The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is:

Future Inheritance: Building State Capacity in Democratic South Africa, edited by Daniel Plaatjies.

The basic assumption of this book is that without capacity the new democratic state in South Africa cannot govern and cannot meet the challenges of poverty and unemployment. A number of influential political and business leaders, academics and activists reflect on the following questions: What is the state supposed to achieve? How will it get there? And where is it now? The answers to some of these problems and puzzles are to be found in this excellent collection of public policy analyses by leading scholars, intellectuals, policymakers, planners and practitioners in South Africa. Together, under the competent editorial hand of one of South Africa's most promising young academics, Professor Daniel Plaatjies, the essays offer a rich account of governmental capacity, and the lack thereof, as explanatory framework for the crises of credibility and delivery.

Access: https://univofpretoria.on.worldcat.org/oclc/747232877

This book is available at Special Collections, housed on level 5 of the Merensky 2 Library, and is part of our Africana (ZA) Collection.

The Special Collections unit of the Department of Library Services plays a stewardship role in the acquisition and preservation of the Library's rare and valuable information resources, making them accessible to students, staff and researchers, as well as safeguarding them for future generations.