Title: Deepening democracy through local participation : examining the ward committee system as a form of local participation in Bonteheuvel in the Western Cape

Authors: Esau, Michelle

Place: Bellville

Publisher: University of Western Cape. Policy management, governance and poverty alleviation in the Western Cape

Year: 2007

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: local government, democracy, popular participation, institutional infrastructure, development planning, poverty alleviation, south africa

Abstract: A case from Western Cape was used to examine the South African experience in the disconnect between the institutional arrangements to foster participation introduced by the state after 1994 and the ability of the poor to engage with the state through these institutional arrangements.

URL: http://www.accede.co.za/downloads/DBBS%20Paper%206%20Esau.pdf

Document type: Portal