Overview

Making Institutions Work in South Africa places the structures and processes of institutionalization at the center of debates about democracy, state, and society in South Africa. As they explore the factors that facilitate, and those that impede, strong, well-functioning institutions, the contributors share three core assumptions: institutions are the pillars of a constitutional democracy; they evolve through the actions of people (agency); and they form structures of dynamic, shared social patterns of behavior through the implementation of the rule of law.

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Author:   Daniel Plaatjies
Publisher:   HSRC Press
Imprint:   BestRed
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9781928246367

ISBN 10:   1928246362
Pages:   340
Publication Date:   20 November 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword. Where to with Institutions? Trust in South African Institutions: The Role of Leadership as a Primary Trust-Building Institution Independent Oversight Bodies: Lessons From Fiscal Productivity and Regulatory Institutions Governance in Representative Democracies: Attitudes to Technocratic vs. Democratic Governments Economic Institutions and the Frustration of Economic Policy Institutional Analysis of the Prospects of a Social Compact for Growth, Employment, and Equity in South Africa The Department as Institution: The National Treasury and Its Institutional Role Separation of Powers and the Dangers of Judicial Underreach Remedy, Recovery, Relaunch: Legal Aid in South Africa as a Successful Post-Apartheid Institution Supporting the Rule of Law Rebuilding Our State-Owned Enterprises: The Institutional, Organizational, and Governance Reforms Necessary for Success From Bewysburo to the Biometric State: Public Institutions in and Critiques of Migration Policies and Practices in South Africa

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Daniel Plaatjies is chair of South Africa’s Financial and Fiscal Commission. He previously served as head of the Graduate School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand.

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