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Hybrid governance in selected African countries: a conceptual debate and literature review

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  • Rozenda Hendrickse

    (Associate Professor and Head of Department, Department of Public Administration and Governance, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, P.O.Box 652, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa)

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Governance is still a contested concept in both theory and practice. A proliferation of the concept has sprung up in literature. One comes across variations where reference is made to co-production, public governance, good governance, hybridity governance, hybrid governance, to name but a few. The aim of this paper is to provide a conceptual overview of the evolution of the concept governance in general and hybrid governance particulary focused on selected African countries. It is important to clarify what hybrid governance involves, and its implications for state capacity and service delivery. Furthermore, it is imperative to discern whether hybrid governance could be a useful conceptual tool for facilitating more organised systems of service delivery in parts of Africa and South Africa, or whether it is just “new developmental jargon†. The paper employed a qualitative research approach where secondary sources of information, constituting document analysis, premised around forms of hybrid governance in selected African countries were explored. The paper makes a conceptual contribution to the collaborative international governance discourse.

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  • Rozenda Hendrickse, 2024. "Hybrid governance in selected African countries: a conceptual debate and literature review," International Journal of Business Ecosystem & Strategy (2687-2293), Bussecon International Academy, vol. 6(4), pages 361-372, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:adi:ijbess:v:6:y:2024:i:4:p:361-372
    DOI: 10.36096/ijbes.v6i4.584
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