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The role of ward committees in the development of participative governanceSilima, Troy Musandiwa 11 February 2015 (has links)
M.A. (Public Management and Governance) / Please refer to full text to view abstract
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Identifying the barriers sex workers experience to participate in public policy makingMienies, Keith Adrian January 2017 (has links)
Thesis submitted for fifty percent completion of the degree of Master of
Management in the field of Public Policy at the University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg.
28 March 2017 / In South Africa, sex work is illegal, and sex workers have operated in the
shadows for decades, although the profession has been around for centuries. Sex
workers are marginalised and vulnerable which affects their power and
authority to participate in public policy deliberations. Their ability to participate
in community forums and public discussions about issues that affect them is
limited mainly due to their lack of agency, social exclusion and stigma.
Ultimately, their equality in the democracy they live is compromised due to
social norms, cultural values and religion. This study investigated the barriers
that sex workers face to participate in public policy making.
This research was a basic interpretive qualitative study which was
conducted in Johannesburg, South Africa. Data was collected using structured
and semi structured tools through focus group discussions with active sex
workers and key informant interviews with policy makers, academics and legal
experts. The data was collected and analysed through an exploratory lens that
allowed a story to unfold and used people’s experiences to shed light on what
these barriers were.
The results from the study concluded that sex workers are in fact socially
excluded within the communities they live and this exclusion fuels internal and
external stigma. This structurally decreases their human and social agency and
systematically excludes their voices, human rights, legitimate policy needs and
opinions from public policy making processes within their communities. In order
to address this structural disadvantage, an advanced form of behaviour change
of communities, policy makers and public service personnel is recommended. / MT2017
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Participatory community development : a networking approachPistorius, Anna Gertruida 10 1900 (has links)
This thesis is an account of how a networking approach may assist participatory community
development.
The author undertakes naturalistic action research into how she can improve her social practice
with a view to gaining equal participation amongst university and community members in a
community development practicum.
She describes how efforts to maximize group participation are typically countered with various
forms of non-participation, analogous to a rebellion against authoritarianism. Dialogue with her doctoral peer group about tacit meanings from her personal history reveals that
she is too heavily invested in community involvement. A stance of irreverence gives her the
freedom to realize that her politically correct approach is conveying the message that "MY way
of participation is THE way". She embarks on a networking programme of action in the hope of
achieving more balanced participation. A multidisciplinary workshop and a study tour show her that openness to multiple inputs may
free people from restrictive views and problematic styles of participation. She initiates the
formation of a local network and finds that this is a more free-flowing structure that encourages
fluid problem solving among community, government and university participants. The author's original anxieties are, however, revived when networking, too, becomes entangled
in organizational complexities. She eventually realizes that she tends to base her actions on
premises of power and justice and that it may be helpful to base new ventures on information
flow and creativity instead. Her new approach to group facilitation elicits creative inputs from others. She finds that
deliberate debate of the assumptions on which collective undertakings are based releases an
awareness of alternative approaches to addressing unequal resource utilization in the commons. A review of the local Network's development over six years draws attention to networking
resources, and its uses, structuring and management. The author's experiences continuously
demonstrate that the assumptions of independence and freedom of choice may provide a more
satisfactory basis upon which to manage community participation. / Social Work / D.Litt. et Phil. (Psychology)
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Participatory community development : a networking approachPistorius, Anna Gertruida 10 1900 (has links)
This thesis is an account of how a networking approach may assist participatory community
development.
The author undertakes naturalistic action research into how she can improve her social practice
with a view to gaining equal participation amongst university and community members in a
community development practicum.
