Student Number : 9812559F -
MA dissertation -
School of Social Sciences -
Faculty of Humanities / This research explores the various strategies being proposed to address the
perceived governance crisis on the African continent. It identifies the New
Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) as the most recent African
transnational initiative with a stated continental governance strategy. It is
argued that in many respects NEPAD represents the best possible alternative
for African rejuvenation, providing a valuable blueprint for continental
reform and development conceived and developed within the continent
itself. The potential of NEPAD to meet this objective is evaluated through
an analysis of its response to the Zimbabwean crisis of governance. The
research suggests that firstly, NEPAD has failed to meet the expectations of
those African who were hoping that NEPAD would represent something
radically different to earlier transnational initiatives. Secondly, NEPAD has
failed to respond to the demands of democratic activists in Zimbabwe. The
dissertation argues that these findings stem from the lack of political will
among African leaders to fully implement NEPAD; their reluctance to
fundamentally alter their understanding of sovereignty away from individual
towards increased collective responsibility and finally the failure of NEPAD
itself to make provision for the active involvement of civil society in all
areas of the governance process.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/2135 |
| Date | 26 February 2007 |
| Creators | Goodspeed, Angela Deborah |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 270421 bytes, 4702 bytes, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf |
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