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Published in: Urban Forum 1/2010

01-02-2010

Including Women? (Dis)junctures Between Voice, Policy and Implementation in Integrated Development Planning

Authors: Alison Todes, Pearl Sithole, Amanda Williamson

Published in: Urban Forum | Issue 1/2010

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Abstract

Integrated development plans (IDPs) are municipal strategic plans designed to bring about developmental local government. They have been criticised for providing insufficient space for democratic participation. This paper explores the extent to which a marginalised group—women—has been incorporated into the IDP process, in response to three questions. First, how have IDP participatory processes incorporated women’s voice, and are the new participatory spaces realising their transformative potential? Secondly, how have women’s interests and a gender perspective been mainstreamed in the IDP, and has it promoted transformation? And finally, at the interface between officials and women themselves, how are IDP projects implemented and does agency promote or impede the goals of gender equality? A study of three KwaZulu-Natal municipalities reveals some achievements, but unequal gender relations have not been transformed. These case studies demonstrate some of the complexities and difficulties in the practice of democratic governance.
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Metadata
Title
Including Women? (Dis)junctures Between Voice, Policy and Implementation in Integrated Development Planning
Authors
Alison Todes
Pearl Sithole
Amanda Williamson
Publication date
01-02-2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Urban Forum / Issue 1/2010
Print ISSN: 1015-3802
Electronic ISSN: 1874-6330
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-010-9078-5

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