1.5. Outline of Chapters
This report comprises five chapters which are listed below.
Chapter One: Introduction
This introductory chapter presents broadly the structure
of this stud y, including the aim,
rationale, literature review, methodology, outline of the
chapters, and the limitations of the study.
Chapter Two: Literature Review
This chapter is intended to present and comment different
literatures reviewed about various
themes developed in this research, including the
notions of justice, social justice, just city, forced migration, planning,
and civil society. The literatures reviewed came from a range of scholars such
as Friedmann (1998), Harvey (1973), Healy (1996), Sandercock (1998, 2005,
and 2006), Fainstein (2005 and 2006), and Marris (1998).
Chapter Three: Civil Society Organisations and
forced Migrants in the Inner-City of
Johannesburg
This chapter is divided into two major parts: the first gave an
overview of the methodology
used; and the second part presented the findings of my
fieldwork.
Chapter Four: Analysis of the Findings
This chapter analyses the outcomes of my fieldwork, based on
theories, ideas, and practices
taken from different literatures reviewed in Chapter Two.
This analysis proves that the
Johannesburg's CSOs have the potential to be used to contribute
to the social transformation
of the inner city by influencing policy-makers and
challenging government policies and decisions affecting FMs. This
chapter also shows the strengths and weaknesses of the Johannesburg's
CSOs.
Chapter Five: Conclusion and
Recommendations
This chapter concludes my research by formulating recommendations
for the purposes of the
Johannesburg's CSOs, the LG, and the NG. With regard to the local
and national government,
for instance, this report recommended them to pay more
attention to the challenges facing FMs and encouraged them to include the
interests of the FMs in their agenda, and to reinforce their relationships with
CSOs on matters relating to FMs. From the civil society's side, this study
urges CSOs to increase their efforts to promote a greater social
justice for FMs by continuing to challenge the government policies and
decisions; but, at the same time,
remaining disposed to collaborate with the City's planners on
matters relating to FMs.
1.6. Limitations of the Study
Undertaking such stud y was a necessity because, for a
considerable time, I believed that the
Johannesburg's CSOs could contribute a great deal to lot for the
improvement of the quality
of life of FMs living in the inner-city. The outcomes of my
research confirmed my hypothesis. But as every study has always limitations, it
is important for me to emphasis the limitations of this particular piece of
work.
As far as I am concerned, I believe that this study
has main limitations: Firstly, it did not analyse in detail the 1998
Refugee Act and other legislation affecting FMs in order to show if social
injustices facing FMs is linked to content of this Act and
legislation or to their implementation; and then see whether or not
there is a need for the NG to amend them. Secondly, CSOs are
under-represented in this study, in the sense that samples were taken
from only a few organisations. It would have been better if I had been able to
talk also with some other big NGOs, such as the National Consortium of
Refugees (which is the biggest national organisation dealing with FMs in
SA) to collect more views. It would also have been better to interview some
people from the UNHCR to ask them for further details about the
challenges facing FMs in Johannesburg. The difficulty here has been
the lack of time available to visit these two big organisations above-cited.
That is why I would recommend all those who will have the willing to work in
the future on a similar topic to take into account
these limitations.
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