Robert Cameron
Biographic Data
| ID | 3923052 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Cameron |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Cameron |
| SIGNATURE | CAMERON R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0145-0471 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 78 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Density my way: Community attitudes to neighbourhood densification scenarios
Transit Oriented Development (TOD) within existing urban areas often confronts entrenched community resistance. This paper documents the results of an Australian survey systematically evaluating the level of community support of densification strategies around a central train station in a greyfield suburban setting - based on theories in planning such as TOD (Pedestrian Pockets and Transit Boulevardes), Greenspace-Oriented Development (GOD) and '…
Representation, Diversity, and Organizational Performance: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration in the Context of South African Local Government
Representative bureaucracy and workforce diversity have become central topics in the field of public administration. Although representation and diversity are distinct concepts, public administration researchers often conflate them. This study seeks to provide analytical clarity by outlining and comparing the various conceptual definitions of representation and diversity. We also explain the causal logic of how representation and diversity influe…
Governance and public policies: Support for women entrepreneurs in France and England
We extend the current literature on barriers to women’s entrepreneurship by providing the perspectives of women entrepreneurs’ lived experience of governance and public policies designed to support entrepreneurship, in France and England. The research draws on primary data comprising interviews with 75 French and English women entrepreneurs as well as secondary data. The research suggests that in France the system of governance is relatively more…
Implications of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Canvassing Opinion from Planning Professionals
By the end of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had exceeded 83 million cases worldwide. Given the shared origins of planning and public health, new living and social conditions have prompted an interest in how urban planning could respond to the pandemic’s associated implications. In 2020, a national online survey Plan My Australia was conducted among planning experts (n = 161), in part, to identify new challenges facing urban planning and design due …
Revisiting the Australian Government’s Growth Centres programme 1972–1975
From 1973 to 1975 a new Australian Government led by Gough Whitlam actively pursued plans to develop regional and sub-metropolitan Growth Centres with significantly boosted populations following a national strategy published in June 1973 which mapped a national coverage of prospective locations. The intention was for these centres to alleviate pressure on the capital cities considered overcrowded and deteriorating in efficiency and quality of lif…
An Investigation of the General Population’s Self-Reported Hand Hygiene Behaviour and Compliance in a Cross-European Setting
Every year, thousands of people from the UK travel to other countries for work and leisure. Europe, and particularly Spain, is one of the most popular travel destinations for people from the UK. However, it is known that travel to other countries can enhance the risk of communicable disease transmission from person to person, especially when a new one emerges. Adequate hand hygiene behaviour and compliance is widely accepted as being a simple, ef…
An Evaluation of the Hand Hygiene Behaviour and Compliance of the General Public When Using Public Restrooms in Northern Ireland (NI) during the Initial Weeks of the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pande…
Inadequate HH behaviour and compliance may have added significantly to the rapid rate of spread of COVID-19 in the initial weeks of the pandemic in NI. Current public health campaigns do not appear, based on this study, to have the desired impact and may need to be reviewed or re-enforced in order to achieve the levels of hand hygiene compliance required to slow the spread of COVID-19 and other communicable diseases in the future
Empowering Residential Carers of Looked After Young People: The Impact of the Emotional Warmth Model of Professional Childcare
The British Journal of Social Work (2019) 49, 1893–1912. https://doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcy125 On page 1905 of the above article an N figure has been incorrectly given. The N figure for measuring the improvement per the Personal and Interpersonal Development (PID) measure on Northern sites was initially given as ‘N=28.’ This has been corrected to read ‘N=25.’ The author apologises for the error which has been corrected online and in print.
