| Abstract: | After a brief introduction focussing on the nature of and reasons for decentralization, its history in developing societies is reviewed. This is followed by a survey of decentralization as it has been used as a policy option by the South African government over the last decade. A distinction is maintained between policies of horizontal decentralization (the tricameral system, privatization and deregulation) and that of vertical decentralization (the fostering of autonomous black 'States', the new provincial system, the deregulation of local government and the creation of Regional Services Councils to administer 'general' affairs at the local level). It is concluded that the South African government is committed to the overall maximization of its decentralization programmes. App., bibliogr., note. |
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