In the post-colonial state today we still find universities with predominantly eurocentric teachings and curricula. Various policy ideas,theories of governance and public management has not led to an improvement of public management in Africa. Therefore there was a call 2015 for decolonised education in South Africa! Part of the movement is the importance that our disciplines should also shift to keep up with the transformation agenda.
Therefore in an attempt to increase university capacity through decolonisation programmes and projects... A type of "by Africa for Africa" knowledge production... Are there any ideas that can assist in building capacity..?
Can you provide any cases of failure in post-colonial state because of western emposed governance structure (theory)?
Which African authors/philosophers speak about governance and Public Management in the post-colonial state?
What is the current state of Public Administration, in the African context?
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Their is a lots of discussion on post colonial pub administration.
Why it is so because almost whole world was came under colonialism.
And the studies of public administration get its berth under the field of Political Science .
And post behaviourism is become part and parcel of late 18th and complete 19th century.
A theory I support in the study and implementation of public administration is post-modern social constructionism. In a basic sense, it is the perspective everything is socially constructed. This leads me to point out two key aspects of American administrative structure. As a former colony, now a world "imperial" power, this may appear odd from the outside. However, in the US there is a very distinct divide between public administrators and the political sphere of governance.
The first key point is a merit-based civil service system. Employment is not based on political affiliation, but merit derived from appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) specific to that job.
Second key point, due process of law. All citizens, and even non-citizens, have a right to due process of law. This includes appealing administrative decisions, hearings, and open meeting requirements. Due process is guaranteed by the Constitution and this creates a democratic relationship between the administrator and the citizen. Ironically, we find the primarily defenders of American democracy are unelected bureaucrats (expert administrators).
I have purged myself of issues relating to decolonisation bcos perspective seems to differ from one another on the philosophy of decolonialisation. Firdt, to decolonise is to go back before colonialism.
In Public Administration the first question would be;
Where there existing administrative process on the african continent?
What was the extent of good and open governance in precolonial africa?
Why was the adminitrative processes and procedure replaced by eurocentric perspective?
These are the first set of questions that will lead into meanigful engagement on decolonialisation in the discipline.
However, i have noted before (2016) that the decolonialisation of public administration was impossible. Because there are too fee innovative scholars in the discipline on the continent. Thereby, shortchanging the continet and widening the knowledge gap.
I am MEX
Construtivism is become part & parcel of process thru which the human soceity pass for granting the change.
As far as America is concern I hope they are maintaining their rely on Frankfurt School with many influential thinkers.
The process of public servants to pass thru the observation of social changes in many aspects. As it is widely in practice around the world nations.
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