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Rural administration in Kenya: a critical appraisal
In: Management and administration series 2
Working with the grain: integrating governance and growth in development strategies. By Brian Levy
In: International affairs, Band 91, Heft 2, S. 419-420
ISSN: 1468-2346
Working with the grain: integrating governance and growth in development strategies. By Brian Levy
In: International affairs, Band 91, Heft 2, S. 419-420
ISSN: 0020-5850
Social Contracts, Networks and Security in Tropical Africa Conflict States: An Overview
In: IDS bulletin: transforming development knowledge, Band 44, Heft 1, S. 1-14
ISSN: 1759-5436
Preface
In: IDS bulletin: transforming development knowledge, Band 44, Heft 1, S. v-x
ISSN: 1759-5436
Democracy, Liberty and Montesquieu: Constructing Accountable Order in African Conflict States
In: IDS bulletin: transforming development knowledge, Band 44, Heft 1, S. 87-98
ISSN: 1759-5436
Social Contracts, Networks and Security in Tropical Africa Conflict States: An Overview
In: IDS bulletin, Band 44, Heft 1
ISSN: 0265-5012, 0308-5872
Democracy, Liberty and Montesquieu: Constructing Accountable Order in African Conflict States
In: IDS bulletin, Band 44, Heft 1
ISSN: 0265-5012, 0308-5872
'Pockets' of effective agencies in weak governance states: Where are they likely and why does it matter?
In: Public administration and development: the international journal of management research and practice, Band 30, Heft 2, S. 91-101
ISSN: 1099-162X
AbstractIt is well established that even in countries that have poor governance and weak public sectors, exceptional well‐functioning government and government‐supported agencies do exist. What has not been established is where and why these 'pockets of effectiveness' are able to emerge. Some attribute their existence to exceptional leadership and good management. Others, while not doubting the importance of these internal factors, believe that these 'pockets' are generated by their place in the country's political economy. The literature on this subject is dominated by case studies and the consequence is that a very large number of hypotheses have been generated about what the political processes at work might be. This article inventories the array of available hypotheses and condenses them into five sets of meta‐hypotheses. It also discusses how social scientists and practitioners ought to think about something whose occurrence is idiosyncratic. The future of development administration will be enhanced by more informed choice of strategic opportunities—avoiding both political determinism and a naïve faith that all is equally possible to those who will it. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
'Pockets' of effective agencies in weak governance states: Where are they likely and why does it matter?
In: Public administration and development: the international journal of management research and practice, Band 30, Heft 2, S. 91-102
ISSN: 0271-2075
Elections and Conflict in Africa: An Introduction
In: Journal of African elections, Band 8, Heft 1, S. 1-13
ISSN: 1609-4700
From Genocide to Continental War: The 'Congolese' Conflict and the Crisis of Contemporary Africa
In: International affairs, Band 85, Heft 6, S. 1284-1285
ISSN: 0020-5850