Browsing African Journal of Public Affairs Volume 4, Number 2 (2011) by Title

Browsing African Journal of Public Affairs Volume 4, Number 2 (2011) by Title

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  • Local government public service delivery in Africa 
    Tshiyoyo, Mudikolele Michel; Koma, Samuel Bogalebjapoo (African Consortium of Public Administration, 2011-09)
    To foster economic development in Africa, countries of different regions on the continent need to integrate their systems of local government in order to provide improved public services to their respective communities. ...
  • Political risk assessment for South Africa with reference to the public discourse on the nationalisation of mines 
    Croucamp, P.A.; Malan, L.P. (Lianne Priscilla) (African Consortium of Public Administration, 2011-09)
    The conceptual context and operational architecture of South Africa’s constitutional regime remains a terrain for political contest. The public discourse on the nationalisation of the mining industry is embedded in the ...
  • Representative bureaucracy in the South African public service 
    Cameron, R.; Milne, C. (African Consortium of Public Administration, 2011)
    The research question of this article is to examine the extent to which the South African public service conforms to the concept of representative bureaucracy. A representative bureaucracy is understood to be one that ...
  • Role of civil society in the implementation of poverty alleviaton programmes 
    Kuye, Jerry O.; Nhlapo, N.V. (African Consortium of Public Administration, 2011-09)
    Participation of civil society in the implementation of public policy has been a consistent thrust of the transformation agenda of the South African democratic government. The whole thrust has been that people need to ...
  • The role of the public protector 
    Thornhill, Christopher (African Consortium of Public Administration, 2011-09)
    Democracy demands regular free and fair elections, transparency and public accountability. Public administration is subject to the democratic ideals of society and in the case of South Africa it has been the premise on ...
  • Role of theories of change and programme logic models in policy evaluation 
    Auriacombe, C.J. (African Consortium of Public Administration, 2011)
    This article assesses the contribution that theories of change and programme logic models can make to policy evaluation. The article starts by summarising the need for systematic evaluation to improve evidence-based ...