Overcoming the past and shaping the future: The quest for relevance in teaching and researching public administration in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorTapscott, Chris
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-05T10:15:39Z
dc.date.available2022-12-05T10:15:39Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe status of teaching and research on public administration in Africa countries, in many respects, remains a vestige of the colonial era and this is reflected in the epistemologies that underpin the design of the curricula and pedagogies adopted. They have been further shaped by the injunctions of neoliberalism and conditionalities of donor aid which promote normative northern models of public administration. Recognising this reality African scholars and others have, for some time, advocated for transformative models of policy formulation and governance which more accurately reflect African contexts. Commencing with an analysis of the historical factors that shaped state formation and administrative practices in post-colonial Africa, this article broadly examines how public policy and governance are taught and researched in African institutions.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTapscott, C. (2021). Overcoming the past and shaping the future: the quest for relevance in teaching and researching public administration in Africa. Global Public Policy and Governance, 1, 468–484. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43508-021-00030-xen_US
dc.identifier.issn2730-6305
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s43508-021-00030-x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/8183
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.subjectAfrican colonial state legaciesen_US
dc.subjectConditionalities of neoliberal aiden_US
dc.subjectComparative public administrationen_US
dc.subjectHegemony of northern policy theoryen_US
dc.subjectContextual governanceen_US
dc.titleOvercoming the past and shaping the future: The quest for relevance in teaching and researching public administration in Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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