She describes how efforts to maximize group participation are typically countered with various
forms of non-participation, analogous to a rebellion against authoritarianism. Dialogue with her doctoral peer group about tacit meanings from her personal history reveals that
she is too heavily invested in community involvement. A stance of irreverence gives her the
freedom to realize that her politically correct approach is conveying the message that "MY way
of participation is THE way". She embarks on a networking programme of action in the hope of
achieving more balanced participation. A multidisciplinary workshop and a study tour show her that openness to multiple inputs may
free people from restrictive views and problematic styles of participation. She initiates the
formation of a local network and finds that this is a more free-flowing structure that encourages
fluid problem solving among community, government and university participants. The author's original anxieties are, however, revived when networking, too, becomes entangled
in organizational complexities. She eventually realizes that she tends to base her actions on
premises of power and justice and that it may be helpful to base new ventures on information
flow and creativity instead. Her new approach to group facilitation elicits creative inputs from others. She finds that
deliberate debate of the assumptions on which collective undertakings are based releases an
awareness of alternative approaches to addressing unequal resource utilization in the commons. A review of the local Network's development over six years draws attention to networking
resources, and its uses, structuring and management. The author's experiences continuously
demonstrate that the assumptions of independence and freedom of choice may provide a more
satisfactory basis upon which to manage community participation. / Social Work / D.Litt. et Phil. (Psychology)
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Patents versus patients : global governance and the role of civil society in South Africa's quest for affordable drugsKarlsbakk, A. 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2005. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is an explanatory study into civil society's increased influence in global
governance. More specifically this situation is examined by looking at the generic medicine
debate that came in the wake of the passing of the Medicines and Related Substances Act by
the South African government in 1997. This debate gained worldwide attention and touched
some of the prevailing inequalities between the developed world and the developing world in
our globalised society. The research question that is addressed here is to what extent did civil
society influence the signing of the Doha Declaration of the TRIPS Agreement and Public
Health by the members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2001? In doing so, this
thesis looks at the role of the US government, the South African government, the
pharmaceutical industry, the WTO's TRIPS Agreement and civil society in the form of nongovernmental
organisations like Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), Oxfam and Medecines
Sans Frontieres (MSF).
The study applies a constructivist approach in order to analyse how civil society used global
advocacy networks to inform and communicate the normative concerns regarding South
Africa and developing countries' lack of access to HIVand AIDS drugs. Moreover, it
examines how civil society's use of moral authority challenged the regulative power of the
WTO.
The study concludes that civil society played a vital role in influencing the WTO member
states' decision to sign the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health.
However, it was not only civil society's ability to set the agenda concerning the HIV/AIDS
pandemic, but also the content of the normative concerns themselves that help explain its
success. Consequently, the study further concludes that civil society's success in this specific
case must be seen in light of its growing influence in challenging global governance. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis is 'n verduidelikende studie van die burgerlike samelewing se groeiende invloed
in globale regering. Hierdie situasie word meer spesifiek ondersoek deur te kyk na die
generiese medisyne debat wat gevoer is na die Suid-Afrikaanse Regering die Medisyne en
Verwante Stowwe Wet van 1997 goedgekeur het. Hierdie debat het wêreldwye aandag geniet
en het geraak aan sommige van die bestaande ongelykhede wat daar heers tussen die
ontwikkelde en ontwikkelende wêreld in die geglobaliseerde samelewing.
Die navorsingsvraag wat hier aangespreek word is tot watter mate die burgerlike samelewing
die ondertekening van die Doha Verklaring van die TRIPS Ooreenkoms en Publieke
Gesondheid deur lede van die Wêreld Handelsorganisasie (WHO) in 2001 beïnvloed het.
Deur dit te doen, sal hierdie tesis kyk na die rol van die Amerikaanse regering, die Suid-
Afrikaanse regering, die farmaseutiese bedryf, die WHO se TRIPS Ooreenkoms en die
burgerlike samelewing in die vorm van nie-regerings organisasies soos die Treatment Action
Campaign (TAC), Oxfam en Medecines Sans Frontieres (MSF).
Die studie maak gebruik van 'n konstruktiwistiese benadering om 'n analise te doen van hoe
die burgerlike samelewing globale ondersteunings netwerke gebruik het om die normatiewe
besorgdhede wat heers oor die tekorte in Suid-Afrika en die ontwikkelende lande ten opsigte
van toegang tot MIV en VIGS medisyne, toe te lig en te verkondig. Verder ondersoek die
studie hoe die gebruik deur die burgerlike samelewing van morele gesag die regulerende mag
van die WHO uitgedaag het.
