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An evaluation of Greene's resource theory of party dominance with reference to the South African case

Author: Balt, Laurent Date: 2021 The African National Congress is commonly thought of as a dominant party, which poses an explanatory problem – how and why is it dominant? Greene (2007) proposes that orthodox electoral market explanations fail to explain the persistence of ... Read more
An assessment of corporate social responsibility in South Africa's mining industry : a case study of Anglo American Platinum's corporate social investment programmes in the area of education

Author: Siyobi, Busisipho Ayakha Date: 2016 The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda and practice has been a part of the global, academic and corporate debate for many decades. Policymakers are increasingly viewing the private sector as an important role player in contributing ... Read more
Contemporary issues in political party funding and sustainability

Author: Butler, Anthony Date: 2015 It is sometimes argued that political funding in Africa has a distinctive character. Some scholars claim that a particular form of party–state linkage may be prevalent across Africa in which parties amass money from the state through patronage, ... Read more
Do Elinor Ostroms principles of successful institutions illuminate the challenges to participation in groundwater governance in South Africa? What limits are there to using Ostrom's principles to analyse groundwater governance challenged in South Africa?

Author: Rust, Jennifer Date: 2016 Elinor Ostrom's research has opened up a field of study into locally developed institutions for commons governance and has successfully disproved the notion that it is impossible for individuals to address collective problems cooperatively ... Read more
Evaluating the ombudsman : a preliminary investigation of South Africa and Botswana

Author: Fani, Chazwagwa Edison Date: 2005 In the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, and in particular in South Africa and Botswana, the Ombudsman institution was only established in 1995 and 1997 respectively. The institution is still at an infant stage and needs ... Read more
Evaluating the policy of South African Parliament : a case of tobacco control policy

Author: Makan, Amit J Date: 2009 Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references. Read more
An evaluation of UCT employment equity policy : the role of UCT in promoting employment equity (1995-2002)

Author: Thokoe, Percy Ralodi Date: 2002 The 1994 democratically elected government underpinned crucial socio-political changes in South Africa. The historical imbalances created by decades of Apartheid policies demanded employment of specific programmes in order to correct the ... Read more
An exploration of 'Pentecostal/Charismatic' church responses to the HIV and AIDS pandemic in the Western Cape : a policy learning approach

Author: Harvey, Ross Date: 2009 Most research on 'Pentecostal/Charismatic' Churches in South Africa, though, examines reasons for their growth and related socio-economic development potential. Not one examines their response to HIV and AIDS specifically. Therefore, this ... Read more
Facilitating policy formulation and policy implementation : a case study of policy on the prevention of mother to child HIV transmission in South Africa

Author: Peterson, Jennifer Date: 2006 This case study explores the evolution of South African policy on prevention of mother to child HIV transmission (PMTCT). It employs the advocacy coalition framework developed by Paul Sabatier to analyse the factors that have hindered and ... Read more
Greene's resource theory of single party dominance

Author: Ulla, Heidi Emberland Date: 2019 Single-party dominance (SPD) is a phenomenon that has puzzled many scholars within the field of political science, as it does not fit into the standard dichotomy of democracy versus dictatorship. Kenneth Greene’s Resource Theory seeks to ... Read more
How Democratic is the African National Congress?

Author: Butler, Anthony Date: 2005 This article explores three dimensions of ANC democracy: the movement’s entrenchment of liberal representative democracy, its pursuit of national democratic revolution, and its internal organisational democracy. It identifies tensions over ... Read more c b
The Idea of the ANC

Author: Butler, Anthony Date: 2012 Read more
Interest mediation and democratic transitions : NEDLAC and South Africa's experiment in Corporatism

Author: Manji, Nadine Date: 2002 The release of Nelson Mandela in 1990 marked the beginning of a transition process during which South Africa would finally move from an authoritarian apartheid state to a democratic state that respected and upheld the basic principles of human ... Read more
Intergovernmental fiscal reform in South Africa : preference matching, efficiency and accountability

Author: Banda, Raymond Lorato Date: 2007 The central purpose of this paper is to assess whether the South African intergovernmental fiscal relations system enables provinces to achieve preference matching, efficiency and accountability. In the final analysis the paper contests that ... Read more
Language rights, ethnic politics : a critique of the Pan South African Language Board

Author: Perry, Timothy Date: 2003 Bibliography: leaves 228-245. Read more
Oversight in local government in South Africa : a case study of the Ombudman's office for the City of Cape Town

Author: Nagia-Luddy, Fairouz Date: 2009 The municipal ombud is a relatively new concept in South Africa and only two municipal ombud offices currently operate within the country. While there is a growing body of literature on the organisational ombud, as well as established works ... Read more
Policy Development in the Tripartite Alliance, 2007-2012: An application of the Multiple Streams Framework

Author: Cupido, Simone Date: 2021 The tripartite alliance is an unusual structure of governance which consolidates the rule of the African National Congress (ANC) as a dominant party through three parties each with a unique ideological trajectory and constituency base. The ... Read more
Politics gone viral : social media and political mobilization : in what respects are social media effective tools for initiating political mobilization and stimulating political change in order to challenge authoritarian regimes?

Author: Webb, Dominique Victoria Date: 2014 The rise of new media has continued to have a profound effect on the global political system. Social media in particular have seen an exponential increase in penetration globally. The recent Arab uprisings that began in 2010 across the MENA ... Read more
The politics of numbers: National membership growth and subnational power competition in the African National Congress

Author: Butler, Anthony Date: 2015 The ANC has experienced rapid membership growth in recent years. This paper explores competing explanations for this growth, and concludes that subnational political competition and national factional conflicts, rather than deliberate membership ... Read more
Resource nationalism and the African National Congress

Author: Butler, Anthony Date: Jan 2013 This paper explains the politics of mine nationalization in contemporary South Africa. Nationalization and privatization typically occur in the oil, mineral resources, and state utilities sectors, and they tend to follow one another in a ... Read more

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