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An analysis of public participation in the South African legislative sector
Thesis (MPA (School of Public Management and Planning))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.
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2009
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| author | Scott, Renee |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/1837 An analysis of public participation in the South African legislative sector Scott, Renee Schwella, Erwin University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. School of Public Management and Planning. Dissertations -- Public management and planning Theses -- Public management and planning South Africa -- Politics and government -- Citizen participation Political participation -- South Africa Legislative bodies -- South Africa -- Citizen participation School of Public Management and Planning Thesis (MPA (School of Public Management and Planning))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009. Globally participatory democracy is viewed as essential to ensure a high level of legitimacy, contribute to empowerment and strengthen democracy. Although South Africa is a representative democracy, it also adheres to the principles of participatory democracy as Parliament and the nine Provincial Legislatures are constitutionally mandated to elicit public participation in its decision-making and policy processes. This study’s main aim is to determine whether the public participation strategies employed in the South African legislative sector at present are effective and enhance decision-making and policy processes. Following a discussion of the theoretical context and rationale for public participation, a limited international perspective on public participation was given. The study proceeded to explore the application of public participation in the local South African context with specific focus on the legislative environment. In order to provide evidence in support of the research statement an investigation was done on the current state of public participation in the South African legislative environment. Responses from a semi-structured questionnaire on public participation in the South African legislative context were processed into a comparative table to obtain an overall picture of the legislative sector. From the findings it is clear that there are many positive factors and innovative ideas in place across the legislative sector, yet the weaknesses still far outweigh the strengths. Masters 2009-02-26T08:00:13Z 2010-06-01T08:34:30Z 2009-02-26T08:00:13Z 2010-06-01T08:34:30Z 2009-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1837 en University of Stellenbosch application/pdf Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| spellingShingle | Dissertations -- Public management and planning Theses -- Public management and planning South Africa -- Politics and government -- Citizen participation Political participation -- South Africa Legislative bodies -- South Africa -- Citizen participation School of Public Management and Planning Scott, Renee An analysis of public participation in the South African legislative sector |
| title | An analysis of public participation in the South African legislative sector |
| title_full | An analysis of public participation in the South African legislative sector |
| title_fullStr | An analysis of public participation in the South African legislative sector |
| title_full_unstemmed | An analysis of public participation in the South African legislative sector |
| title_short | An analysis of public participation in the South African legislative sector |
| title_sort | analysis of public participation in the south african legislative sector |
| topic | Dissertations -- Public management and planning Theses -- Public management and planning South Africa -- Politics and government -- Citizen participation Political participation -- South Africa Legislative bodies -- South Africa -- Citizen participation School of Public Management and Planning |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1837 |
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