Old brooms can sweep too!' An overview of rulers and public sector reforms in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4251843 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Mette Kjær (0000-0003-4254-5626, Aarhus University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 389-413 |
| Publication date | 2004-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x04000242 |
| OpenAlex | W2127953547 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 17 |
New leaders are often assumed to be better able to push for policy and sector reform because they are less tied in by established patronage networks. The article discusses this assumption by examining public sector reform in three East African countries under different leaders. It finds that while neo-patrimonialism is an important reason why public sector reform is often blocked, this paradigm cannot explain why some public sector reforms are actually implemented. New leaders are not always new brooms, and whether they are so depends as much on formal conditions, such as the existence of a political coalition, as on informal neo-patrimonial factors. The article also finds that in some cases, old brooms can sweep too. When succession is institutionalised, as the Tanzanian case shows, even a relatively weak leader can carry out reform effectively in his second term because he does not have to consider re-election
Agriculture · Business · Carry (investment) · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Land reform · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public sector · Socioeconomics · Tanzania · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Finance · International Development and Aid · Law · Public Administration · Religion, Society, and Development
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 0,58 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2024 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |