Local government: constitutional foundations
SOURCE: Regionalism in the new South Africa
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 1998
TITLE AUTHOR(S): G.Pimstone
SOURCE EDITOR(S): M.M.Khosa, Y.G.Muthien
KEYWORDS: DEMOCRACY, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM, SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTITUTION
DEPARTMENT: Deputy CEO: Research (DCEO_R), Deputy CEO: Research (ERKC), Deputy CEO: Research (CGI)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 2181
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/8423
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/8423
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 1998
TITLE AUTHOR(S): G.Pimstone
SOURCE EDITOR(S): M.M.Khosa, Y.G.Muthien
KEYWORDS: DEMOCRACY, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM, SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTITUTION
DEPARTMENT: Deputy CEO: Research (DCEO_R), Deputy CEO: Research (ERKC), Deputy CEO: Research (CGI)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 2181
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/8423
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/8423
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Abstract
This chapter is an attempt at a broad overview of local government provisions in the final South African Constitution, a pulling together of conceptual strands and the positing of a tentative thesis. It also highlighted remedial concerns that deserve attention.-
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