Democratizing Public Governance in Developing Nations
This edited volume brings together critical insights that address the multifaceted problems of governance and democracy in the developing regions with specific reference to Africa. It explores both the externally prescribed and home-grown governance initiatives geared toward democracy and development, and suggests alternative strategies to improve the processes and institutions of governance. The chapters in the book deal with major concerns related to governance, including the strengths and limits of existing policies and practices and the structure and role of state and non-state institutions in promoting democracy and participation. All these issues, in general, have great significance for realizing an authentic and enduring mode of democratic governance in the developing world.
M. Shamsul Haque, PhD, is Professor at the Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Anastase Shyaka, PhD, is Chief Executive Officer of the Rwanda Governance Board (RGB), Kigali, Rwanda.
Gedeon M. Mudacumura, PhD, is Professor at the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Democratization Studies
(Formerly Democratization Studies, Frank Cass)
Democratization Studies combines theoretical and comparative studies with detailed analyses of issues central to democratic progress and its performance, all over the world.
The books in this series aim to encourage debate on the many aspects of democratization that are of interest to policy-makers, administrators and journalists, aid and development personnel, as well as to all those involved in education.
For a full list of titles in this series, please visit www.routledge.com/Democratization-Studies/book-series/DS.
28 Democratic Transformation and Obstruction
EU, US and Russia in the South Caucasus
Nelli Babayan
29 Politics and Democracy in Microstates
Wouter Veenendaal
30 Democratizing Central and Eastern Europe
Successes and Failures of the European Union
Luca Tomini
31 Causes and Consequences of Democratization
The Regions of Russia
Anastassia V. Obydenkova and Alexander Libman
32 Democratization in EU Foreign Policy
New Member States as Drivers of Democracy Promotion
Edited by Benedetta Berti, Kristina Mikulova and Nicu Popescu
33 Democratization in the 21st Century
Reviving Transitology
Edited by Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou and Timothy D. Sisk
34 Democratizing Public Governance in Developing Nations
With Special Reference to Africa
Edited by M. Shamsul Haque, Anastase Shyaka, and Gedeon M. Mudacumura
Democratizing Public Governance in Developing Nations
With Special Reference to Africa
Edited by
M. Shamsul Haque,
Anastase Shyaka, and Gedeon M. Mudacumura
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Contents
M. SHAMSUL HAQUE, ANASTASE SHYAKA, AND GEDEON M. MUDACUMURA
M. SHAMSUL HAQUE
OLUWOLE OWOYE AND OLUGBENGA A. ONAFOWORA
ASHA GUPTA
CHRIS M. A. KWAJA
DENIS VENTER
FLICIEN USENGUMUKIZA, JEAN PAUL MUNYANDAMUTSA, AND ESPERANCE NSHUTIRAGUMA
BOYIE SABELO DLAMINI
JYLDYZ KASYMOVA, MARCO AURELIO M. FERREIRA, AND TIA SHERE GAYNOR
WILLIAM KALANZI
PRINCE KARAKIRE GUMA
JAPHACE PONCIAN
FLORENCE MUTESI AND PRINCE H. KAYIGIRE
CALEB WAFULA
LYDIA A. NKANSAH
Boyie Sabelo Dlamini studied in the University of Swaziland for a BA in Education, Oxford Brookes University (UK) for an MA in Education, the Royal Agricultural University (UK) for an MSc in Management of Natural Resources, and the University of Kent (UK) for a PhD in Public Policy. He worked in both private and public educational institutions for more than a decade. He is currently working at the University of Swaziland. His research interests include educational research, public policy and governance, and management of organizational change.
Marco Aurelio M. Ferreira is Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Graduate Program at Public Administration in the Federal University of Vicosa, Brazil. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Administration, the Brazilian Society for Public Administration, the Public Management Research Association (USA), and the American Society for Public Administration. He is also a research member of the National Council of Science and Technology of Brazil and a researcher fellow at the Institute of Public Policy and Sustainable Development (Brazil). His research interests lie in the broad area of public administration, with specific focus on public policies, transparency, and public sector performance.
Tia Shere Gaynor is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public and Non-profit Administration at Marist College, New York. Her research seeks to influence decision-making in local communities, help build social capital, and address existing inequalities within the American and global context. Her scholarship covers three broad research streams, including participation and engagement; public and social policy analysis; and pedagogy, learning, and instruction.
Prince Karakire Guma is a PhD candidate at the Graduate School for Urban Studies at the Technische Universitt Darmstadt. His current research interests include urban and institutional change and transformation, social and technical infrastructure and planning, informality and policy, and social movements. His prior work questioned how the forces of urbanity, rurality, coloniality, and contempraneity elucidate, obscure, affect, or are affected by social status, identity, and community in the African context. He is a member of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (Dakar-Senegal) and the Center for Basic Research (Kampala-Uganda).