Empowering Residential Carers of Looked After Young People: The Impact of the Emotional Warmth Model of Professional Childcare
Children and young people in public care have long been recognised as a particularly vulnerable group in our society. Many have complex personal, inter-personal and educational needs as a result of pre-care maltreatment. Despite a number of initiatives to change the often negative outcomes for these children, results have remained stubbornly disappointing. The model of professional childcare, rooted in psychological research and theory, was desig…
The Politics and Governance of Basic Education: A Tale of Two South African Provinces
This book brings together scholars from multiple disciplines to explore how political and institutional context influences the governance of basic education in South Africa at national, provincial, and school levels. A specific goal is to contribute to the crucial, ongoing challenge of improving educational outcomes in South Africa. A broader goal is to illustrate the value of an approach to the analysis of public bureaucracies, and of participat…
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forum Free Access Share on Demo hour Authors: Robert Cameron University of Western Australia University of Western AustraliaView Profile , Andrei Smolik Curtin University Curtin UniversityView Profile , Kevin Lefeuvre Technische Universität Chemnitz Technische Universität ChemnitzView Profile , Albrecht Kurze Technische Universität Chemnitz Technische Universität ChemnitzView Profile , Sören Totzauer Technische Universität Chemnitz Technische Uni…
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Community and Government Effects on Mining CSR in Bolivia
The State of Public Administration as an Academic Field in South Africa
This article is an overview of the state of scholarship in South African Public Administration. It begins by looking at the state of Public Administration research internationally. This is followed by an analysis of the literature on the state of the field in South Africa which focuses on empirical studies undertaken of the quality of articles both in local Public Administration journals and PhDs in the field. The findings of these studies were t…
Community and Government Effects on Mining CSR in Bolivia: The Case of Apex and Empresa Huanuni
In a context of poverty, where communities are characterized by low capacity and desperation for sources of income and where government social services and regulatory capacity is largely absent or of low quality, what is the possibility that mining operations and accompanying Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs will make meaningful contributions to sustainable development? While CSR is often put forward to help alleviate poverty and cl…
Redefining political-administrative relationships in South Africa
This article is an overview of shifting political—administrative relationships in South Africa, with particular reference to growing politicization (partisan control of the bureaucracy). Studies of politicization of public services are important because political involvement in management has often led to negative effects on service delivery. The article sets out a theoretical framework for political—administrative relationships, examining the gr…
The Authentic Warmth Dimension of Professional Childcare
The emotional, social and academic problems of children and young people in public care have long been documented and many researchers have named the chief culprits as a deeply flawed corporate care system and an unsympathetic education establishment. While the need for major improvements to both corporate care and education is recognized, in this paper, a perspective, which links early childhood experiences with restricted life outcomes, is pres…
Politics–Administration Interface: The Case of the City of Cape Town
This article is an analysis of a controversial policy decision on the part of the newly elected Democratic Alliance local administration in Cape Town, South Africa, to fire senior officials of the previous African National Congress administration and to introduce an interim policy for senior managers that stated that such positions should be filled by people who are ‘politically suitable and acceptable’ to the ruling party. The author of this art…
Politics-administration interface: The case of the city of Cape Town
Central-Local Financial Relations in South Africa
The Upliftment of South African Local Government
Theoretically, South Africa has one of the most advanced systems of local government in the world with its powers and functions being constitutionally entrenched. Two different conceptual models of local government were used to assess how autonomous this local government system is in practice. The autonomous model views local government system as a clearly separated sphere of government, while the integrational model sees greater functional inter…
The democratisation of South African local government
1996). The democratisation of South African local government. Local Government Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 19-39
The Reconstruction and Development Programme
The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) is the major policy initiative of the Government of National Unity (GNU). The RDP is an integrated, coherent socio-economic framework which attempts to integrate development, reconstruction, redistribution and reconciliation into a unified programme. The aim of this paper is to assess the performance of the RDP in the first 18 months of GNU rule. An overview is given of the RDP White Paper as wel…
Local government boundary demarcation: The case of the Western Cape metropolitan area substructures
