Too dependent to participate: Ward committees and local democratisation in South Africa

Local Government Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 415-433

  Piper, Laurence ^a   Deacon, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Democratisation; Invited spaces; Participatory local governance; Policy implementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950780852     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930902992683     Document Type: Article

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