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Title:South Africa in Southern Africa: Governance and Development Challenges
Author:Swartz, Derrick
Year:1999
Periodical:Africanus
Volume:29
Issue:2
Pages:41-60
Language:English
Geographic terms:Southern Africa
South Africa
Subjects:development
democracy
social welfare
Inter-African Relations
Development and Technology
Economics and Trade
Politics and Government
Abstract:This article traces the changing relationship between governance and human development in South Africa against the backdrop of the country's attempts to unshackle the legacy of apartheid and, on the basis of this, explores implications of these changes on South Africa's relationship within the wider southern African region. This is done in four specific ways: by briefly assessing the meaning of governance linked to broader debates on the role of the State in development; by examining the link between governance and human development; by assessing current efforts of the South African government to reconstruct the apartheid political and social system on the basis of democratic norms, and its impact on the human development issues and challenges of the country; and by exploring tentatively some strategic implications for rethinking policy on the relationship between South Africa and the wider southern African regional community around the imperatives of governance and human development. Bibliogr., notes.
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