Routledge Handbook of Public Policy in the Global South

1 Public Policy in the Global South

2 Democratic Demand and Supply in Asia

3 Political Trust and Its Variety in East Asia

4 Democratic Deconsolidation in East and Southeast Asia

5 How Asians View the U.S.–China Competition and Its Geopolitical Impact

6 How External Actors’ Influence on African Governance Has Changed

7 Reimagining Global Governance: Overcoming Challenges in the Global South

8 Development Paradox, the New Development Aspiration and Its Convergence With China’s African Policy

9 Integration of ESG—Environmental, Social, and Governance Policies in Africa

10 Policy Localisation in International Development: Insights From Policy Dialogue With Diplomats

11 Dignity and Empowerment in Development: Exploring the Need for Changes in Practice and Policies

12 Public Policy in China: A Collaboration and Network Approach

13 Populism and Policy Formulation in Perspective

14 Fitting Public Policy Theories in Understanding African Policy Systems

15 An Integrated Approach to Public Policy Education in India

16 Bridging the Research-Policy Divide to Spur Development in Africa During the SDGs Era

17 Think Tanks in Public Policy Development: Contributions, Impact, and Challenges in the Global South

18 Public Policy Under Conditions of Exclusionary Ethno-Nationalism of Palestinian Citizens of Israel

19 Health, Long-Term Care, and Retirement Policy in China

20 Building Access to Affordable Condominium Homeownership: Twenty Years of the Integrated Housing Development Programme in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

21 Effective Public Policy and Governance: A Practice-Oriented Analysis of Successes and Lessons Learned in African Contexts

22 Mapping Africa’s Narcotics Policy Landscape

23 Legislative Oversight of Police Patrols and Fire Alarms in Nigeria and Kenya

24 Policy Legacies and Sustainable Mining Reforms in Ghana

25 Public Service Delivery and Quality of Governance in East Asia

26 Policy Implementation and the Politics of Blame in China

27 Public Service Motivation in the Civil Service of Nepal

28 Citizens’ Assessment of Quality of Governance in Sri Lanka: An Inquiry-Based on Post-Aragalaya Context

29 Public Participation and Social Accountability in Local Governance in Ghana

30 Institutionalisation of Social Accountability in Local Governance: Role of NGOs in Bangladesh

31 Institutional Development Trajectories and Architectural Mapping of the Civil Service System in Ethiopia

32 Open Government Partnership Initiatives and Policy Effectiveness in Kenya

33 Defining Standards for Smart Cities in the Gulf Cooperation Council Region

34 Datafication Governance: Leveraging Big Data, Digital Technologies, and Artificial Intelligence in Public Administration in India

35 Realising Quality Standard Policies in Higher Education in Ugandan Universities

36 The Status of Women in the Global South: Insights From the Women, Peace and Security Index

37 Mainstreaming Gender Equality Through Electoral Gender Quotas: Lessons From Zimbabwe

38 Women’s Economic Empowerment During and After COVID-19 and the Sustainable Development Goals

39 Public Procurement: Administrative Disruption of the Policy Process in Africa

40 Gender Budgeting Policies in Indian Sub-National Governments

41 Policy Gaps Towards Sustainable Migration: Understanding Justice in the Bangladeshi Female Workers Diaspora in the Gulf States

42 Polycrisis! Implications for Public Policy in the Global South

43 Understanding Crisis! Revealing a Pandora’s Box in Ecuador

44 Disaster Policy Narratives in Latin America: The Cases of Mexico and Uruguay

45 Crisis Management in the Global South: Public Administration in a Crisis Context

46 Social Capital and Crisis Management in South Asia

47 Disaster Management in Afghanistan

48 Climate Change Adaptations in Urban Local Government in Bangladesh

Biography

Gedion Onyango is a research fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science’s Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa (FLIA). Gedion has over a decade of teaching experience and postgraduate student mentorship in higher education. He has taught at the University of Nairobi, where he was a senior lecturer, and at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Gedion’s research is highly interdisciplinary, covering legislative policy-making, public accountability reforms, anti-corruption and whistleblowing reforms, democratic innovation, and innovative technologies (digital technologies in designing public services). He has published extensively and has consulted in these areas.

Ishtiaq Jamil is a professor at the Department of Government, University of Bergen, Norway. His research interests include administrative culture, gender development, public policy, institutional trust, representative bureaucracy, and governance. He has co-edited and written several books, journal articles, chapters, and research reports. He has also organised and coordinated several international projects and conferences on governance, civil service, gender mainstreaming, service delivery, and public policy in South Asia.

"This timely handbook provides an invaluable addition to the literature on public policy developments in the Global South. By bringing together expertise from the Global South, it covers a broad scope of issues in this region, such as democratic governance, political trust, global public policy and governance, comparative public policy and performance, public service delivery, policy innovations and digitalization, gender policy, and crisis management. It provides much-needed South-South comparative analyses between countries also, including local government and regionalism. This volume is a major contribution to integrating a fragmented literature in this field. It offers scholars and practitioners a means to navigate many of the complex public policy challenges in the Global South."

Per Lægreid, Professor Emeritus. Department of Government, University of Bergen, Norway.

 

"This Handbook explores governance and policy challenges unique to the Global South. Featuring perspectives from local authors, it addresses issues such as democratic backsliding, gender reforms, digital governance, and climate adaptation. In development studies, contributions from global South authors are vital to ensure relevant and actionable insights. This handbook integrates theory and practice, offering comparative case studies and practical solutions. It is essential reading for scholars and policymakers aiming to tackle complex challenges and foster equitable progress in a dynamic global context."

Gabriel Cepaluni, Associate Professor, São Paulo State University, Brazil.

"The handbook compiles the governance and policy discussions of the Global South into a single volume. It cautions against applying Global North perspectives to analyze governance and policy trends while treating the Global South as a uniform entity. In summary, the volume offers significant insights into governance and public policy discussions in the Global South."

Winnie V. Mitullah, Research Professor & UNESCO UNITWIN Chair, Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya.

"Routledge Handbook of Public Policy in the Global South presents a much-needed collection of perspectives and insights that inform public policy theory and practice from the vantage of Global South. Bringing together leading scholars and practitioners, this volume examines pressures of the pandemic, climate change, democratic backsliding and eroding public trust in governments due to inefficient public service delivery within the shifting contours of the global political economy. The handbook offers unique perspectives that question the dominant paradigms, share indigenous experiences and explores the varied policy challenges across Asia, Africa, Latin America and beyond. Grounded in contextual realities and global interdependencies, this book is an essential reference for academics, policymakers and students seeking to decolonize public policy and advance inclusive frameworks for policy design and practice."

Yaamina Salman, Professor, Institute of Administrative Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.