixed methods research to understand complex phenomenon, few studies have applied this approach to health policy and in Africa. This article illustrates the application of mixed methods ... -
South Africa: Urban transformation
Williams, John J. (Elsevier, 2000)This paper discusses transformation as a multi-dimensional concept to effect social change in South African society in the post-apartheid era. The policy implications of such a variegated understanding of social change ... -
The terrain of urbanisation process and policy frameworks: A critical analysis of the Kampala experience
Bidandi, Fred; Williams, John J. (Cogent OA, 2017)Kampala is urbanising in an unplanned manner, but without a clear picture of the underlying dynamics. The city is characterised by lack of proper zoning of economic activities and construction of physical infrastructure ... -
The terrain of urbanisation process and policy frameworks: A critical analysis of the Kampala experience
Bidandi, Fred; Williams, John J. (Cogent OA, 2017)Kampala is urbanising in an unplanned manner, but without a clear picture of the underlying dynamics. The city is characterised by lack of proper zoning of economic activities and construction of physical infrastructure ... -
Towards universal health coverage: Exploring the determinants of household enrolment into National Health Insurance in the Kassena Nankana District, Ghana
Williams, John J.; Alatinga, Kennedy A. (Faculty of Integrated Development Studies, University for Development studies, 2015)This study investigates the determinants of household participation in National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in the Kassena-Nankana District in Ghana. In order to achieve this purpose, a cross-sectional survey was used ... -
Transformative sensemaking: Development in Whose Image? Keyan Tomaselli and the semiotics of visual representation
Williams, John J. (Overseas Publishers Association, 2000)The defining and distinguishing feature of homo sapiens is its ability to make sense of the world, i.e. to use its intellect to understand and change both itself and the world of which it is an integral part. It is against ... -
Understanding urban land, politics, and planning: A critical appraisal of Kampala's urban sprawl
Bidandi, Fred; Williams, John J. (Elsevier, 2020)This paper seeks to make a contribution to contemporary urban land insights and political debates in relation to planning in the Ugandan capital, Kampala. It also evaluates how the city authorities engage with communities ...