Routledge Handbook of Public Policy in Africa

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.