Policy regimes in South African electricity policy as a barrier to reform and sustainability Kevin J.R. Foster.

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dc.contributor.advisorTaljaard, Raenetteen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorFoster, Kevin JRen_ZA
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dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
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dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the South African electricity policy-making regime asking the question "What is the nature of South Africa's electricity policy regime and how does it act as a barrier to reform and the introduction of sustainable energy sources into the South Africa's energy system from 1994 to 2011?" It hypothesizes that a policy regime that amounts to a coalition between energy intensive business, electricity utility Eskom and the Government that has developed in the post apartheid era out of what Fine and Rustomjee called the Minerals-Energy Complex. It hypothesizes that this regime uses its financial and political power and skills asymmetries to ensure policy is made in a supply paradigm, which prefers cheap source of electricity supply to meet growing demand over efficiency and sustainability in the energy system and that this is the major barrier to reform.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationFoster, K. J. (2012). <i>Policy regimes in South African electricity policy as a barrier to reform and sustainability Kevin J.R. Foster</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12080en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationFoster, Kevin JR. <i>"Policy regimes in South African electricity policy as a barrier to reform and sustainability Kevin J.R. Foster."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12080en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFoster, K. 2012. Policy regimes in South African electricity policy as a barrier to reform and sustainability Kevin J.R. Foster. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Foster, Kevin JR AB - This thesis examines the South African electricity policy-making regime asking the question "What is the nature of South Africa's electricity policy regime and how does it act as a barrier to reform and the introduction of sustainable energy sources into the South Africa's energy system from 1994 to 2011?" It hypothesizes that a policy regime that amounts to a coalition between energy intensive business, electricity utility Eskom and the Government that has developed in the post apartheid era out of what Fine and Rustomjee called the Minerals-Energy Complex. It hypothesizes that this regime uses its financial and political power and skills asymmetries to ensure policy is made in a supply paradigm, which prefers cheap source of electricity supply to meet growing demand over efficiency and sustainability in the energy system and that this is the major barrier to reform. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Policy regimes in South African electricity policy as a barrier to reform and sustainability Kevin J.R. Foster TI - Policy regimes in South African electricity policy as a barrier to reform and sustainability Kevin J.R. Foster UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12080 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12080
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationFoster KJ. Policy regimes in South African electricity policy as a barrier to reform and sustainability Kevin J.R. Foster. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12080en_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.subject.otherPublic Policy and Administrationen_ZA
dc.titlePolicy regimes in South African electricity policy as a barrier to reform and sustainability Kevin J.R. Foster.en_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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