Party politics, civil society and local democracy – Reflections from Johannesburg
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8946244 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Claire Bénit-Gbaffou (0000-0001-8827-2462, University of the Witwatersrand, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 178-189 |
| Publication date | 2011-10-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geoforum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7185 • E-ISSN: 1872-9398 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.08.006 |
| OpenAlex | W2164964699 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 39 |
| References cited | 43 |
Citizen journalism · Civil society · Corporate governance · Democracy · Economics · Local government · Participatory budgeting · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Urban politics · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · Public Administration · South African History and Culture · Urban and Rural Development Challenges
Civil Society
The People’s Parliament
Fragmenting Urban Movements
Reductionism and post-apartheid culture
Anatomy of a Crisis
Party Politics and Local Democracy
Changing Space, Changing City
Empty Signifiers of Transformation in Participatory Planning and the Marginalization of Black People in South Africa
Towards a platformization of politics? Fragmentation, digitalization, and new geographies of the political party
The role of territory in grassroots party-building
Navigating Climate Governance
The limits of participatory democracy and the rise of the informal politics of mediated representation in South Africa
Urban planning, exclusion and negotiation in an informal subdivision
Model city to murder city
Model city to murder city
Towards the desired city of compromise
Contesting the ‘Active’ in active citizenship
Exploring the Pathologies of One-Party-Dominance on Third Sector Public Policy Engagement in Liberal Democracies
How does single party dominance influence civil society organisations’ engagement strategies? Exploratory analysis of participative mainstreaming in a ‘regional’ European polity
Facing the heat
Territorialising Movement Parties
Sowing the seeds of conflict? Low income housing delivery, community participation and inclusive citizenship in South Africa
Informal urbanisation and clientelism
Against ourselves – Local activists and the management of contradicting political loyalties
Is (in)access to infrastructure driven by physical delivery or weak governance? Power and knowledge asymmetries in Cape Town, South Africa
Party politics, the poor and the city
He Will Know How to Explain
The geography of political parties
Locating Party Politics and Grassroots Activism in Participatory Slum Upgrading
Food Insecurity and Unrest Participation
Eroding Support from Below
Party Politics and Public Goods in a Racially Divided Space
A Year of Living Dangerously? Urban Assertiveness, Cooperative Governance and the First Year of Three Coalition-Led Metropolitan Municipalities in South Africa
Toward Expanding Links Between Political Geography and African Studies
Dis-locating public space
Local Politics and the Circulation of Community Security Initiatives in Johannesburg
Expressions de la xénophobie en réunion publique et construction d'une identité de quartier
How social movements survive
Humanitarian spectacles from below
In the Twilight of the Revolution
From ideas to practice
Dilemmas of Representation in Post-apartheid Durban
Conceptual origins, current problems, future direction
Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements
The Congress Party Model
Neoliberalism and the urban condition
Associational Life in African Cities
Liberal or Liberation Framework? The Contradictions of ANC Rule in South Africa
The City Boss in America
The Multiple Sites of Urban Governance
Économie des partis et rétributions du militantisme
Urban land transformation for pro-poor economies
Party research
Associational Life in African Cities
Opposition in South Africa
Is Urban Politics a Black Hole? Analyzing the Boundary Between Political Science and Urban Politics
Markets, states and democracy
Is South Africa heading towards authoritarian rule? Instability myths and expectations traps in a new democracy
The state, civil society and social policy
Power to Uhuru
The African National Congress (ANC) organization at the grassroots
Vigilantes, violence and the politics of public order in Kenya
Urban Informality
Evaluating participatory development
Insurgent Planning
Pour une réhabilitation de l'analyse des partis en Afrique
The Awkward Embrace
La corruption quotidienne en Afrique de l'Ouest
Political Parties and the City
Being a 'Movement of the People' and a Governing Party
Patronage Politics and Contentious Collective Action
Figures of the Subject in Times of Crisis
People as Infrastructure
Deliberating Democracy
Up Close and Personal' - How does Local Democracy Help the Poor Access the State? Stories of Accountability and Clientelism in Johannesburg
The Limits to Public Participation in Strengthening Public Accountability
Where is the State? How is the State? Accessing Water and the State in Mumbai and Johannesburg
Perceptions of Corruption in the South African Housing Allocation and Delivery Programme
From the client's point(s) of view
| Unique citing works | 39 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,79 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 39 |