The “illusion” of administrative sovereignty in developing countries: A historical institutionalism perspective on administrative sovereignty in Ghana
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2022
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Administrative Theory & Praxis
Abstract
The emergence of transnational administrations and their influence
on domestic affairs of countries have led to the questioning of the
notion of administrative sovereignty. Yet, the question of whether
countries have this sovereignty and how it should be understood is
to be fully resolved and the debate continues unabated. In this
In this paper, we contribute to this debate by focusing on whether countries from the developing south are and can be administratively sovereign and to what extent can be considered as such. Have
Have developing countries ever been administratively sovereign? To what
To what extent are these states administratively sovereign, if any? In short,
how free are the authorities in these countries to organize their
own administrative apparatuses in policy development and service
delivery? What can historical institutionalism teach us about the
issue of administrative sovereignty? Following the continuum in the
understanding of administrative sovereignty and using a desk review
and organizing the evidence through historical institutionalism as a
concept, the Ghanaian case shows limited administrative
sovereignty
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Research Article
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sovereignty, historical institutionalism, bureaucratic capacity