Public Administration in Africa: A Comparative Examination of the Administrative Structures of Several African Countries

Abstract

The African nations have been exposed to imperialist interventions of many countries, especially western states, in the historical process. In plenty of Western states established their colonies in various parts of the African continent and carried their political, social, cultural and administrative practices to distinct countries. African states riped their independence as a result of long struggles. It was not possible in the short term to erase the traces of colonial administrations in the post-independence transition period. The state organizations with this paradigm, forcing them to implement a wide range of public policies to be able to establish country’s administrative systems. The aim of paper is to examine the public administration forms of the principal countries in the African continents in a comparative way. For this direction, "What are the general characteristics of African public administrations in the post-colonial process?" question which constitutes the central question of the paper. The descriptive technique, which is one of the qualitative research methods, was applied and a national and international library search was carried out on the subject in the research. The key features of the local governments as well as legislative, executive and judicial bodies of African countries are included in the research. It has been understood that there are continuous reform attempts in the public administrations of the African countries discussed.