Pockets of Effectiveness and the Politics of State-building and Development in Africa
Why do certain parts of the state in Africa work so effectively despite operating in difficult governance contexts? How do 'pockets of bureaucratic effectiveness' emerge and become sustained over time? And what does this tell us about the prospects for state-building and development in Africa? Re...
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| description | Why do certain parts of the state in Africa work so effectively despite operating in difficult governance contexts? How do 'pockets of bureaucratic effectiveness' emerge and become sustained over time? And what does this tell us about the prospects for state-building and development in Africa?
Repeated economic and social crises have demanded that development thinkers and policy actors have had to engage with the critical role that states play in delivering development. Pockets of Effectiveness and the Politics of State-building and Development in Africa shows that politics is the driving factor that shapes how well state agencies perform their roles. It deploys a new conceptual framework – the power domains approach – to explore the shifting fortunes of key state agencies in five countries – Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia – over the past three decades. Our original research reveals when, how and why political rulers decide to build effective state agencies and enable them to deliver certain forms of economic development – often through forming strategic coalitions with senior bureaucrats and with international support – and also when this support falters and gives way to a politics of survival. Comparative analysis identifies two potential trajectories towards state-building in Africa, each shaped by different configurations of social and political power. The book critiques the role that international development agencies have played in (mis)shaping the state in Africa and suggests a new strategic agenda for building the state capacities required to deliver sustained development at the current juncture. The book closes with critical commentaries from two leading scholars in the field, to help place our work in context and establish the next steps for research and strategy in this increasingly important area of development theory and practice. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1128392025-07-17T10:00:05Z Pockets of Effectiveness and the Politics of State-building and Development in Africa Hickey, Sam Development studies, Political economy, Public administration, and African Studies thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa Why do certain parts of the state in Africa work so effectively despite operating in difficult governance contexts? How do 'pockets of bureaucratic effectiveness' emerge and become sustained over time? And what does this tell us about the prospects for state-building and development in Africa? Repeated economic and social crises have demanded that development thinkers and policy actors have had to engage with the critical role that states play in delivering development. Pockets of Effectiveness and the Politics of State-building and Development in Africa shows that politics is the driving factor that shapes how well state agencies perform their roles. It deploys a new conceptual framework – the power domains approach – to explore the shifting fortunes of key state agencies in five countries – Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia – over the past three decades. Our original research reveals when, how and why political rulers decide to build effective state agencies and enable them to deliver certain forms of economic development – often through forming strategic coalitions with senior bureaucrats and with international support – and also when this support falters and gives way to a politics of survival. Comparative analysis identifies two potential trajectories towards state-building in Africa, each shaped by different configurations of social and political power. The book critiques the role that international development agencies have played in (mis)shaping the state in Africa and suggests a new strategic agenda for building the state capacities required to deliver sustained development at the current juncture. The book closes with critical commentaries from two leading scholars in the field, to help place our work in context and establish the next steps for research and strategy in this increasingly important area of development theory and practice. 2023-08-17T04:28:30Z 2023-08-17T04:28:30Z 2023-08-07T13:04:27Z 2023 book OCN: 1389485300 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/75205 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/112839 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/75205/1/9780192688361_WEB%20%28Hickey%29.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/75205/1/9780192688361_WEB%20%28Hickey%29.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/75205/1/9780192688361_WEB%20%28Hickey%29.pdf Oxford University Press 10.1093/oso/9780192864963.001.0001 10.1093/oso/9780192864963.001.0001 db4e319f-ca9f-449a-bcf2-37d7c6f885b1 University Of Manchester c0b511bf-6109-4c53-a379-9c9f0c81fb83 304 Oxford open access |
| spellingShingle | Development studies, Political economy, Public administration, and African Studies thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa Pockets of Effectiveness and the Politics of State-building and Development in Africa |
| title | Pockets of Effectiveness and the Politics of State-building and Development in Africa |
| title_full | Pockets of Effectiveness and the Politics of State-building and Development in Africa |
| title_fullStr | Pockets of Effectiveness and the Politics of State-building and Development in Africa |
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| title_short | Pockets of Effectiveness and the Politics of State-building and Development in Africa |
| title_sort | pockets of effectiveness and the politics of state building and development in africa |
| topic | Development studies, Political economy, Public administration, and African Studies thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa |
| topic_facet | Development studies, Political economy, Public administration, and African Studies thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa |
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