RUDN Journal of Public AdministrationRUDN Journal of Public AdministrationВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Государственное и муниципальное управление2312-83132411-1228Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)2964910.22363/2312-8313-2021-8-4-405-422International Experience of Public AdministrationМеждународный опыт государственного управленияResearch ArticleCooperative Governance and Local Economic Development in Selected Small Towns: A Case Study of the Western Cape Province, South AfricaСовместное управление и местное экономическое развитие в отдельных малых городах: на примере провинции Западный Кейп, Южная Африкаhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1153-9215KamaraRichard D.КамараРичард Д.

PhD

доктор философии

dougrichy@gmail.comStellenbosch UniversityСтелленбошский университет1012202184VOL 8, NO4 (2021)ТОМ 8, №4 (2021)40542210122021Copyright ©; 2021, Kamara R.D.Copyright ©; 2021, Камара Р.Д.2021Kamara R.D.Камара Р.Д.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/public-administration/article/view/29649

This article reports on a study based on cooperative governance and Local Economic Development (LED) in selected small towns in the Western Cape Province. The dearth of an integrative institutional framework to promote collaborative participation negatively influences local municipalities’ ability to successfully manage LED cooperatively with relevant stakeholders. Promoting such inclusive representation and participation of all relevant stakeholders provides a viable and complementary alternative to the traditional bureaucratic governance mechanism. The study investigated the specific factors involved in designing and implementing cooperative governance for LED in selected, comparable municipalities in the Western Cape. Specifically, the study aims to determine the push and pull factors for the successful functioning of cooperative governance aimed at promoting LED in those municipalities. Data were collected through three data collection instruments, namely, document review, interviews, and focus group discussions. The document review is complemented by data from interviews and focus groups discussion. The study contributes to the body of knowledge on cooperative governance by identifying the specific cooperative governance factors, enabling the efficacy and governance of LED in small towns, aimed at positively influencing municipalities’ ability to successfully manage LED cooperatively with relevant stakeholders. An in-depth understanding of the relationship and dynamics of these variables helps to offer recommendations as to how to improve the management and responsiveness to socio-economic concerns within the municipalities through improved LED governance.

В статье представлены результаты исследования, основанного на анализе совместного управления и местого экономического развития в отдельных небольших городах провинции Западный берег (ЮАР). В работе отмечается отсутствие интеграционной институциональной основы для содействия совместному участию, что отрицательно влияет на способность местных муниципалитетов успешно управлять местное экономическое развитие (МЭР) совместно с соответствующими заинтересованными сторонами. Содействие такому инклюзивному представительству и участию всех заинтересованных сторон обеспечивает альтернативу традиционному бюрократическому механизму управления. В исследовании изучались конкретные факторы, влияющие на разработку и внедрение совместного управления для МЭР в выбранных сопоставимых муниципалитетах провинции. В частности, исследование направлено на определение факторов, влияющих на успешное функционирование кооперативного управления, направленного на продвижение местного экономического развития в рассмотренных муниципалитетах. Данные были собраны с помощью трех методов, а именно: обзор документов, интервью и обсуждение в фокус-группах. Исследование вносит вклад в совокупность знаний о совместном управлении, определяя конкретные факторы данного подхода, обеспечивающие эффективность управления МЭР в малых городах и способность муниципалитетов успешно управлять местным экономическим развитием совместно с соответствующими заинтересованными сторонами. Углубленное понимание взаимосвязи и динамики этих переменных помогает предложить рекомендации о том, как улучшить качество управления и реагировать на социально-экономические проблемы в муниципалитетах за счет улучшения управления в рамках МЭР.

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