Partners and its problems: the institute for democracy in South Africa, democratisation strategy and foreign donor aid
Source: Centre for Policy Studies
How can democracy in South Africa best be promoted? And is oreign political aid assisting or weakening its promotion?
This paper seeks to contribute to an answer to these questions by examining the work of South Africa’s best-known democracy promotion organisation, the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), and the role of foreign political aid in its activities. It seeks to understand IDASA’s strategy for democratisation, the notion of democracy that this implies, and the degree to which it corresponds to South Africa realities. It also discusses donor approaches to IDASA and the understanding of democracy and democratisation strategy these imply in the hope that this will help generate more effective strategies for building democracy among both donors and those they support.
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