Making institutions work in South Africa
By: edited by Daniel Plaatjies
Publisher: Best Red, an imprint of HSRC Press
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781928246367
Subjects: Public institutions; Democracy; Politics and government
Description: Making Institutions Work recognises that institutions are the pillars of a constitutional democracy; they evolve throught the actions of persons; and as organisations they form structures of dynamic, shared social patterns of behaviour. The book offers interdisciplinary critical commentary by scholars, analysts and experts regarding strategic thinking, structural and functional impediments and facilitators to institutions.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Judge Dennis Davies; title: Institutions: Nexus Between Society, Markets, and the State / Daniel Plaatjies; title: Trust in South African Institutions: The Role of Leadership as Primary Trust-Building Institution / Erwin Schwella; title: Independent Oversight Bodies: Lessons From Fiscal, Productivity and Regulatory Institutions / Sean Dougherty,  Andrea Renda, and Lisa von Trapp; title: Governance in Representative Democracies: Attitudes to Technocratic versus Democratic Governments / Luiz De Mello; title: Economic Institutions and the Frustration of Economic Policy / Neva Seidman Makgetla; title: Institutional Analysis of the Prospects of a Social Compact for Growth, Employment, and Equity in South Africa / Kenneth Creamer; title: The Department as Institution: The National Treasury and Its Institutional Role / Steven Friedman; title: Separation of Powers and the Dangers of Judicial Underreach / Michael Cosser, Narnia Bohler-Muller, Gary Pienaar; title: Legal Aid SA: A Successful Post-Apartheid Institution Supporting the Rule of Law / Jonathan Klaaren; title: Rebuilding SOEs: Institutional, Organizational, and Governance Reforms Necessary for Success / Mohamed Adam; title: From Bewysburo to the Biometric State: A Critique of Migration Institutions and Policies in South Africa / Rachel Adams, Stephen Rule, and Temba Masilela.