Information without power? Exploring the challenges and opportunities in the usage of the Promotion of Access to Information Act no 50 of 2000 (PAIA) as a potent tool for advancing socio-economic justice in South Africa Langton Miriyoga.
dc.contributor.advisor | Calland, Richard | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Miriyoga, Langton | en_ZA |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-30T18:19:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-30T18:19:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | en_ZA |
dc.description | Includes abstract. | |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references. | |
dc.description.abstract | That there is power in information is not disputable. Information empowers marginalised and impoverished citizens to engage with the state thus ensuring their inclusion in the governance and policy processes culminating in the realisation of their socio economic rights. Conversely, in spite of the opportunities for the usage of ATI law as a tool for advancing social justice, the state often retains the power to defy requests for access to information hence power to deny access thereto. This phenomenon is attributable to deeply entrenched socio political and systemic barriers resulting in the disempowerment of the poor from using ATI law as a tool for the realisation of social justice. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.apacitation | Miriyoga, L. (2011). <i>Information without power? Exploring the challenges and opportunities in the usage of the Promotion of Access to Information Act no 50 of 2000 (PAIA) as a potent tool for advancing socio-economic justice in South Africa Langton Miriyoga</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4720 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Miriyoga, Langton. <i>"Information without power? Exploring the challenges and opportunities in the usage of the Promotion of Access to Information Act no 50 of 2000 (PAIA) as a potent tool for advancing socio-economic justice in South Africa Langton Miriyoga."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4720 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Miriyoga, L. 2011. Information without power? Exploring the challenges and opportunities in the usage of the Promotion of Access to Information Act no 50 of 2000 (PAIA) as a potent tool for advancing socio-economic justice in South Africa Langton Miriyoga. University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Miriyoga, Langton AB - That there is power in information is not disputable. Information empowers marginalised and impoverished citizens to engage with the state thus ensuring their inclusion in the governance and policy processes culminating in the realisation of their socio economic rights. Conversely, in spite of the opportunities for the usage of ATI law as a tool for advancing social justice, the state often retains the power to defy requests for access to information hence power to deny access thereto. This phenomenon is attributable to deeply entrenched socio political and systemic barriers resulting in the disempowerment of the poor from using ATI law as a tool for the realisation of social justice. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - Information without power? Exploring the challenges and opportunities in the usage of the Promotion of Access to Information Act no 50 of 2000 (PAIA) as a potent tool for advancing socio-economic justice in South Africa Langton Miriyoga TI - Information without power? Exploring the challenges and opportunities in the usage of the Promotion of Access to Information Act no 50 of 2000 (PAIA) as a potent tool for advancing socio-economic justice in South Africa Langton Miriyoga UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4720 ER - | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4720 | |
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Miriyoga L. Information without power? Exploring the challenges and opportunities in the usage of the Promotion of Access to Information Act no 50 of 2000 (PAIA) as a potent tool for advancing socio-economic justice in South Africa Langton Miriyoga. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4720 | en_ZA |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.department | Department of Public Law | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Law | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
dc.subject.other | Social Justice | en_ZA |
dc.title | Information without power? Exploring the challenges and opportunities in the usage of the Promotion of Access to Information Act no 50 of 2000 (PAIA) as a potent tool for advancing socio-economic justice in South Africa Langton Miriyoga. | en_ZA |
dc.type | Master Thesis | |
dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
dc.type.qualificationname | MPhil | en_ZA |
uct.type.filetype | Text | |
uct.type.filetype | Image | |
uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
uct.type.resource | Thesis | en_ZA |
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