Publisher's Synopsis
This book provides a critical appraisal of the processes of establishing regional governance three years after the dawn of democracy in South Africa. The book sheds more light on the dynamics of regionalism, regional political economy and local government in the process of establishing democracy in South Africa. Through nine chapters, the book provides a first hand account of the struggles, contestation and conflicts inherited in the drawing of regional boundaries. It provides a blending of theory and practice, authors who have participated as players in shaping the making of contemporary South Africa. The authors are observers and actors, activists and academics. It is through the blending of such apparent dichotomies that this book provides fresh insights into the creation of the new geopolitical map of South Africa.
