Governance and the Postcolony

Views from Africa

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

Av David Everatt, Salim Latib, Pundy Pillay, Patrick Bond, Caryn Abrahams, Anthoni van Nieuwkerk, Bongiwe Ngcobo Mphahlele, Susan Booysen, Mike Muller, William Gumede, Chelete Monyane, Kirti Menon, Jody Cedras, Darlene Miller, Nomalanga Mkhize, Rebecca Pointer, Babalwa Magoqwana, David Everatt

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Civil society, NGOs, governments, and multilateral institutions all repeatedly call for improved or 'good' governance – yet they seem to speak past one another. Governance is in danger of losing all meaning precisely because it means many things to different people in varied locationsThis is especially true in sub-Saharan Africa. Here, the postcolony takes many forms, reflecting the imperial project with painful accuracy. Offering a set of multidisciplinary analyses of governance in different sectors (crisis management, water, food security, universities), in different locales across sub-Saharan Africa, and from different theoretical approaches (network to adversarial network governance); this volume makes a useful addition to the growing debates on 'how to govern'. It steers away from offering a 'correct' definition of governance, or from promoting a particular position on postcoloniality. It gives no neat conclusion, but invites readers to draw their own conclusions based on these differing approaches to and analyses of governance in the postcolony.As a robust, critical assessment of power and accountability in the sub-Saharan context, Governance and the Postcolony: Views from Africa brings together topical case studies that will be a valuable resource for those working in the field of African international relations, public policy, public management and administration.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-08-01
Mått152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt522 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor340
FörlagWits University Press
ISBN9781776143443

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Figures and tablesAbbreviations and acronymsIntroduction: Governance in the Postcolony: Time for a rethink? – David Everatt Part I: Governance in sub-Saharan Africa in theory and practiceChapter 1 Governance in Africa: Notes towards a resurrection – David Everatt Chapter 2 African Shared Values in Governance for Integration: Progress and prospects – Salim LatibChapter 3 Governance and Human Development in sub-Saharan Africa – Pundy Pillay Chapter 4 South African Foreign Policy and Global Governance: Conflict from above and below – Patrick BondChapter 5 Governing Urban Food Systems: Lessons from Lusaka, Zambia – Caryn AbrahamsChapter 6 African Crisis Leadership: Case study from West Africa – Anthoni van Nieuwkerk and Bongiwe Ngcobo MphahleleChapter 7 Public Policymaking through Adversarial Network Governance in South Africa – Susan BooysenPart II: Sectors and locationsChapter 8 Governance versus Government: As reflected in water management – Mike Muller Chapter 9 Broken Corporate Governance: South Africa’s municipal state-owned entities and agencies – William GumedeChapter 10 Law and Governance: Has the South African judiciary overstepped its oversight mandate? – Chelete MonyaneChapter 11 Factoring in the ‘Real World’: Governance of public higher education in South Africa – Kirti Menon and Jody CedrasChapter 12 Decolonisation of South African University Spaces: Case study of the Green Leadership Schools – Darlene Miller, Nomalanga Mkhize, Rebecca Pointer and Babalwa Magoqwana Chapter 13 Low-hanging Fruit or Deep-seated Transformation? Quality of life and governance in Gauteng, South Africa – David EverattContributorsIndex