Middle East and North Africa
Readings and class materials for Thursday, November 21, 2024
Readings
Muhammad A Nisar, “Children of a Lesser God: Administrative Burden and Social Equity in Citizen–State Interactions,” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 28, no. 1 (January 1, 2018): 104–19, https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/mux025.
Ali Farazmand, “Bureaucracy and the Alternatives in the Middle East,” in Bureaucracy and the Alternatives in World Perspective, ed. Keith M. Henderson and O. P. Dwivedi (London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1999), 244–68, https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333983355_10.
John Dixon, Shahjahan Bhuiyan, and Yılmaz Üstüner, “Public Administration in the Middle East and North Africa,” International Journal of Public Administration 41, no. 10 (July 2018): 759–64, https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2018.1433207.
Rahel M. Schomaker and Michael W. Bauer, “Public Governance in the MENA Region: Reform Trends and Patterns,” International Journal of Public Administration 43, no. 5 (April 2020): 378–91, https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2019.1669179.
Hamid E. Ali, “State Transitions from Rigidity to Fragility and Failure: The Case of Middle East and North Africa,” International Journal of Public Administration 41, no. 10 (July 2018): 765–71, https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2017.1387150.
One of these country-specific articles:
Ghada Barsoum, “Egypt’s Many Public Administration Transitions: Reform Vision and Implementation Challenges,” International Journal of Public Administration 41, no. 10 (July 2018): 772–80, https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2017.1387145.
Jamil E. Jreisat, “Public Administration Reform in Jordan: Concepts and Practices,” International Journal of Public Administration 41, no. 10 (July 2018): 781–91, https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2017.1387991.
Yılmaz Üstüner and Nilay Yavuz, “Turkey’s Public Administration Today: An Overview and Appraisal,” International Journal of Public Administration 41, no. 10 (July 2018): 820–31, https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2017.1387147.
Abu Elias Sarker and Alaa Aldin Abdul Rahim A Al Athmay, “The Changing Facets of Public Administration in the United Arab Emirates,” International Journal of Public Administration 41, no. 10 (July 2018): 832–44, https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2017.1387149.