Title: Improving school governance through participative democracy and the law

Authors: Smit, Marius H. and Oosthuizen, Izak J.

Place: [S.l.]

Publisher: Education association of South Africa (EASA)

Year: cop. 2011

Journal: South African journal of education

Volume: 31

PAGE: 55--73

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: governance, education, popular participation, south africa

Abstract: This paper argues that the crisis presently experienced in the education system of South Africa is partly attributable to misconceptions of democracy, misapplications of legal and democratic principles, and systemic weaknesses in traditional models of democracy.

URL: http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za/index.php/saje/article/viewFile/415/235

Document type: E-article