The institutional logics perspective and policymaking in Africa

This chapter presents and discusses the institutional logics perspective as a systematic framework for understanding formal and informal structures that shape policymaking and administra-tion in Africa. It contributes to ongoing discussions about the dynamic relationships and tensions between indigenous social structures that have long existed in Africa and social structures developed more recently (Ekeh 1975; Hyden 2013a, 2013b). It also contributes to ongoing debates about the limits of international reforms in the Global South (Andrews 2013; Evans 2004). This conceptual framework, which has been used extensively in the Global North, may provide a useful perspective for understanding the varied results from reform initiatives in African contexts. It may also ofer a way forward for development prac-titioners, researchers and public servants in Africa.

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Published in: Routledge Handbook of Public Policy in Africa
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
See chapter on publisher's website: https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003143840-7