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

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.

Author(s): Esau, Michelle

Source(s): , 31 p.

Published: 2007 University of Western Cape. Policy management, governance and poverty alleviation in the Western Cape, Bellville (English

ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-86808-646-7/

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

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