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This complex topic of…

Government

Be aware, it is different everywhere

Politics is politics…

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 Recap
• Make laws
Why Government? • Protect “common good”
• Keep order
• Provide services

From history we saw:

From king to democracy (‘the people’) –
evolving into a complex government system

Government Systems

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 Lecture 4: Aim

Government systems: hierarchy &

collaboration

• Assignment for Gov1 presentation

• Trias politica
• Understand the concept of hierarchy
• Understand how different levels of government
can and have to work together

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 Key words to the concept of Trias
Politica

Go to:

http://www.ncsl.org/research/about-state-legislatu
res/separation-of-powers-an-overview.aspx

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 Why Trias politica?

Provides a vital system of ‘checks and balances’:

Firstly, it ensures that the different branches control

each other. This is intended to make them
accountable to each other – these are the ‘checks’;
Secondly, the separation of powers divides power
between the different branches of government –
these are the ‘balances’. Balance aims to ensure that
no individual or group of people in government is ‘all
powerful’. Power is shared and not concentrated in
one branch, preventing the abuse of power.

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 Think

Why do some governments not

fully conform to Trias Politica?

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Hierarchy, related to government

What is hierarchy?
(ranking system)

Different levels of government

Why is this relevant?

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 Who decides what? Government

Na
tio
na Devolution /
decentralization
Provincial
l / (transfer of power)

Regional
Local / City
Spatial Planning

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 Example:

Consider the implementation of

green urbanism/infrastructure on
industrial zonings in the South
African context

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• Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (Act 108 of 1996)

• National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998 (NEMA)

• Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000 (MSA)

• National Urban Development Framework (2009) (NUDF)

• Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act 16 of 2013

(SPLUMA)

• National Strategy for Sustainable Development and Action Plan

2011-2014 (NSSD)

• National Development Plan 2030 (NDP)

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 What: A system of organization defined by
geography, politics and culture. Thus an ideal
in which cultural boundaries match up with
political ones.

When: A shared national identity, physical

borders and a single government.

Nation State

Kreis / province (provincial) / state / regional

Local

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Nation VS State

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK_4UJkuxXA

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 Practical example: LAB1 (Student
housing in Hawenkwartier)
National

Provincial

Local

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