Civil Strife against Local Governance by Sethulego Matebesi - 9783847405788

Civil Strife against Local GovernanceDynamics of community protests in contemporary South Africa\nAuthor(s): Sethulego Matebesi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Verlag Barbara Budrich, Germany\nImprint: Verlag Barbara Budrich\nISBN-13: 9783847405788, 978-3847405788\nSynopsis\nHardly a day goes by without South Africans going on a rampage over the provision of basic municipal services such as water, electricity, sanitation and other municipal obligations. This book connects the critical issue of community protests to the equally precarious issue of political trust in local governance in South Africa by using comparative analysis of grassroots activism in predominantly black communities and predominantly white communities.