Routledge handbook of public policy in Africa / / edited by Gedion Onyango.

• Superior document: Routledge International Handbooks
• TeilnehmendeR: Onyango, Gedion,
• Place / Publishing House: Abingdon, Oxon : : Routledge,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge international handbooks.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Foreword / Peter H. Koehn -- A Public Policy Approach to Governance in Africa: An Introduction / Gedion Onyango -- Part I: Research, Theory and Teaching African Public Policy -- The Social Science Foundations of Public Policy in Africa / Liisa Laakso -- Researching and Teaching Public Policy and Governance in Africa / Chris Tapscott -- Theorising Public Policy in Africa / Goran Hyden -- Public Authority in Africa / Tom Kirk and Tim Allen -- The Institutional Logics Perspective and Policymaking in Africa / James Hathaway -- Pockets Of Effectiveness (POE) in Africa: A Solution to the Policy Paradox? / Anne Mette Kjær -- Part II: Understanding Policy Framing in Africa -- Policy Images in Africa / Eric E. Otenyo -- Reflections on the Political Economy of Public Policy Analysis in Africa / Michael Kpessa-Whyte and Kafui Tsekpo -- The Role and Impact of International Bureaucrats in Policymaking in Africa / Rosina Foli and Frank L.K. Ohemeng -- Traditional Chiefs as Institutional Entrepreneurs in Policymaking and Implementation in Africa / Salomey K.G. Afrifa and Frank L.K. Ohemeng -- Public Participation and Policymaking in Local Governance in Africa / Emmanuel Botlhale -- Framing Political Policy Communications in Africa / Kobby Mensah, Joyce Manyo and Nnamdi O. Madichie -- Policy Evaluation in Africa / E. Remi Aiyede and Maryam O. Quadri -- Part III: Understanding Policymaking in Africa -- Public Policymaking in Africa / Lukamba Muhiya Tshombe and Thekiso Molokwane -- Historical Perspectives of Policymaking and Administration in Africa / Felix Kumah-Abiwu, James Korku Agbodzakey and Samuel Kofi Darkwa -- The Media and Policymaking in Africa: A Comparative Study of Economic Development Policies in South Africa and Nigeria / TK Pooe and Sysman Motloung -- Part IV: Understanding Policy Reforms in Africa -- Public-Private Partnership and Public Policy in Africa / Joseph O. Obosi -- Rationales for and Policy Implications of Implementing Semi-Autonomous Revenue Authorities in Sub-Saharan Africa / Matilde Jeppesen -- Evolution and Change of Communication Policy in Postcolonial Africa: From Independence to the Present Day / Osée Kamga -- Multiculturalism and Policymaking in Africa / John Sunday Ojo and Joanne Clarke -- Part V: Understanding Politics And Public Policy In Africa -- The Politics of Public Policy in Africa / Michael Kpessa-Whyte -- Political Parties, Political Change and Public Policy in Africa: A Comparative Study of Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana / Adams Oloo -- Political Transition, Policy Change and Implementation in Zambia / Musole Siachisa -- Executive Policymaking During National Crisis: Policy Responses to Covid-19 Pandemic in Uganda / Roberts Kabeba Muriisa -- Political Leadership and Public Policy in Africa: Thabo Mbeki, the Consummate Policy Entrepreneur / Ndangwa Noyoo -- Public Policy and Election Administration in Africa: A Controlling or Innovative Environment / Michael Amoah -- Part VI: Policy Implementation Outcomes in Africa: Country Studies -- Democratizing Policy Implementation in Africa: Lessons from Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme / Emmanuel Kofi Ayisi, Justice Nyigmah Bawole and Emmanuel Yeboah-Assiamah -- Competing Interests and Lack of Policy Ownership of the Reform Agenda: A Barrier to Uganda's Reform Success / William Muhumuza -- Public Policy in Cameroon: State-Building Programs under the Influence / Alphonse Bernard Amougou Mbarga -- The Politics of Decentralisation: Policy Reform Design and Implementation in Malawi / Asiyati Lorraine Chiweza -- Indigenization Policy in the Extractive Sector in Zimbabwe: A Critical Reflection / Kennedy Manduna and Davison Muchadenyika -- Policy Learning and Policy Failure in Africa: The Case of Electricity Privatization in Ghana / Frank L.K. Ohemeng and Joshua J. Zaato -- Part VII: Implementing Education Policies in Africa -- Investing in the People? Analysis of Education Policies in Angola / Francisco Miguel Paulo -- Public-Private Partnerships as Predictors of Success: Lessons from the Education Sector in Post-War Liberia / Samuel G. Toe -- Policy Issues in the Harmonisation of Quality Assurance Systems for Higher Education in Africa / Ngepathimo Kadhila and Eugene Lizazi Libebe -- Part VIII: Understanding Health Policies and Disease Control in Africa -- Control Programmes for Africa's Parasites: Unrealistic Expectations, Ignored Evidence, and Troubling Outcomes / Tim Allen and Melissa Parker -- Between Marketization and Public Interest Discourses in Health Policy Delivery: Debating Solidarity and Universal Health Care in South Africa / Lauren Ela Paremoer -- Policy Responses to Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa: Experiences from Sierra Leone / Lawrence Sao Babawo, Ahmed Vandi and Tommy M. Hanson -- Confronting Epidemics: The Art of not Knowing and Strategic Ignorance During Ebola Preparedness in Uganda / Grace Akello and Melissa Parker -- Part IX: Understanding Food Security And Social Protection Policies -- Food and Nutrition Security Policies in Africa / Anne Siebert and Julian May -- Public Policy and Social Protection in Africa: The Rise of Cash Transfers / Nathanael Ojong and Logan Cochrane -- A Genealogy of Policies on Poor and Vulnerable Children and Youth in Kenya / Elizabeth Ngutuku -- Part X: Understanding Women, Gender and Public Policy in Africa -- Women in Policymaking in Africa / Emmanuel Botlhale -- Gender Mainstreaming in Africa: Local Translations and Institutional Challenges in Ghana, Malawi and South Africa / Diana Højlund Madsen, Amanda Gouws and Asiyati Lorraine Chiweza -- Women and Social Policies in South Africa and Sierra Leone / Ina Conradie and Abioseh Bockarie -- Women Legislators in Legislative Policymaking in Africa / Chiedo Nwankwor and Adedeji Adebayo -- Part XI: Understanding Crisis Management, Migration and Regional Trade -- Public Policy and Disaster Management: The Role of Law in International Disaster Assistance in Africa / María Mercedes Martínez Carrizo -- Migration Frameworks in Africa: Nature, Dynamics, and Challenges / Alemu Asfaw Nigusie -- Evolution of Trade Policy and Regional Integration in Africa / Stephen R. Karangizi and Haruperi R. Mumbengegwi -- Part XII: Understanding Emerging Policy Issues And Challenges In Africa -- Open Innovation Systems and Public Policy in Africa: Setting New Boundaries Against Wicked Problems / Yeboah-Assiamah Emmanuel, Clement Mensah Damoah and Justice Nyigmah Bawole -- Africa's New Megacities: Sustainable Urbanism, Climate Urbanism or Megalopolises of Exclusionary Enclaves / John Sunday Ojo -- Environmental Policies in Africa: The State of Regulating E-Waste Management / Japheth Otieno Ondiek and Gedion Onyango -- Petroleum Extraction in Africa: A Review of the Local Content Policies for the Oil Industry in Selected Countries / Austin Dziwornu Ablo and William Otchere-Darko -- The Unintended Industrial Policy Benefits of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Africa / Julius Kiiza.