Routledge Handbook of Public Policy in Africa

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. <p>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.</p><p>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:</p><ul> <li>How can public policy be understood and taught in Africa?</li> <li>How does policymaking occur in unstable political contexts, or in states under pressure?</li> <li>Has the democratisation of governing systems improved policy processes in Africa?</li> <li>How have recent transformations, such as technological proliferation in Africa, impacted public policy processes?</li> <li>What are the underlying challenges and potential policy paths for Africa going forward?</li> </ul><p>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.</p><p>This is a valuable resource for practitioners, politicians, researchers, university students, and academics interested in studying and understanding how African countries are governed.</p>