Who you gonna call?: from protest to social compact

SOURCE: HSRC Review
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2009
TITLE AUTHOR(S): U.Pillay, J.Smith
KEYWORDS: GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE, GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY, PROTEST MOVEMENTS
Web link: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/november-2009/social-compact
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 6111
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/4552
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4552

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Abstract

What are we to make of the increasing calls by communities for President Zuma to intervene in the current wave of protests? Does this signal a failure in public communication channels, thus creating a disconnect between government and its people, ask Udesh Pillay and Julie Smith.