An examination of administrative capacity to implement development programmes in South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorCameron, Roberten_ZA
dc.contributor.authorNaidoo, Vinothanen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-06T11:11:27Z
dc.date.available2014-10-06T11:11:27Z
dc.date.issued2008en_ZA
dc.descriptionThesis (Ph.D. (Political Studies))--University of Cape Town, 2008.en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 227-241).en_ZA
dc.descriptionLibrary also has copy on CD-ROM.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examined the concept of administrative "capacity", which has been employed to critique the ability of public administrations to implement development programmes in South Africa. References to administrative capacity in South African academic discourse have generally treated the term as a concrete item, often translated as public sector organisations lacking the ability/capacity to respond to the increasing scale of development needs which accompanied the country's recent political transition. This emphasis has in turn raised questions about whether these bodies possess the requisite or sufficient capacity to carry out development activities, and where this is judged not to be the case, that efforts should be directed at acquiring this capacity, i.e. capacity building or strengthening. This thesis argued that this prevailing twofold interpretation of capacity was too narrow, because it did not adequately capture how the organisational and operational circumstances under which public sector bodies functioned, might influence their ability (in other words, capacity) to implement development programmes.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationNaidoo, V. (2008). <i>An examination of administrative capacity to implement development programmes in South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8105en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationNaidoo, Vinothan. <i>"An examination of administrative capacity to implement development programmes in South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8105en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNaidoo, V. 2008. An examination of administrative capacity to implement development programmes in South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Naidoo, Vinothan AB - This thesis examined the concept of administrative "capacity", which has been employed to critique the ability of public administrations to implement development programmes in South Africa. References to administrative capacity in South African academic discourse have generally treated the term as a concrete item, often translated as public sector organisations lacking the ability/capacity to respond to the increasing scale of development needs which accompanied the country's recent political transition. This emphasis has in turn raised questions about whether these bodies possess the requisite or sufficient capacity to carry out development activities, and where this is judged not to be the case, that efforts should be directed at acquiring this capacity, i.e. capacity building or strengthening. This thesis argued that this prevailing twofold interpretation of capacity was too narrow, because it did not adequately capture how the organisational and operational circumstances under which public sector bodies functioned, might influence their ability (in other words, capacity) to implement development programmes. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 T1 - An examination of administrative capacity to implement development programmes in South Africa TI - An examination of administrative capacity to implement development programmes in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8105 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationNaidoo V. An examination of administrative capacity to implement development programmes in South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2008 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8105en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleAn examination of administrative capacity to implement development programmes in South Africaen_ZA
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