The African Review · 1971 · 16 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesPolitical SciencePublic AdministrationAfrican StudiesEconomic DevelopmentPolitical InstitutionsAfrican GovernanceAfrican PoliticsBureaucracyBureaucratic PoliticsColonial AfricaPostcolonial African StatesAdministrative BureaucracyAdministrative SystemsBureaucratic PowerColonial Boundary LegacyColonial BureaucratsDomestic Political InstitutionsEconomic Development StrategyPolitical Control Of Bureaucracy
To understand the African bureaucracy is to understand a great deal about African politics. for the ministries and para statal bodies representing central government are the most powerful political institutions on the continent. This is due in large measure to the colonial legacy of bureaucratic authoritarianis