South Africa's fledging democracy is two years old. One of the most bitter constitutional conflicts which has emerged so far, has been the demarcation dispute around the Western Cape Metropolitan Area substructures. This dispute was between the African National Congress – dominated Government of National Unity and the National Party – controlled Western Cape Provincial Government. This paper is an analysis of this demarcation dispute. It conclude…
The Politics and Governance of Basic Education
Uses cutting edge and multidisciplinary approaches to analyse the politics of service provision and serves as a model for how similar research can be conducted in other countries and sectors - An in-depth, microlevel analysis that develops the high-profile South African discourse on the interaction between governance and policy - Systematically anchored in innovative thinking on how to achieve gains in politically complex settings
The democratisation of South African local government
1996). The democratisation of South African local government. Local Government Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 19-39
The Reconstruction and Development Programme
The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) is the major policy initiative of the Government of National Unity (GNU). The RDP is an integrated, coherent socio-economic framework which attempts to integrate development, reconstruction, redistribution and reconciliation into a unified programme. The aim of this paper is to assess the performance of the RDP in the first 18 months of GNU rule. An overview is given of the RDP White Paper as wel…
Redefining political-administrative relationships in South Africa
This article is an overview of shifting political—administrative relationships in South Africa, with particular reference to growing politicization (partisan control of the bureaucracy). Studies of politicization of public services are important because political involvement in management has often led to negative effects on service delivery. The article sets out a theoretical framework for political—administrative relationships, examining the gr…
The Authentic Warmth Dimension of Professional Childcare
The emotional, social and academic problems of children and young people in public care have long been documented and many researchers have named the chief culprits as a deeply flawed corporate care system and an unsympathetic education establishment. While the need for major improvements to both corporate care and education is recognized, in this paper, a perspective, which links early childhood experiences with restricted life outcomes, is pres…
The Upliftment of South African Local Government
Theoretically, South Africa has one of the most advanced systems of local government in the world with its powers and functions being constitutionally entrenched. Two different conceptual models of local government were used to assess how autonomous this local government system is in practice. The autonomous model views local government system as a clearly separated sphere of government, while the integrational model sees greater functional inter…
Politics–Administration Interface: The Case of the City of Cape Town
This article is an analysis of a controversial policy decision on the part of the newly elected Democratic Alliance local administration in Cape Town, South Africa, to fire senior officials of the previous African National Congress administration and to introduce an interim policy for senior managers that stated that such positions should be filled by people who are ‘politically suitable and acceptable’ to the ruling party. The author of this art…
Central-Local Financial Relations in South Africa
The State of Public Administration as an Academic Field in South Africa
This article is an overview of the state of scholarship in South African Public Administration. It begins by looking at the state of Public Administration research internationally. This is followed by an analysis of the literature on the state of the field in South Africa which focuses on empirical studies undertaken of the quality of articles both in local Public Administration journals and PhDs in the field. The findings of these studies were t…
The history of devolution of powers to local authorities in South Africa: The shifting sands of state control
1995). The history of devolution of powers to local authorities in South Africa: The shifting sands of state control. Local Government Studies: Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 396-417
Regional Services Councils in South Africa: Past, Present and Future
This article traces the evolution of local government structures in South Africa, known as Regional Service Councils (RSCs), which were created in 1985. The first section traces the history of local government in the country and how apartheid led to separate structures for different racial groups. This is followed by an account of why the National Party (NP) created RSCs, which were neo‐apartheid structures, incorporating certain features of metr…
Decentralisation: A Framework for Analysis
This paper attempts to develop a framework for analysis which can be used to measure the degree of decentralisation in a given society. It is contended that there is no universal theory of decentralisation which can be deductively applied. Accordingly, the level of analysis is middle‐range. The article attempts to develop a theoretical framework for analysis which can measure the degree of decentralisation in a given society. Certain indices whic…
A critique of South Africa: The solution
South Africa: The Solution by LEON LOUVV and FRANCES KENDALL Amagi Publications, Bisho (Ciskei), 1986. xvi plus 237 pages including maps, figures, diagrams, illustrations, notes, appendices and bibliography. R14,95 paperback
The rhetoric and reality of local government reform
