People's Parliament? An assessment of public participation in South Africa's legislatures

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dc.contributor.advisorSmythe, Deeen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWaterhouse, Samantha Janeen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-21T09:39:15Z
dc.date.available2015-11-21T09:39:15Z
dc.date.issued2015en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis paper assesses the political impact of the constitutional framework and policy for public participation in South Africa. I consider the question of how legislatures are fulfilling their obligations to facilitate public participation, if they meet international human rights law (IHRL) norms and the extent to which the public involvement facilitated by legislatures measures up to standards identified by theories of political participation. Central to this is a discussion of whether government-led citizen participation processes influence, or have the potential to influence, state decision-making. I examine the political tensions that arise between public participation and party politics within the context of South Africa's political system and discuss the role of civil society-led participation, and the interactions and conflicts between this and the government facilitated processes.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWaterhouse, S. J. (2015). <i>People's Parliament? An assessment of public participation in South Africa's legislatures</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15198en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWaterhouse, Samantha Jane. <i>"People's Parliament? An assessment of public participation in South Africa's legislatures."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15198en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWaterhouse, S. 2015. People's Parliament? An assessment of public participation in South Africa's legislatures. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Waterhouse, Samantha Jane AB - This paper assesses the political impact of the constitutional framework and policy for public participation in South Africa. I consider the question of how legislatures are fulfilling their obligations to facilitate public participation, if they meet international human rights law (IHRL) norms and the extent to which the public involvement facilitated by legislatures measures up to standards identified by theories of political participation. Central to this is a discussion of whether government-led citizen participation processes influence, or have the potential to influence, state decision-making. I examine the political tensions that arise between public participation and party politics within the context of South Africa's political system and discuss the role of civil society-led participation, and the interactions and conflicts between this and the government facilitated processes. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - People's Parliament? An assessment of public participation in South Africa's legislatures TI - People's Parliament? An assessment of public participation in South Africa's legislatures UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15198 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/15198
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWaterhouse SJ. People's Parliament? An assessment of public participation in South Africa's legislatures. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law, 2015 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15198en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Public Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSocial Justiceen_ZA
dc.titlePeople's Parliament? An assessment of public participation in South Africa's legislaturesen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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