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Up one levelA list of publications can be found here.
Learning about Local Government: A first step towards active engagement (2006)
The question can be asked: why local government at all? There are several ways of interpreting this question and even more of answering it.
Municipal - Community Partnerships for Poverty Alleviation: A reference guide for development practitioners (2004)
This guide has been produced to assist communities, local government councillors and officials, community-based organisations (CBOs) and NGOs in building effective Municipal Community Partnerships (MCPs) for poverty alleviation. Members of the provincial and national government, the business sector and development practitioners will also find it useful.
Voices from Below. Reflecting on ten years of public participation: The case of local government in the Western Cape (2005)
The Foundation for Contemporary Research (FCR) is a Western Cape-based nongovernmental organization (NGO) whose credentials date back to the struggle era. FCR recognized early on that enduring democracy depends on much hard work being accomplished at the very local levels.
Occasional Paper 1: Municipal Partnerships for Poverty Alleviation: A Model to Replicate (2006)
The study set out to conduct a livelihoods analysis of Municipal-Community Partnerships (MCPs) in the rural town of Botrivier.
Occasional Paper 2: Fight against AIDS:
Exploring the relationships between AIDS activists, municipal health officials, and ward councillors in the Western Cape
Perceptions of citizenship in a divided Cape Town
Report on the findings of a survey conducted by FCR on perceptions of citizenship in Cape Town