N. Dewar, in his article; ‘Municipal Government under the New South African Constitution: Who Gets What, Where, Who Decides, and Who Decides Who Decides?’ Social Dynamics, Vol. 11(2), argues that the new local government legislation could lead to individual ethnic groups having the space to enact legislation which could precipitate fundamental changes to national level structures. This paper argues against this view because there is a great diffe…
Density my way: Community attitudes to neighbourhood densification scenarios
Transit Oriented Development (TOD) within existing urban areas often confronts entrenched community resistance. This paper documents the results of an Australian survey systematically evaluating the level of community support of densification strategies around a central train station in a greyfield suburban setting - based on theories in planning such as TOD (Pedestrian Pockets and Transit Boulevardes), Greenspace-Oriented Development (GOD) and '…
Local government boundary demarcation: The case of the Western Cape metropolitan area substructures
South Africa's fledging democracy is two years old. One of the most bitter constitutional conflicts which has emerged so far, has been the demarcation dispute around the Western Cape Metropolitan Area substructures. This dispute was between the African National Congress – dominated Government of National Unity and the National Party – controlled Western Cape Provincial Government. This paper is an analysis of this demarcation dispute. It conclude…
The Cape Town City council: A Public Policy Analysis, 1976–1986
This paper examines the nature of the public policy of the Cape Town City Council (CCC) from 1976 until 1986. Among the major variables analysed are the CCC's political complexion, the class background of the councillors, the CCC's organisational structure, the policy process and the role of bureaucrats in this process. The CCC's relationship with its supervisory body, the Cape Provincial Administration (CPA), is examined as are the rather thorny…
Banking and Economic Development: Some Lessons of History
The rhetoric and reality of local government reform
N. Dewar, in his article; ‘Municipal Government under the New South African Constitution: Who Gets What, Where, Who Decides, and Who Decides Who Decides?’ Social Dynamics, Vol. 11(2), argues that the new local government legislation could lead to individual ethnic groups having the space to enact legislation which could precipitate fundamental changes to national level structures. This paper argues against this view because there is a great diffe…
The Cape Town City council: A Public Policy Analysis, 1976–1986
This paper examines the nature of the public policy of the Cape Town City Council (CCC) from 1976 until 1986. Among the major variables analysed are the CCC's political complexion, the class background of the councillors, the CCC's organisational structure, the policy process and the role of bureaucrats in this process. The CCC's relationship with its supervisory body, the Cape Provincial Administration (CPA), is examined as are the rather thorny…
A critique of South Africa: The solution
South Africa: The Solution by LEON LOUVV and FRANCES KENDALL Amagi Publications, Bisho (Ciskei), 1986. xvi plus 237 pages including maps, figures, diagrams, illustrations, notes, appendices and bibliography. R14,95 paperback
A critique of South Africa: The solution
South Africa: The Solution by Leon Louw and Frances Kendall Amagi Publications, Bisho (Ciskei), 1986. xvi plus 237 pages including maps, figures, diagrams, illustrations, notes, appendices and bibliography. R14,95 paperback
Decentralisation: A Framework for Analysis
This paper attempts to develop a framework for analysis which can be used to measure the degree of decentralisation in a given society. It is contended that there is no universal theory of decentralisation which can be deductively applied. Accordingly, the level of analysis is middle‐range. The article attempts to develop a theoretical framework for analysis which can measure the degree of decentralisation in a given society. Certain indices whic…
The ANC's constitutional guidelines: The case for devolution
This paper is an analysis of the African National Congress’ constitutional proposals with particular reference to the centralisation versus decentralisation debate. One of the main features of the proposals is a predominately centralised state, a policy position that the author disagrees with. It is contended that some of the arguments used in favour of a centralised state could also be used to justify a decentralised state. It is further argued …
An analysis of the structure and functioning of coloured and Indian local authorities since the introduction of the tricameral system
This paper analyses developments in coloured? and Indian local government since the introduction of the tricameral system. It is contended that having political representatives at national level has given coloured and Indian local representatives an important access point through which their needs and problems can be addressed This has increased the powers of these bodies to a certain extent. The first part of this paper looks at how the tricamer…
Regional Services Councils in South Africa: Past, Present and Future
This article traces the evolution of local government structures in South Africa, known as Regional Service Councils (RSCs), which were created in 1985. The first section traces the history of local government in the country and how apartheid led to separate structures for different racial groups. This is followed by an account of why the National Party (NP) created RSCs, which were neo‐apartheid structures, incorporating certain features of metr…
The history of devolution of powers to local authorities in South Africa: The shifting sands of state control
