Civil society and the Zuma government : opportunities for engagement / / edited by Yvette Geyer and Ivor Jenkins

• Pubblicazione: [Cape Town, South Africa], : Idasa, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (46 pages)
• Disciplina: 323.0420968
• Soggetto topico: Civil society - South Africa; Participatory democracy - South Africa
• Altri autori: GeyerYvette JenkinsIvor
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 1. Civil Society and the Zuma Administration in South Africa; 2. New World Governance and the Emergence of a Global Community Round Table; 3. Thoughts on the State of Civil Society in South Africa; 4. A Disguised Opportunity?; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: A healthy democracy needs a government that understands that it has to share some of its power with civil society, the realm in which citizens acquire a voice, enabling them to ensure that government responds to their needs and is accountable to them in an ongoing representative manner beyond the ballot box. The public debate on whether there are centralist impulses evident in the ANC as the dominant electoral force raises questions about the nature of democracy and the state of South Africa. Is there a danger of government distinguishing between development and democracy and acting as if they are mutually exclusive? African democracy institute Idasa and the International Development Research Centre held a roundtable discussion, of which this publication is the result, on the role of civil society, the areas of involvement for civil society, the policy recommendations to be made and areas of research need to be explored.
• Titolo autorizzato: Civil society and the Zuma government
• ISBN: 1-282-86912-4; 9786612869129; 1-920409-40-8; 1-920409-12-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910968995703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II