Public Policy Research in the Global South

This volume focuses on the evolution of public policy and the role of agenda setting with regard to policymaking in countries of the Global South. The authors illustrate the emergence of public policy research as an academic discipline, and highlight various aspects of history, governance, politics, and economics as components of public policy theory development. By offering a cross-national perspective, the papers contribute to a better understanding of when, how, and by whom a given policy agenda is designed, which is essential to grasping how policy is implemented. In turn, the authors investigate how the development of public policy research has influenced policymaking in fields such as democratization, migration, corruption, agriculture, environment, education, and entrepreneurship and, more specifically, agenda setting in selected countries of the Global South.

Auteur
Heike M. Grimm is an Aletta Haniel Professor for Public Policy and Entrepreneurship and serves as Director of the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the University of Erfurt. She previously served as a Professor of Policy Analysis and Public Management with the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy at the University of Malta. She studied Political Science, Economics, Economic History and Arabic at the University of Munich and the London School of Oriental and African Studies.

Contenu

• Introduction: The Added Value of Public Policy Research in the Global South. - Part I Theoretical Considerations and Global Public Policy Implications. - Ignoring the Brandt Line? Dimensions and Implications of the North-South Divide from Today's Policy Perspective. - Understanding Corruption in Different Contexts. - Glocal Public Policy in Times of Global Migration. - Public Policy and Ideation. - Part II Case Studies. - The Rise of Policy-Making and Public Policy Research in Colombia. - Re-democratization and the Rise of Public Policy as an Academic Discipline in Brazil: Push or Pull?. - Who Sets the Agenda? Analyzing Key Actors and Dynamics of Economic Diversification in Kazakhstan Throughout 20112016. - The Role and Activities of Policy Institutes for Participatory Governance in Ghana. - The Influence of Supra-institutions in Policy Making in Developing Countries: The Case of a Donor-Funded Community-Driven Development Program in The Gambia. - Designing the Export of Nurses: Whither Asian Values in the Emigration Policies of the Philippines?. - Afghan Migration and Pakistan's Policy Response: Dynamics of Continuity and Change. - Agenda Setting in India: Examining the Ganges Pollution Control Program Through the Lens of Multiple Streams Framework. - Entrepreneurship Education and the Promotion of Startup Development: The Case of Pilar, Paraguay. - Ideational Leadership and Legislation: The Right to Free and Compulsory Education in Pakistan.