1995). The history of devolution of powers to local authorities in South Africa: The shifting sands of state control. Local Government Studies: Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 396-417
The democratisation of South African local government
1996). The democratisation of South African local government. Local Government Studies: Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 19-39
The Reconstruction and Development Programme
The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) is the major policy initiative of the Government of National Unity (GNU). The RDP is an integrated, coherent socio-economic framework which attempts to integrate development, reconstruction, redistribution and reconciliation into a unified programme. The aim of this paper is to assess the performance of the RDP in the first 18 months of GNU rule. An overview is given of the RDP White Paper as wel…
Local government boundary demarcation: The case of the Western Cape metropolitan area substructures
South Africa's fledging democracy is two years old. One of the most bitter constitutional conflicts which has emerged so far, has been the demarcation dispute around the Western Cape Metropolitan Area substructures. This dispute was between the African National Congress – dominated Government of National Unity and the National Party – controlled Western Cape Provincial Government. This paper is an analysis of this demarcation dispute. It conclude…
The Upliftment of South African Local Government
Theoretically, South Africa has one of the most advanced systems of local government in the world with its powers and functions being constitutionally entrenched. Two different conceptual models of local government were used to assess how autonomous this local government system is in practice. The autonomous model views local government system as a clearly separated sphere of government, while the integrational model sees greater functional inter…
Central-Local Financial Relations in South Africa
Politics–Administration Interface: The Case of the City of Cape Town
This article is an analysis of a controversial policy decision on the part of the newly elected Democratic Alliance local administration in Cape Town, South Africa, to fire senior officials of the previous African National Congress administration and to introduce an interim policy for senior managers that stated that such positions should be filled by people who are ‘politically suitable and acceptable’ to the ruling party. The author of this art…
Politics-administration interface: The case of the city of Cape Town
The Authentic Warmth Dimension of Professional Childcare
The emotional, social and academic problems of children and young people in public care have long been documented and many researchers have named the chief culprits as a deeply flawed corporate care system and an unsympathetic education establishment. While the need for major improvements to both corporate care and education is recognized, in this paper, a perspective, which links early childhood experiences with restricted life outcomes, is pres…
Redefining political-administrative relationships in South Africa
This article is an overview of shifting political—administrative relationships in South Africa, with particular reference to growing politicization (partisan control of the bureaucracy). Studies of politicization of public services are important because political involvement in management has often led to negative effects on service delivery. The article sets out a theoretical framework for political—administrative relationships, examining the gr…
Community and Government Effects on Mining CSR in Bolivia: The Case of Apex and Empresa Huanuni
In a context of poverty, where communities are characterized by low capacity and desperation for sources of income and where government social services and regulatory capacity is largely absent or of low quality, what is the possibility that mining operations and accompanying Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs will make meaningful contributions to sustainable development? While CSR is often put forward to help alleviate poverty and cl…
The State of Public Administration as an Academic Field in South Africa
This article is an overview of the state of scholarship in South African Public Administration. It begins by looking at the state of Public Administration research internationally. This is followed by an analysis of the literature on the state of the field in South Africa which focuses on empirical studies undertaken of the quality of articles both in local Public Administration journals and PhDs in the field. The findings of these studies were t…
Community and Government Effects on Mining CSR in Bolivia
Demo hour
forum Free Access Share on Demo hour Authors: Robert Cameron University of Western Australia University of Western AustraliaView Profile , Andrei Smolik Curtin University Curtin UniversityView Profile , Kevin Lefeuvre Technische Universität Chemnitz Technische Universität ChemnitzView Profile , Albrecht Kurze Technische Universität Chemnitz Technische Universität ChemnitzView Profile , Sören Totzauer Technische Universität Chemnitz Technische Uni…
CringeMachine
No abstract available
The Politics and Governance of Basic Education: A Tale of Two South African Provinces
This book brings together scholars from multiple disciplines to explore how political and institutional context influences the governance of basic education in South Africa at national, provincial, and school levels. A specific goal is to contribute to the crucial, ongoing challenge of improving educational outcomes in South Africa. A broader goal is to illustrate the value of an approach to the analysis of public bureaucracies, and of participat…
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