Local Government Vertical Upward Accountability, Oversight, and the Intervention Mechanism in South Africa

IF 0.5 4区 管理学 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government Pub Date : 2023-07-05 DOI:10.4335/21.3.567-589(2023)
Lenhard Hamza
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Since democratisation, South Africa has struggled to create a stable system of local governance. There are constant municipal failures. Higher levels of government have to intervene in municipalities regularly. This study, therefore, set out to assess the effect of intervention mechanisms, including preventative measures, as part of the broader accountability and oversight setting. Based on a qualitative research approach, this paper argues that both prospective and retrospective accountability forms are weak. Post-factum interventions yield only limited results. Overall, these mechanisms are not able to form stable local governments and prevent municipal failures. Ultimately, this paper infers that strengthening prospective accountability and oversight mechanisms has the capacity to increase the stability of the local governance system. This finding has important implications for developing new accountability and oversight practices in South Africa and elsewhere.
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南非地方政府纵向向上问责、监督与干预机制
自民主化以来,南非一直在努力建立一个稳定的地方治理体系。市政失败时有发生。更高一级的政府必须定期干预市政。因此,本研究旨在评估干预机制的效果,包括预防措施,作为更广泛的问责制和监督环境的一部分。基于定性研究方法,本文认为前瞻性和回顾性问责形式都是薄弱的。事后干预只能产生有限的结果。总的来说,这些机制无法形成稳定的地方政府和防止市政失败。最后,本文推断,加强前瞻性问责和监督机制有能力提高地方治理体系的稳定性。这一发现对在南非和其他地方制定新的问责制和监督做法具有重要意义。
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