Dr Tania Coetzee
Position
Senior Lecturer
Department
Political Studies and Governance
Telephone
0514012628
Office
THEOLOGY AND RELIGION BUILDING 117
Short CV

TELEPHONE NUMBERS:

Work                     (051) 401-2628
E-mail                   coetzeet@.ufs.ac.za   

QUALIFICATIONS

1990                      BA;  UFS
1992                      BA HONS ANTHROPOLOGY  UFS
1995                      MA, POLITICAL SCIENCE   UFS
2001                      PhD POLITICAL SCIENCE  UFS  

CURRENT POSITION

Senior Lecture and Programme Director: Programme in Governance and Political Transformation University of the Free State  

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Senior Learner Facilitator (Department Sociology) 7 years.
Professional officer (Dept. Anthropology and Sociology) 3 years
Dept. Political Science (4 years)
Coordinator of the Career Preparation Program (4 years).
Programme Director Governance and Political Transformation (16years.)
Dept. Political Studies and Governance (11 years)  

NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS IN ACCREDITED JOURNALS

19 articles  

FOCUS AREAS

Governance, Political Dynamics, South African Politics, Forms of State, Organization of government, Constitutionalism, Co-operative Government and Intergovernmental Relations, Constitutions.

CONFERENCES

Papers:                                                                24
Attendance of International Congresses              5
Attendance of National Congresses                   34
Guest Lectures                                                   36  

POST GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPERVISION

Honours                               2 (completed)
M.A. Dissertation                 79 (completed)
M.A. Dissertation                 9 (current)
PhD                                       10 (completed)
PhD promoter                       6 (current)   
 

Community Engagement and Service Learning Presentation of Undergraduate and Postgraduate modules

Presentation of Undergraduate and Postgraduate modules:

GOVE3724 Service Learning, GOVP 5814 Political Environment, GOVO 5824 Cooperative Governance, GOVR5814 Research Methodology, GOVR5824, GOVP7910 Research methodology and research proposal, GOVE 7900 Mini-Dissertations, GOVT9100. PH.D

Publications
  • Pleidooi vir goeie regeerkunde in Afrika. A plea for Good Governance in Africa. Woord en Daad. Word and Action. 56(430): 23-25.
  • Governance practices in Africa. Contemporary Journal for Africa Studies. CJAS 4.2: 67-89.
  • A conceptual framework for good governance in South Africa.Woord en Daad. Word and Action. 57(433): 25-28.
  • The contribution of Governance towards Political Science. Journal of Public Administration. 53(1)24-38.
  • The impact of civil society on Governance in Lesotho. Insight on Africa. Vol. 12(2): 129-144 DOI: 10.1177/0975087820909333.
  • The nuts and bolts of governance leadership. Research Brief 6/2020. Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa. University of Stellenbosch.

 

Coetzee, T. 2010. Cooperative Governance and Good Governance: Reality or Myth. Journal for Contemporary History. 35(2):84-107.

Joannou, N.A. & Coetzee, T. 2010. Tendencies of a dominant party system in the Free State legislature (1994-2008). Journal for Contemporary History. 35(1):139-156.

Swanepoel, M.P. Duvenhage, A & Coetzee, T. 2011.  Vigilantism as a feature of political decay in the post-1994 South African dispensation. Journal for Contemporary History. Journal for Contemporary History, 36(1):114-133.

Müller, J. & Coetzee, T. 2012. The Role of Social Capital in Socio-Economic Development. African Journal of Public Affairs. Vol. 1(2) December (International accredited). IBSS indexed. ISSN 1997-7441.

Coetzee, T. 2017. Governance practices in Africa. Contemporary Journal for Africa Studies. CJAS 4.2: 67-89.

Coetzee, T. 2018. The contribution of Governance towards Political Science. Journal of Public Administration. 53(1)24-38.

Rakhare, M and Coetzee, T 2020. The impact of civil society on Governance in Lesotho. Insight on Africa. Vol. 12(2): 129-144 DOI: 10.1177/0975087820909333. 

 

Research

Teaching Strategy: A governance approach.

South African Association of Political Studies (SAAPS) 13th Biannual National Conference. Theme: Decolonialisation after Democracy: Rethinking Politics into the 21 Century. University of the Western Cape: 31 Augustus – 2 September. Cape Town.

Understanding government’s and civil society’s perspectives on public participation and engagement in South Africa.

The Historical Association of South Africa. (HASA). Biannual Conference. Theme: Miracles and Mirages the fall of the oldest and rise of the newest. South Africa …. And beyond. Black Mountain Leisure and Conference Hotel Thaba Nchu: 20-22 Junie.

The influence of a Governance perspective in an academic discourse.

Association of Southern African Schools and
Departments of Public Administration and Management
(ASSADPAM). Annual Conference. Theme: BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE:
Revisiting the discipline of Public Administration and management for
responsive and sustainable development. Tuscan Rose. Bloemfontein. 26-28

Governance Leadership: Breaking Traditional Boundaries

South African Sociological Association (SASA). Annual Conference. Sociology without Borders: The relevance of Sociology in Society, Life, and Academia in the 21st Century. University of the Free State. Bloemfontein. 27-30 June 2021

 

Area(s) of Interest

Governance, Governance Leadership, Intergovernmental Relations, Research Methodology.

 

Expertise
Governance and good governance.
Courses Presented


Undergraduate courses presented

Course Code

Full name of Course

 

GOVE 3724

Service Learning

 

 

 

Postgraduate courses

Course Code

Full name of Course

 

GOVP 5814

Governance Environment and Challenges

 

GOVO 5824

Cooperative Governance

 

GOVR 5824

Research report

 

GOVR 5814

Research methodology

 

GOVP 7910

Research methodology and Research proposal

 

 

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FACULTY CONTACT

T: +27 51 401 2240 or humanities@ufs.ac.za

Postgraduate:
Marizanne Cloete: +27 51 401 2592

Undergraduate:
Neliswa Motebang: +27 51 401 2536
Phyllis Masilo: +27 51 401 9683
Thandeka Deeuw: +27 51 401 5460

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