Democracy and delivery: urban policy in South Africa
OUTPUT TYPE: Monograph (Book)
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
TITLE EDITOR(S): U.Pillay, R.Tomlinson, J.Du Toit
KEYWORDS: DEMOCRACY, SERVICE INDUSTRIES, URBAN RENEWAL AND DEVELOPMENT (URD)
Web link: https://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/books/democracy-and-delivery
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 4063
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/6579
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/6579
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
TITLE EDITOR(S): U.Pillay, R.Tomlinson, J.Du Toit
KEYWORDS: DEMOCRACY, SERVICE INDUSTRIES, URBAN RENEWAL AND DEVELOPMENT (URD)
Web link: https://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/books/democracy-and-delivery
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 4063
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/6579
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/6579
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Abstract
Democracy and Delivery: Urban Policy in South Africa tells the story of urban policy and its formulation in South Africa. As such, it provides an important resource for present and future urban policy processes. In a series of essays written by leading academics and practitioners, Democracy and Delivery documents and assesses the formulation, evolution and implementation of urban policy in South African during the first ten years of democracy in rigorous detail. The contributors describe the creation of democratic local governments from the time of the 1976 Soweto uprising and the intense township struggles of the 1980s, the construction of 'developmental' planning and financial frameworks, and the delivery of housing and services by the new democratic order. They examine the policy formulation processes and what underlay these, debate the role of research and the influence of international development agencies and assess successes and failures in policy implementation. Looking to the future, the contributors make suggestions based on experience with implementation and changing political priorities. Academics, students, policy-makers and government officials, as well as an informed public, will find this book an enlightening read.-
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- Introduction
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- Book review: Legum, C. (2001) Africa since independence. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press.105pp. & Abrahamsen, R. Disciplining democracy: development discourse and good governance in Africa. London: Zed Books. 168pp. & Salih, M. (2001) African democracies and African politics. London: Pluto Press. 234pp