State Politics and Public Policy in Eastern Africa
A Comparative Perspective
This book analyses major themes in twenty-first-century east African politics. Predominantly authored by researchers and academics from the region, it examines recent political developments, public policy and governance across east and southern African countries. The book advocates for a regionally-focused comparative approach across Africa, arguing that it provides a greater level of analysis than a complete continental study. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, it covers numerous topics relating to politics, public policy, state and nation-building in Africa. Filling an important void in current literature, the book will appeal to academics, practitioners, politicians and students of politics, public policy and governance.
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| Veröffentlichung: | 16.05.2023 |
| Höhe/Breite/Gewicht | H 21 cm / B 14,8 cm / - |
| Seiten | 459 |
| Art des Mediums | Buch [Gebundenes Buch] |
| Preis DE | EUR 139.09 |
| Preis AT | EUR 142.99 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-031-13489-0 |
| ISBN-10 | 3031134893 |
Über den Autor
Gedion Onyango is Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. He has a B.A. degree (First Class) in Social Sciences from Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, MPhil. Public Administration from the University of Bergen, Norway, and a PhD. in Public Administration from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. He is an Associate Editor and Board Member for SN Business & Economics Journal (Springer) and Editorial Board Member for the Journal on Financing for Development (University of Nairobi). His papers have been published in leading journals in Public Administration including International Journal of Public Administration, Public Organization Review, International Public Management Journal and Economic and Political Studies. He has also authored book chapters in both published and forthcoming monographs, among others, “Policy Visibility and Implementation in Public Administration”, in Ali Farazmand (ed.), Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, Springer Publishing 2019. Gedion has also been consulted by different organizations, including Transparency International.
Goran Hyden is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Political Science at the University of Florida, United States. After receiving his Ph.D. from Lund University, Sweden, he began his political science and public administration career in the now defunct University of East Africa: Makerere (1965-66), Nairobi (1968-71) and Dar es Salaam (1971-77). Before joining the University of Florida in 1986, he served as Social Science Advisor and Representative in the Nairobi-based Ford Foundation’s Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa, 1978-85.He co-edited his first book (with Robert H. Jackson and John J. Okumu) in 1970 titled Development Administration: The Kenyan Experience. He has authored over twenty books of his own, e.g. Beyond Ujamaa in Tanzania (1980), No Shortcuts to Progress (1983) and African Politics in Comparative Perspective (2006). He served as President of the U.S. African Studies Association 1995 and received its Distinguished Africanist Award in 2015. He has also been Chairman of the Board of the Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, Uppsala, Sweden and the African Centre for Technology Studies, Nairobi.
