Public authority in
                        Africa

Kirk, Tom; Allen, Tim

doi:10.4324/9781003143840-6

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“…More recent work on the construction of public authority argues that “it is possibly misleading to assume that conventional, formalised, legally compliant public authority is always the appropriate starting point for those seeking to understand how people are actually governed in particular places” (Kirk & Allen, 2021, p. 58). Other institutions, including non‐state actors and social institutions, shape people's behaviour as they tackle everyday challenges.…”

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Everyday governance in areas of contested power: Insights from Mozambique, Myanmar, and Pakistan

Anderson

Joshi

Barnes

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Development Policy Review

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Everyday governance in areas of contested power: Insights from Mozambique, Myanmar, and Pakistan

Anderson

Joshi

Barnes

et al. 2023

Development Policy Review

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“…This connection between democratic administration and the state's capacity to strengthen nationhood has been extensively studied in Africa. However, it leaves most African public administrations at a loss because of neoliberal analyses that mischaracterize and leave out the complexity of African public authority and how it patterns political values of representation, public accountability, and responsiveness (Hyden, 2021; Kirk & Allen, 2022).…”

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“…Second, a human rights‐sensitive perspective not only assists in assessing the democratic bill of health of administrative systems but also integrates related components into a holistic lens for a more straightforward practical understanding and potential action. DHR‐PA's integrative framework should help with consolidating the analytical silos or oft‐fragmented approaches to understanding and rethinking democratic public values and systems in Africa (Bierschenk & Olivier de Sardan, 2014; Ekeh, 2004; Hyden, 2023; Kirk & Allen, 2022). Third, a DHR‐PA agenda would be critical, especially in contexts where administrative systems are aligned with state‐building politics (Onyango, 2023a).…”

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DHR‐PA—Democracy and human rights in public administration in Africa

Onyango

2024

Politics & Policy

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While public administration research has traditionally paid profound attention to democratic values in government‐citizen relations, public institutions are still wrestling with entrenching human rights norms today. This article's Democracy and Human Rights in Public Administration (DHR‐PA) perspective offers a view that a human rights‐anchored reforms agenda may assist with setting the much‐needed tone for realizing democratic norms in African administrative contexts where society is still dealing with extreme forms of human rights abuses. It operationalizes institutional nuances and qualities of democratic and human rights values using Afrobarometer's Round 9 dataset for Namibia, Kenya, and Nigeria. Results show that human rights proclivities of African public administration remain subtle and nebulous despite more targeted DHR‐PA reforms and the creation of institutions like human rights commissions and administrative justice agencies. Overall, for democracy to work, African public administration must acquire and entrench human rights norms and values in its engagements with citizens.Related ArticlesKahn‐Nisser, Sara. 2018. “Constructive Criticism: Shaming, Incentives, and Human Rights Reforms.” Politics & Policy 46(1): 58–83. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12240.Zavala de Alba, Luis Eduardo. 2012. “Toward an International Implementation of Public Policies in Human Rights: A Necessary Step in Every Democratization Process for Advancements in Economic and Social Rights.” Politics & Policy 40(5): 783–801. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747‐1346.2012.00385.x.Nchofoung, Tii, Simplice Asongu, Vanessa Tchamyou, and Ofeh Edoh. 2022. “Gender, Political Inclusion, and Democracy in Africa: Some Empirical Evidence.” Politics & Policy 51(1): 137–55. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12505.

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“…Data are analysed with a public authority lens, with public authority defined as ‘any kind of authority beyond the immediate family which commands a degree of consent’ ( CPAID, 2018 :8). As indicated elsewhere ( Parker et al, 2019a ; Kirk and Allen, 2021 ), this lens focuses on the relationship between formal, informal, parallel and hybrid authorities and helps to reveal socio-political dynamics that might otherwise remain obscure. It enables an exploration of the (dis)connections between global framings of health security and the national and local politics influencing the diverse ways in which public health security is enacted on the ground.…”

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