Civil society and the Zuma government : opportunities for engagement / edited by Yvette Geyer and Ivor Jenkins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Geyer, Yvette.

Jenkins, Ivor.

Institute for Democracy in Africa [IDASA].

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zuma, Jacob.

Civil society--South Africa.

Civil society.

Participatory democracy--South Africa.

Participatory democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (46 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Cape Town, South Africa] : Idasa, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A healthy democracy needs a government that understands that it has to share some of its power with civil society, the realm in which citizens acquire a voice, enabling them to ensure that government responds to their needs and is accountable to them in an ongoing representative manner beyond the ballot box. The public debate on whether there are centralist impulses evident in the ANC as the dominant electoral force raises questions about the nature of democracy and the state of South Africa. Is there a danger of government distinguishing between development and democracy and acting as if they are mutually exclusive? African democracy institute Idasa and the International Development Research Centre held a roundtable discussion, of which this publication is the result, on the role of civil society, the areas of involvement for civil society, the policy recommendations to be made and areas of research need to be explored.

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 1. Civil Society and the Zuma Administration in South Africa; 2. New World Governance and the Emergence of a Global Community Round Table; 3. Thoughts on the State of Civil Society in South Africa; 4. A Disguised Opportunity?; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-282-86912-4

9786612869129

1-920409-40-8

1-920409-12-2

OCLC:

923563092