The Participation Paradox: Between Bottom-Up and Top-Down Development in South Africa 9780228015727

Debunking the conventional belief that grassroots democracy is always a panacea for the poor and disenfranchised. The

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The Participation Paradox: Between Bottom-Up and Top-Down Development in South Africa
9780228015727

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Luke Sinwell

Table of contents :
Cover
THE PARTICIPATION PARADOX
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
1 Participation’s “Decapitation”
2 Recasting the Development “Saints”
3 The People’s Parliament and the Origins of Grassroots Democracy
4 Electing Working-Class Activists
5 Between Bottom-Up and Top-Down Development
6 The Struggle within the Struggle
Notes
Index

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