Overview
- Approaches the study of public policy from a specifically African perspective
- Brings together researchers from across Africa
- Covers subjects including leadership, methodology, governance, and gender
- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access.
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About this book
This open access book responds to the need for a specifically African focus on public policy. It outlines the fundamental principles of public policy research, and engages with major issues in the study of public policy from an African perspective, covering essential topics such as the location and centrality of social sciences in relation to public policy, leadership, methodology, institutions, governance, and gender. This book is essential for understanding the various aspects and dimensions of policy making in Africa that underscore quality research and are at the core of excellence in teaching and learning.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Reviews
“Each of the authors in this volume speak with authority and clarity, informed by both personal experience as university teachers and researchers of public policy in Africa… This book is a must read for scholars and students.” —Peter Wanyande, Professor of Political Science, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
E. Remi Aiyede is Professor of Political Institutions, Governance and Public Policy in the Department of Political Science, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Beatrice Muganda is the Deputy Executive Director and Director of Higher Education at the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR), a pan-African not-for-profit organization based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Public Policy and Research in Africa
Editors: E. Remi Aiyede, Beatrice Muganda
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99724-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-99723-6Published: 19 October 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-99726-7Published: 04 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-99724-3Published: 18 October 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 278
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Policy, African Politics, Public Administration, Governance and Government