The “illusion” of administrative sovereignty in developing countries: A historical institutionalism perspective on administrative sovereignty in Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorOhemeng, F.L.K
dc.contributor.authorFoli, R.K.
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-06T10:56:17Z
dc.date.available2024-06-06T10:56:17Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractThe 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 sovereigntyen_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1080/10841806.2022.2138193
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/42156
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAdministrative Theory & Praxisen_US
dc.subjectsovereigntyen_US
dc.subjecthistorical institutionalismen_US
dc.subjectbureaucratic capacityen_US
dc.titleThe “illusion” of administrative sovereignty in developing countries: A historical institutionalism perspective on administrative sovereignty in Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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