This important new handbook provides a comprehensive assessment of contemporary public policy and governance in the Global South. It offers incisive comparative analyses and presents policy-specific case studies from across Asia, Latin America, Middle East, and Africa. The aim is to inform future governance research, policy, and practice in these regions.
This book is timely as it responds to how governments in the Global South are dealing with recent complex series of challenges and crises of the 21st Century. These range from the pressures of a global pandemic to the impacts of climate change, democratic backsliding, deteriorating public services, and the realignments in the international political economy following the rise of China. In doing so, it reflects on the political transformations, global convergences, and underlying regional, as well as national, trajectories that have taken place recently, focusing on among others:
Different authors bring together varied and specialised perspectives and experiences, which are important for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers wishing to understand emerging governance models, innovations, and challenges within the Global South.
| ISBN: | 9781032901480 |
| Publication date: | 30th June 2025 |
| Author: | Gedion Onyango, Ishtiaq Jamil |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 740 pages |
| Series: | Routledge International Handbooks |
| Genres: |
Public administration Civics and citizenship Social law and Medical law Public health and preventive medicine Environmental policy and protocols Development studies Social and ethical issues Sociology Social welfare and social services Educational strategies and policy |
This important new handbook provides a comprehensive assessment of contemporary public policy and governance in the Global South. It offers incisive comparative analyses and presents policy-specific case studies from across Asia, Latin America, Middle East, and Africa. The aim is to inform future governance research, policy, and practice in these regions.
This book is timely as it responds to how governments in the Global South are dealing with recent complex series of challenges and crises of the 21st Century. These range from the pressures of a global pandemic to the impacts of climate change, democratic backsliding, deteriorating public services, and the realignments in the international political economy following the rise of China. In doing so, it reflects on the political transformations, global convergences, and underlying regional, as well as national, trajectories that have taken place recently, focusing on among others:
Different authors bring together varied and specialised perspectives and experiences, which are important for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers wishing to understand emerging governance models, innovations, and challenges within the Global South.
Routledge Handbook of Public Policy in the Global South features in the following genres: Public administration, Civics and citizenship, Social law and Medical law, Public health and preventive medicine, Environmental policy and protocols, Development studies, Social and ethical issues, Sociology, Social welfare and social services, Educational strategies and policy
Routledge Handbook of Public Policy in the Global South is available in Hardback
Routledge Handbook of Public Policy in the Global South was written by Gedion Onyango, Ishtiaq Jamil and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Routledge Handbook of Public Policy in the Global South has 740 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge International Handbooks series
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