Die studie kom tot die gevolgtrekking dat die bugerlike samelewing 'n uiters belangrike rol
gespeel het in die WHO lidlande se besluit om die Doha Verklaring van die TRIPS
Ooreenkoms en Publieke Gesondheid te onderteken. Dit was egter nie net die burgerlike
samelewing se vermoë om die agenda daar te stel ten opsigte van die MIV/VIGS pandemie
nie, maar ook die inhoud van die normatiewe besorgdhede self wat bygedra het om hierdie
sukses te verduidelik. Gevolglik kom die studie tot die verdere gevolgtrekking dat die
burgerlike samelewing se sukses in hierdie spesifieke geval gesien kan word in die lig van sy
groeiende invloed in die uitdaging van globale mag en gesag.
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Environmental concern in South Africa : an analysis of elite and public attitudes and their implications for public policyZeelie, Hein 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2003. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa, like so many other developing countries, is confronted with a very complex
situation: although large-scale environmental degradation is threatening the future of the
country, environmental matters are not regarded as of sufficient importance amongst the
general population for them to contribute to environmental improvements. Most of the
country's populations, many argue, are simply too poor and too focused on fulfilling
short-term survival needs to give priority to the environment.
Employing the 2001 World Values Survey, this study analyzes the attitudes of the general
public of South Africa towards environmental matters. These attitudes are contrasted with
those of the elites, who have a disproportionate influence over policy-making, by looking
at the 2000 South African National Leadership Opinion Survey. This study finds that, as
hypothesized, the general population of the country is quite unwilling (or unable) to
contribute materially or financially to environmental improvements, especially in relation
to the elites.
In the final part of the study, these findings are employed in the development of a set of
guidelines that policy-makers can use to increase the probability of developing successful
and effective environmental policies. These guidelines take into account the nature and
dimensions of popular attitudes, and consider ways in which environmental policies can
foster the support of a public that is confronted with so many other serious issues. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Suid-Afrika, soos soveel ander ontwikkelende lande, is gekonfronteer met 'n baie
komplekse situasie: alhoewel grootskaalse degradasie van die omgewing die toekoms van
die land bedreig, sien die algemene publiek nie omgewingskwessies as belangrik genoeg
om 'n bydrae te lewer nie. Die argument is dat te veel van die land se bevolking net te
arm of te gefokus is op die bevrediging van kort-termyn oorlewingsbehoeftes om
prioriteit te gee aan omgewingskwessies.
Deur gebruik te maak van die 2001 Wêreld Waardestudie, analiseer hierdie studie die
houdings van die Suid-Afrikaanse publiek teenoor omgewingskwessies. Hierdie houdings
word gekontrasteer met die van die elites, wat 'n disproporsionele invloed het oor die
beleidsmakingsproses, deur gebruik te maak van die 2000 Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale
Leierskap Opinie Studie. Die studie vind dat, soos gehipotiseer, die publiek onwillig (of
net nie in staat) is om bydrae te lewer tot die oplossing van omgewingskwessies, veral in
vergelyking met die elites.
In die finale afdeling van hierdie studie word die bevindinge gebruik om 'n stel riglyne te
ontwikkel wat deur beleidmakers gebruik kan word om die waarskynlikheid van
suksesvolle en effektiewe omgewingsbeleid te verbeter. Hierdie riglyne neem in ag die
natuur en dimensies van publieke houdings, en bring na vore maniere waardeur
omgewingsbeleide die ondersteuning van 'n publiek, wat gekonfronteer word met soveel
ander ernstige kwessies, kan opbou.
