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The politics of knowledge: Knowledge management in informal settlement upgrading in Cape Town
(Springer, 2015)
t In situ solutions, participatory practices and the inclusion of community
knowledge have become key ingredients in urban upgrading policies across the world.
Knowledge, however, is not neutral, but value-laden, ...
The terrain of urbanisation process and policy frameworks: A critical analysis of the Kampala experience
(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 ...
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
(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 ...
The paradox of youth empowerment: Exploring youth intervention programme in Ghana
(Cogent OA, 2018)
Empowerment is a necessary determinant of young people’s participation
in national, regional and district or local level decision-making processes. For
inclusiveness in any social intervention programme, the policy process ...
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 ...
Revisiting trade unions’ response to new public management: a case from Zambia
(SAGE Publications, 2017)
This article discusses the strategic responses by public-sector unions to new public management (NPM) reforms in Zambia. The article is based on a qualitative research methodology focusing on the Civil Servants and Allied ...
Organising Somalian, Congolese and Rwandan migrants in a time of xenophobia in South Africa: empirical and methodological reflections
(Springer, 2018)
Xenophobic practices pervade civil society and the state in South Africa. But its victims are not passive. Academic scholarship has not sufficiently recognised the multiple roles of refugees and asylum seekers migrant ...
Does membership in mutual health insurance guarantee quality health care? Some evidence from Ghana
(EJBSS, 2012)
Access to health care and quality of health care are inextricably linked. Not merely is access to health care important, but also its quality: hence the apparent increasing demands for health care services where they are ...
Uneven development and scale politics in Southern Africa: what we learn from Neil Smith
(Wiley, 2016)
Southern Africa is probably the most unevenly developed region on earth, combining the most modern technologies and an advanced working class with the world’s extremes of inequality and social militancy. The two most extreme ...
The moving line between state benevolence and control: Municipal indigent programmes in South Africa
(SAGE, 2018)
free in South Africa. Having registered as municipal indigents, the poor not only gain access to free basic
services but also embark upon a voyage into a bureaucratic underworld where policies are changed and
eligibility ...