A comparative analysis of public administration education in the United States and post-Soviet Central Asia

Rauhaus, Beth M.; Sakiev, Azamat

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“…Bhuiyan (2012) discussed the development of teaching public administration in the context of Kazakhstan and explored several challenges to higher education such as the education ministry's control, corruption, lack of scientific research by local faculty, demographic impact, and revenue diversification. Rauhaus and Sakiev (2018) presented a comparative analysis of graduate-level curricula delivery in the United States and public administration schools in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. They conclude that the curricula, which tends to be controlled by the regime transitioning to democracy, prepares future public servants for state management.…”

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Public Administration Academies in Central Asia: ‘Government puppets’ or independent seats of learning?

Janenova¹

2019

Teaching Public Administration

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This article provides a critical analysis of the development of public administration education in the context of five post-Soviet, transitional, and authoritarian Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan from early independence to the present time (1991–2019). The study is based on a review of Master of Public Administration (MPA) programmes offered by Public Administration Academies in each of these five Central Asian countries, a focus group with local academics, extensive secondary data analysis, and critical reflections of a local scholar with six years of MPA teaching experience in a Kazakhstani university. This article highlights context-specific challenges in design and implementation of the MPA programmes in Central Asia. These challenges include the: ambiguous role of Public Administration Academies; programme design; pedagogical issues; and weak research capacity. It is argued that the MPA programmes in Central Asia often provide an example of ‘mimicry’ of European/North American programmes with peculiar features of their local context. Public Administration Academies in Central Asia are highly politicised and strongly controlled by authoritarian governments. This study will be of particular interest not only to public administration scholars from all post-Soviet countries which share the Soviet legacy and socio-economic challenges, but also for scholars teaching in other authoritarian contexts.

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Public Administration Academies in Central Asia: ‘Government puppets’ or independent seats of learning?

Janenova¹

2019

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A qualitative analysis of JPAE’s international context articles: Comparative emphasis in public affairs education

Perlman¹

2019

Journal of Public Affairs Education

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This article evaluates the Journal of Public Affairs Education's (JPAE) contribution during its first twenty-five years to the study of international and comparative public affairs education by looking at the 59 articles published that examine this topic in an international context. It uses a qualitative, iterative approach to summarize their themes of the 59 articles, and to categorize and display the different comparative emphases and public affairs education topics treated in them. It presents some quantitative data on the number of articles by category and by annual publication trend. It uses the results of this analysis to assess JPAE's overall contribution in the international context of public affairs and to make suggestions for the future in this area.

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Journal of Public Affairs Education

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A comparative analysis of public administration education in the United States and post-Soviet Central Asia

Cited by 5 publications

References 29 publications

Public Administration Academies in Central Asia: ‘Government puppets’ or independent seats of learning?

Public Administration Academies in Central Asia: ‘Government puppets’ or independent seats of learning?

A qualitative analysis of JPAE’s international context articles: Comparative emphasis in public affairs education

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