African Public Administration

Author : Shikha Vyas-Doorgapersad,Lukamba-Muhiya. Tshombe,Ernest Peprah Ababio
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351552752

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Public Administration in Africa by Shikha Vyas-Doorgapersad,Lukamba-Muhiya. Tshombe,Ernest Peprah Ababio Pdf

With contributions from leading regional scholars, Public Administration in Africa: Performance and Challenges examines the complexities of the art of governance from the unique African perspective. The editors bring together a cohesive study of the major issues and regions by taking an analytic approach with the strong problem-solution application. Regions addressed range from South Africa, Congo, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius, and Botswana. Themes include colonialism, reform, poverty, economy, decentralization, financing, media, political structures, and more. Beginning with an analysis of the relationship of policy design and its destination, service delivery, the book discusses the historical development of a state that has gone through upheavals in government and explores a decayed political economy that ultimately results in a need for sweeping measures. The text examines the issues emerging policy-makers in Africa must tackle, namely poverty and the denial or lack of resources to keep a dignified human life. It highlights how the media can be a catalyst for good governance and provides analytical aspects of implementing good governance reforms. The book concludes with an examination of the concepts of decentralization and devolution in measuring service delivery performance and an exploration of Africa’s economic success story. It also details the African Peer Review Mechanisms in selected African countries and provides a holistic analysis of local government functioning in Africa. These features and more make it an interdisciplinary reference for diverse social, economic, political, and administrative issues.

Author : Rwekaza Sympho Mukandala
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Administrative agencies
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029582561

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African Public Administration by Rwekaza Sympho Mukandala Pdf

Author : Gelase R. Mutahaba,Rweikiza Baguma,Mohamed S. Halfani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1565490118

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Vitalizing African Public Administration for Recovery and Development by Gelase R. Mutahaba,Rweikiza Baguma,Mohamed S. Halfani Pdf

Author : J. S. H. Gildenhuys
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Local government
ISBN : UVA:X002454792

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South African Public Administration by J. S. H. Gildenhuys Pdf

Author : Gerrit van der Waldt
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781803929392

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Handbook of Public Management in Africa by Gerrit van der Waldt Pdf

This forward-thinking Handbook provides a thorough and comprehensive guide on the positive prospects for public management and governance across the African continent. Exploring best practices learned by public management and governments in the region, this book examines Africa’s ability to leapfrog developed nations in the adoption and adaptation of managerial models, techniques and applications for government.

Author : Gedion Onyango
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000513943

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Routledge Handbook of Public Policy in Africa by Gedion Onyango Pdf

This Handbook provides an authoritative and foundational disciplinary overview of African Public Policy and a comprehensive examination of the practicalities of policy analysis, policymaking processes, implementation, and administration in Africa today. The book assembles a multidisciplinary team of distinguished and upcoming Africanist scholars, practitioners, researchers and policy experts working inside and outside Africa to analyse the historical and emerging policy issues in 21st-century Africa. While mostly attentive to comparative public policy in Africa, this book attempts to address some of the following pertinent questions: How can public policy be understood and taught in Africa? How does policymaking occur in unstable political contexts, or in states under pressure? Has the democratisation of governing systems improved policy processes in Africa? How have recent transformations, such as technological proliferation in Africa, impacted public policy processes? What are the underlying challenges and potential policy paths for Africa going forward? The contributions examine an interplay of prevailing institutional, political, structural challenges and opportunities for policy effectiveness to discern striking commonalities and trajectories across different African states. This is a valuable resource for practitioners, politicians, researchers, university students, and academics interested in studying and understanding how African countries are governed.

Author : Jacobus Johannes Nicolaas Cloete
Publisher : Van Schaik Publishers
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105073165628

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South African Public Administration and Management by Jacobus Johannes Nicolaas Cloete Pdf

This ninth revised edition is intended as a textbook for university and technikon students as well as for officials who have to undergo in-service training. It can also be used by individuals who are interested in public affairs and who intend to play a role in party politics and government.

Author : Shikha Vyas-Doorgapersad,Lukamba-Muhiya Tshombe,Ernest Peprah Ababio
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Political planning
ISBN : OCLC:1119128771

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Public Administration in Africa by Shikha Vyas-Doorgapersad,Lukamba-Muhiya Tshombe,Ernest Peprah Ababio Pdf

With contributions from leading regional scholars, Public Administration in Africa: Performance and Challenges examines the complexities of the art of governance from the unique African perspective. The editors bring together a cohesive study of the major issues and regions by taking an analytic approach with the strong problem-solution application. Regions addressed range from South Africa, Congo, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius, and Botswana. Themes include colonialism, reform, poverty, economy, decentralization, financing, media, political structures, and more. Beginning with an analysis of the relationship of policy design and its destination, service delivery, the book discusses the historical development of a state that has gone through upheavals in government and explores a decayed political economy that ultimately results in a need for sweeping measures. The text examines the issues emerging policy-makers in Africa must tackle, namely poverty and the denial or lack of resources to keep a dignified human life. It highlights how the media can be a catalyst for good governance and provides analytical aspects of implementing good governance reforms. The book concludes with an examination of the concepts of decentralization and devolution in measuring service delivery performance and an exploration of Africa's economic success story. It also details the African Peer Review Mechanisms in selected African countries and provides a holistic analysis of local government functioning in Africa. These features and more make it an interdisciplinary reference for diverse social, economic, political, and administrative issues.