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Participatory human development in post-apartheid South Africa: a discussion of the 2006/7 Tantyi Youth Empowerment ProjectKulundu, Injairu M January 2010 (has links)
This thesis relates the work of a non-governmental organisation, The Spirals Trust, to discussions on human and participatory development. The focus of the study is one of The Spirals Trust’s projects, the 2006/7 Tantyi Youth Empowerment Project, which is discussed in relation to theoretical material on human development and participatory development. Collectively these perspectives are defined in this thesis as ‘participatory human development’. The 2006/7 Tantyi Youth Empowerment Project illustrates some of the challenges that face the practice of participatory human development. Workshops and focus group interviews were conducted with participants who were part of the 2006/7 Tantyi Youth Empowerment Project in order to draw out their experiences of the project. Questions were created from themes that emerged from the participants’ discussion of their experiences and these questions were then posed to members of staff of The Spirals Trust. The experiences of both the participants and the staff members are discussed in order to explore issues that emerge in the practice of participatory human development in the 2006/7 Tantyi Youth Empowerment Project. The results highlight the challenges of putting into action the tenets of participatory human development. Feedback showed that a focus on personal development can help cultivate the ethic of participation. The effort that this entailed on the part of facilitators is discussed. The importance of exposing and continually working with power dynamics that may emerge in projects of this nature is revealed and the eroding influence of bureaucratic compliance in projects like this one is explored. The study also suggests that there is a need to promote development initiatives that challenge the political status quo rather than just finding ways to incorporate the marginalised more effectively into current systems. New questions that the research poses to the practice of participatory human development are considered in conjunction with suggestions for further research.
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Implementation of the National Policy Framework on Public Participation in the Ugu district municipalityNgwane, Ntombenhle Precious January 2017 (has links)
A research report submitted to the Faculty of Management, University of Witwatersrand, in 50% fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Management in the field of Public Policy
June 2017 / Successfully translating policy intentions to desired policy outputs has been identified as a challenge that most developing countries and emerging democracies are faced with. In the early 1970s theorists and researchers realised that in part the problem is not paying enough attention to policy implementation. As a result, more research effort was put into understanding policy implementation and what factors contribute towards or impede a successful implementation of policies.
This research is aimed at exploring the factors that contribute to successful implementation of policies in South African Local Government. Focus has been put on institutional provisions that are put in place by these local government institutions to support the implementation of policies. The policy used for the purposes of this study is the National Policy Framework on Public Participation (NPFPP) and the area of focus is the Ugu District.
The study followed the qualitative method and nineteen (19) in-depth interviews were held with members of government, civil society and community members and representatives. Municipal documents were analysed for purposes of validating information received from interviews.
The study found that there are structural and systemic challenges that contribute to low levels of success in implementing the NPFPP in the Ugu district. This is mainly due to the fact that there are inadequate and ineffective provisions for public participation in the district. Issues identified include lack of capacity within municipalities, both in terms of understanding policy requirements and the number of staff available to implement the policy. Furthermore, there was no perceived involvement of all the strategic units within the municipality to implement the policy. The external structures put in place by the municipalities in accordance with the provisions of the policy, that is, ward committees and IDP processes, proved inadequate and ineffective. The study also found that communities were unaware
of their right and responsibility to participate in municipal matters. However, willingness and eagerness to work with the municipalities was displayed by both communities and civil society organizations.
The study concluded by making recommendations for implementation of the NPFPP in local government generally and also recommendations for the specific area of interest. / MT 2017
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An integrated strategy for community participation in tourism in the Garden Route Area.Ramukumba, Takalani. January 2009 (has links)
Thesis (MTech. degree in Adventure Tourism Management)--Tshwane University of Technology, 2009. / The purpose of the study was to develop an integrated strategy for community participation in tourism in the Garden Route region. The study contributes to the existing body of community participation in tourism knowledge domain. It adds value as this strategy can be applied to other regions in South Africa.
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The role of community based housing organizations in housing the low- income people.Nhlabathi, Sibonakaliso Shadrack. January 1996 (has links)
No abstract available. / Thesis (M.U.R.P.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1996.
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