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PRESENTATION TO THE POLITICAL CONSULTATIVE FORUM ON PUBLIC PARTICIPTION Venue: Hotel Fire and Ice, Melrose Arch, Johannesburg 13 November 2015. DR F.S MUFAMADi Director School of Leadership. The Future of Public Participation: from Policy to Sustained Practice in South African Legislatures.
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PRESENTATION TO THE POLITICAL CONSULTATIVE FORUM ON PUBLIC PARTICIPTIONVenue: Hotel Fire and Ice, Melrose Arch, Johannesburg13 November 2015
DR F.S MUFAMADi Director School of Leadership
The Future of Public Participation: from Policy to Sustained Practice in South African Legislatures
Conceptual Issues Capacity/Identity Executive Legislator Activist Academic The National Interest Tasks State vs. Society
Threats National Interest vs. narrow social circles External intervention MP as partisan of political party vs. MP as custodian of national interest Complexity of natural tasks vs. our subjective deficiencies Depoliticisation of politics
What is to be done Critical exploration of what to do Pay attention to the role of parties and fitness for purpose Lift up analysis from the local →regional →national →continental →global Ensure anchoring policies in the realities of affected people