Author : Robert E. Hinson,Nnamdi Madichie,Ogechi Adeola,Justice Nyigmah Bawole,Isaiah Adisa,Kwame Asamoah
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030771812

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New Public Management in Africa by Robert E. Hinson,Nnamdi Madichie,Ogechi Adeola,Justice Nyigmah Bawole,Isaiah Adisa,Kwame Asamoah Pdf

This book analyses and evaluates the accomplishments, challenges, and approaches associated with the New Public Management (NPM) in Africa towards establishing context-specific interventions for public sector institutions' performance. Taking the reader through various business and management approaches, including leadership in the public sector, digitalisation, market orientation and trust building, this book provides an understanding of the key issues facing public sector organisations in Africa and offers novel ways of approaching public management in a changing socio-economic landscape to drive improved performance of public institutions. The book offers students, practitioners and researchers important insights on NPM and public sector institutions in Africa. The recommendations of the book will help government and policymakers implement appropriate public sector management policies for strengthening public sector service delivery in Africa.

Author : Benon C. Basheka,Lukamba-Muhiya. Tshombe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351606530

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New Public Management in Africa by Benon C. Basheka,Lukamba-Muhiya. Tshombe Pdf

The administrative sciences have been dominated by a turn to managerial perspectives in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and in the spirit of this turn, 'New Public Management' (or NPM) promises to produce efficient, responsible and client-oriented public services. The reforms carried out in the pursuit of New Public Management are often accompanied by great optimism and rapid, enthusiastic steps toward implementation. Even in highly developed industrial countries, however, these fundamental reforms often overlook the political and cultural contexts of the implementing country. New Public Management in Africa: Emerging Issues and Lessons provides much-needed theoretical foundations for NPM reforms in the African context and reflects on the success of existing reforms in the development of several African states. The individual contributions in this timely volume provide important analyses of academic discourse, practical policy, achievements, and desiderata. The book as a whole, however, provides a valuable impetus for public administration research in and on African states, sharing findings on the results of reforms to date and adjustments required for these reforms to succeed. For public administration researchers outside of Africa, this book offers a review of New Public Management case studies that are unavailable or difficult to find elsewhere, contributing much to the exchange between African and Western administration science research, and demonstrating that African administrative research is well-prepared to help resolve global challenges.

Author : S. X. Hanekom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Municipal services
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070089383

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Public Administration in Contemporary Society by S. X. Hanekom Pdf

This book is about public administration in contemporary society; more specifically, contemporary society in South Africa. But why contemporary society? The answer can be found in the fact that: "There is scarcely a single duty of government which was once simple which is not now complex; government once had but a few masters; it now has scores of masters. Majorities only underwent government; they now conduct government. Where government once might follow the whims of a court, it must now follow the whims of a nation. The authors of this book took cognizance of the transitional stage in which South Africa currently finds itself. All the most recent developments in public administration in South Africa have been taken into account. Recent reform in South Africa has shown conclusively that systems must be adapted from time to time. However, irrespective of changing systems, the basic premises of public administration remain unaltered, providing a constant frame of reference for evaluating new developments. It is for this very reason that Public Administration in Contemporary Society will never lose its relevance for academics, students and public officials.

Author : Ladipo Adamolekun
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1999-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022128214

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Public Administration In Africa by Ladipo Adamolekun Pdf

Public Administration in Africa addresses the main topics in the discipline, including governance context and reorientation of government, decentralization and intergovernmental relations, public financial management, human resources management, and accountability and transparency. The book reviews the experience of specific African countries, including a discussion of the main strengths and weaknesses of each national public administration system. The first part comprises ten chapters focused on the main issues in Public Administration and the second part comprises eleven chapters devoted to selected country studies. Countries discussed are: Benin, Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

Author : Kwame Badu Antwi-Boasiako; Okyere B
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781462822614

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Traditional Institutions and Public Administration in Democratic Africa by Kwame Badu Antwi-Boasiako; Okyere B Pdf

Traditional Institutions and Public Administration in Democratic Africa tackles the most pressing contemporary administrative issues of Africa. The first chapter opens with a thorough discussion on neo-colonialism in Africa. It questions the authenticity of African democracy as it points out the presence of groups and individuals who exploit African resources to their advantage. The chains of colonialism have perpetually defeated democracy in Africa and the former oppressors continue to financially and politically control their former colonies. The authors probe into the traditional institutions as well as the functions of the government to explain the political status quo of Africa. It emphasizes the negative impact of adhering to democratic structures that impair the positive practices and values of the traditional African administrative culture. An eye-opener, Traditional Institutions and Public Administration in Democratic Africa boldly exposes revolutionary views that challenge and defy democracy in Africa

Author : Peter Fuseini Haruna,Shikha Vyas-Doorgapersad
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781482223811

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Public Administration Training in Africa by Peter Fuseini Haruna,Shikha Vyas-Doorgapersad Pdf

There is a growing global interest in Africa and how to improve the quality of life of its people and for good reason. The world can no longer afford to ignore the democratic changes that have occurred across the continent over the past two decades, changes with tremendous implications for professional education and training for the tasks of nation

Author : Adebayo Adedeji,Colin Baker
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000969870

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Education and Research in Public Administration in Africa by Adebayo Adedeji,Colin Baker Pdf

Originally published in 1974, this book is a valuable contribution to the literature about the African context of public administration. The application of research to public administration and the communication of research findings are discussed in depth. All aspects of the subject are presented: non-university based, non-academic institutes as well as undergraduate and post-graduate programmes. The book concludes with some non-African comparisons from Australia, France, the USA and UK.