Future inheritance
Subtitle: building state capacity in democratic South Africa
By: edited by Daniel Plaatjies ; [foreword by Dawn Primarolo ; preface by Desmond Tutu]
Publisher: Jacana Media
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Auckland Park , South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9781431401017
Subjects: Politics and government; Democracy; Political planning; Government accountability; Economic development; Social policy; Post-apartheid era; Democratization; Economic policy; Nation-building
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Building capacity in the democratic South African state / Daniel Plaatjies; title: The bureaucratic, flexible and democratic developmental state: lessons for South Africa / Anver Saloojee and Essop Pahad; title: State capacity and political accountability in post-apartheid South Africa / Anthony Butler; title: Strengthening the centre: the South African presidency, 1994-2008 / Frank Chikane; title: Who governs the governors?: accountability and government effectiveness in post-apartheid South Africa / Steven Friedman; title: The institutional evolution of the ANC as a party of government after 1994 / Fébé Potgieter-Gqubule; title: Values, political governance and deployment / Daniel Plaatjies; title: The provinces as a bulwark of democracy / Helen Zille; title: A delicate dialogue: courts, the executive and social policy in South Africa / Jonathan Klaaren; title: State models, capacity and economic policy in modern South Africa / John M. Luiz; title: State ownership and the National Democratic Revolution: debating the issue of nationalism / Joel Netshitenzhe; title: Prospects and challenges in building the trade and industry sector in South Africa / Seeraj Mohamed; title: Building capacity for water supply and sanitation services: a demand-side approach / Mike Muller; title: Basic education: a development perspective. Where are we going / Graeme Bloch; title: Achieving a responsive social security system in South Africa through institutional reform / Alex van der Heever; title: Improving the capacity of the state / Neva Seidman Makgetla; title: Broad-based empowerment or dependent accumulation?: the state and development in South Africa / Richard M. Levin; title: Coordination and integration: the perpetually elusive grail of governance / David Everatt and Nolulamo Gwagwa; title: Delivering on the promise of performance monitoring and evaluation / Daniel Plaatjies and Stephen Porter.