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- ItemOpen AccessAddressing inequalities in child health: opportunities and challenges(Children's Institute, 2012) Sanders, David; Reynolds, Louis; Lake, Lori
- ItemOpen AccessAddressing quality through school fees and school funding(Children's Institute, 2009) Hall, Katharine; Giese, Sonja
- ItemOpen AccessAddressing the social determinants of health(Children's Institute, 2010) Lake, Lori; Reynolds, Louis
- ItemOpen AccessBasic health care services for children(Children's Institute, 2010) Westwood, Anthony; Shung King, Maylene; Lake, Lori
- ItemOpen AccessBudget allocations for implementing the Children's Act(Children's Institute, 2008) Budlender, Debbie; Proudlock, Paula; Monson, Jo
- ItemOpen AccessThe challenge of communicating science effectively in fisheries management(African Minds, 2020) Butterworth, Doug S; Weingart, P; Joubert, M; Falade, BThis chapter presents a short case study of a particular field of science communication: scientific advice to decision-makers1 in fisheries management. Scientific advice to decision-makers is a special type of science communication, as it is directly linked to political decisions. Thus, the advisory process requires certain institutional structures that guarantee the quality of the process. The chapter commences with a very brief introduction to fisheries management: what are the basic objectives, and what makes them difficult to attain. It then proceeds to summarise the basic structures that underlie the process of developing scientific advice for fisheries management measures, and of transmitting this advice to decision-makers (such as the government ministers responsible) for final decisions. This is discussed both in a South African and international context, addressing whether they are working and where the problems lie. Finally, problems in the way scientists try to communicate scientific results in these processes are highlighted, with some suggestions given of how they might be improved.
- ItemOpen AccessChapter 04. Framework to understand postgraduate students' adaption of academics' teaching materials as OER(2011) Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; Paskevicius, MichaelThis chapter addresses a way of responding to one of the key challenges of OER contribution, namely academics' lack of time to re-purpose teaching materials originally intended for campus-based face-to-face lectures as stand-alone Open Educational Resources (OER). It describes how masters' students, tutors and interns at the University of Cape Town have been engaged to support the innovative practice of adapting academics' existing teaching materials into OER.
- ItemOpen AccessChildren and inequality: an introduction and overview(Children's Institute, 2012) Hall, Katharine; Woolard, Ingrid
- ItemOpen AccessThe Children's Act: providing a strong legislative foundation for a developmental approach to child care and protection(Children's Institute, 2009) Proudlock, Paula; Jamieson, Lucy
- ItemOpen AccessChildren's constitutional right to social services(Children's Institute, 2008) Dutschke, Mira; Monson, Jo
- ItemOpen AccessChildren's right to basic education(Children's Institute, 2009) Lake, Lori; Pendlebury, Shirley
- ItemOpen AccessChildren's rights to health(Children's Institute, 2010) Proudlock, Paula; Mahery, Prinslean
- ItemOpen AccessChildren's rights to participate in social dialogue(Children's Institute, 2011) Jamieson, Lucy
- ItemOpen AccessConclusion: children as citizens(Children's Institute, 2011) Jamieson, Lucy; Pendlebury, Shirley; Bray, Rachel
- ItemRestricted"Development first" in the G-20 and the BRICS? Reflections on Brazil’s foreign politics and civil society(2012) Rennkamp, BrittaEver since the Workers’ Party (PT) came to power in 2002, analysts have been puzzled by Brazil’s economic and foreign policies. Even the harshest critics of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva praised his foreign policy strategy, which seemed to truly reflect the ideals of the Workers’ Party in defending national sovereignty, solidarity between developing countries, and Latin American integrity. On the other hand, Lula’s economic policy choices upset many of his supporters, who saw them as not being faithful to the PT’s beliefs (Bourne 2008). Lula’s background (he was from a poor family in the northeast, a militant, and a steelworker unionist) led to high expectations for improvements in the lives of the poorest. At the same time, international investors panicked when the leftist leader was first elected. This essay explores the entanglement between economic policy and foreign policy and the tradeoffs between developmental choices. It looks at foreign and economic policies and Brazil’s engagement in various economic groups: G-20; BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa); BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India, China); and IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa). The essay proposes two main arguments. Firstly, although the PT’s foreign politics received wide appraisal among scholars and analysts, Lula’s strategy consistently supported his controversial economic development policy. Whenever environmental and social costs clashed, the PT administration pursued a clear approach to “development first.” The conservative interpretation of “development first” created controversy among the party’s supporters.
- ItemOpen AccessDevelopmental social welfare policies and children's right to social services(Children's Institute, 2008) Dutschke, Mira
- ItemOpen AccessECD services in South Africa: what are the next steps?(Children's Institute, 2013) Albino, Nadi; Berry, Lizette
- ItemOpen AccessEnforcement and effectiveness of consumer law in South Africa(Springer, 2018) Naude, Tjakie; Barnard, Jacolien; Micklitz, Hans-W; Saumier, GenevieveThis chapter discusses and evaluates the enforcement and effectiveness of Consumer Law in South Africa. It first provides the principal legal and policy framework, including the legislation and common law and consumer policy and strategic plans of the governmental authorities and enforcement agencies. It sets out details and some statistics regarding enforcement by specialised enforcement agencies, such as the National Consumer Commission, the National Credit Regulator and provincial consumer protection authorities. Alternative dispute resolution actors are discussed, including ombuds enforcing the Consumer Protection Act and ombuds in the financial services sector. Thereafter enforcement by the courts are considered, as well as enforcement through collective redress. The role of consumer organisations and private regulation are discussed, as well as sanctions for breaches of consumer law. External relations and cooperation of the State, enforcers and consumer organisations with bodies external to South Africa are considered. Finally, the effectiveness of the enforcement mechanisms is critically evaluated and some proposals for reform made.
- ItemRestrictedExcellence in Higher Education: Is There Really No Alternative?(2013-03) Nash, AndrewExcellence, according to Bill Readings, “has become the unifying principle of the contemporary university” (1996: 22). Excellence is the central category in the university’s current self-conception, the point on which managerial authority believes itself to be at its strongest, and at times believes itself to be impregnable. The only alternative to excellence in this discourse — or the only alternative that can be admitted — is mediocrity. In the South African context, this contrast can be given a political and racial edge, as in Mamphela Ramphele’s claim that “Black people did not fight against apartheid only to settle for mediocrity” (2008: 219). Student struggles against apartheid raised the banner of freedom, rather than excellence, but these struggles can be used to legitimate excellence and to give retrospective content to the idea of freedom. To think critically about excellence, we need to see it not just as an outcome but also as a managerial practice or system that impacts on every aspect of higher education. We also have to see how it fills a pressing historical need within academic life. All too often, the advocates of excellence conceal that history, making it impossible for us to ask whether that need could be met in other ways.
- ItemOpen AccessGetting the basics right: an essential package of services and support for ECD(Children's Institute, 2013) Berry, Lizette; Dawes, Andrew; Biersteker, Linda