AUTHORS

Ian Liebenberg has published widely on issues related to democratisation, social dynamics, public sector transformation, policy development and civil-military relations. He has edited and co-edited several books and reports and has contributed to many others. He is the director of All Africa Consultants and a research fellow of the Unit for African Studies, Centre for International Political Studies (CIPS) of the University of Pretoria. He is also a contract lecturer at the Department of Sociology of the University of South Africa (Unisa) and visiting lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Pretoria (2000-2001). His career interests have led him to the analysis of and practical involvement with alleviating development problems in young/emerging democracies and their related social challenges.

Marlene Roefs has published and co-authored several articles in accredited international journals and co-authored chapters in books on issues relating to public participation and social movements. As a research consultant, she has been working for the United Nations Capacity Building for Local Government programme in South Africa. During her affiliation with the Human Sciences Research Council, she contributed to a variety of research projects on democracy and governance-related subjects. She is currently the director of the Survey Desk of All Africa Consultants, part-time tutor in data analysis at the Department of Political Studies of the University of the Witwatersrand, and a research fellow at the Unit for African Studies, Centre for International Political Studies (CIPS) of the University of Pretoria. She is currently finalising a PhD in social psychology. Her research interests cover public participation, the transformation of local government and the mitigation of the spread and impact of HIV/Aids in Southern Africa.