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Information without power? Exploring the challenges and opportunities in the usage of the Promotion of Access to Information Act no 50 of 2000 (PAIA) as a potent tool for advancing socio-economic justice in South Africa Langton Miriyoga.
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| author | Miriyoga, Langton |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/4720 Information without power? Exploring the challenges and opportunities in the usage of the Promotion of Access to Information Act no 50 of 2000 (PAIA) as a potent tool for advancing socio-economic justice in South Africa Langton Miriyoga. Miriyoga, Langton Calland, Richard Social Justice Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references. That there is power in information is not disputable. Information empowers marginalised and impoverished citizens to engage with the state thus ensuring their inclusion in the governance and policy processes culminating in the realisation of their socio economic rights. Conversely, in spite of the opportunities for the usage of ATI law as a tool for advancing social justice, the state often retains the power to defy requests for access to information hence power to deny access thereto. This phenomenon is attributable to deeply entrenched socio political and systemic barriers resulting in the disempowerment of the poor from using ATI law as a tool for the realisation of social justice. 2014-07-30T18:19:52Z 2014-07-30T18:19:52Z 2011 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4720 eng application/pdf Department of Public Law Faculty of Law University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Social Justice Miriyoga, Langton Information without power? Exploring the challenges and opportunities in the usage of the Promotion of Access to Information Act no 50 of 2000 (PAIA) as a potent tool for advancing socio-economic justice in South Africa Langton Miriyoga. |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Information without power? Exploring the challenges and opportunities in the usage of the Promotion of Access to Information Act no 50 of 2000 (PAIA) as a potent tool for advancing socio-economic justice in South Africa Langton Miriyoga. |
| title_full | Information without power? Exploring the challenges and opportunities in the usage of the Promotion of Access to Information Act no 50 of 2000 (PAIA) as a potent tool for advancing socio-economic justice in South Africa Langton Miriyoga. |
| title_fullStr | Information without power? Exploring the challenges and opportunities in the usage of the Promotion of Access to Information Act no 50 of 2000 (PAIA) as a potent tool for advancing socio-economic justice in South Africa Langton Miriyoga. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Information without power? Exploring the challenges and opportunities in the usage of the Promotion of Access to Information Act no 50 of 2000 (PAIA) as a potent tool for advancing socio-economic justice in South Africa Langton Miriyoga. |
| title_short | Information without power? Exploring the challenges and opportunities in the usage of the Promotion of Access to Information Act no 50 of 2000 (PAIA) as a potent tool for advancing socio-economic justice in South Africa Langton Miriyoga. |
| title_sort | information without power exploring the challenges and opportunities in the usage of the promotion of access to information act no 50 of 2000 paia as a potent tool for advancing socio economic justice in south africa langton miriyoga |
| topic | Social Justice |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4720 |
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