The record failure of development aid, massive corruption, escalating poverty rates,
resource-related conflicts, systematic exclusion, and general disenfranchisement
across the East African Community (EAC) puzzle many development experts, as
they do concerned citizens. Instead of espousing inclusive citizen participation, cyclic
rounds of national leaders have governed EAC countries using retrograde
ideologies, depictive of restrictive leadership interests. Underlying these interests is
usually a deep-seated desire for self-entrenchment that crafty leaders impose on
hapless masses. In the process, the leaders methodically personify state institutions
and systems, rendering them acquiescent to their desires. Over time, destitute
citizens also submit to the status quo, yielding a cadre of “acquiesced citizens”.
With respect to the above, the three objectives of this study were to analyse how
personified leadership styles influence governance and development policies in East
Africa; to assess the degree of citizen involvement in public governance, and how
this influences development in East Africa; and to develop criteria for citizen-driven
development policies that transcend personified governance in East Africa.
The findings of this thesis will enable citizens, academia, development practitioners
and other stakeholders to unconditionally determine or guide national governance
and development agenda. Most importantly, this study has unravelled a new
approach for analysing national leadership, in a manner that can potentially enable a
country to identify leaders who can champion effective principles of good
governance and simultaneously achieve sustainable development. / Development Studies / D. Phil. (Development Studies)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/26008 |
| Date | 01 1900 |
| Creators | Apell, Oceng |
| Contributors | Rakolojane, Moipone Jeannette |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (xi, 326 leaves), application/pdf |
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