Browsing Research Articles - Dullah Omar Institute by Author "Steytler, Nico"

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    • National cohesion and intergovernmental relations in South Africa 

      Steytler, Nico (JUTA, 2016)
      The creation of provinces in 1994 gave effect to the grand compromise of the 1993 negotiations, but also raised fears about the deleterious consequences they could hold for national cohesion. A first concern was that ...

    • The place and role of local government in federal systems 

      Steytler, Nico (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 2005)
      South Africa has embarked on an important experiment of creating a decentralised system of government comprising three spheres of government – national, provincial and local. In comparison with international practice, ...

    • The powers of local government in decentralized systems of government: Managing the 'curse of common competencies' 

      Steytler, Nico (Institute of Foreign and Comparative Law, 2005)
      The issues and problems flowing from common competencies are shared by many, if not all, decentralised and federal systems; they are a feature arising from the division of powers between two levels of government. The ...

    • Socio-economic rights and the process of privatizing basic municipal services 

      Steytler, Nico (Law, Democracy & Development, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
      The socio-economic righ ts in the Bill of Rights bind all organs of state, including municipalities. These rights may also impose posicive obligations. Through the delivery of basic services. municipalities fu lfi l some ...

    • Unfunded mandates: Directing subnational governments 

      Steytler, Nico; de Visser, Jaap; Williams, Robert (Deutsche Förschungsinstitut fur Öffentlichen Verwaltung, 2012)
      Unfounded mandates are an extreme manifestation of the phenomenon of governing from the centre; the federal government through various strategies imposes national mandates on state and local governments at the expense of ...