{"id":1160,"date":"2016-10-13T15:43:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T14:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2016-10-13T15:43:47","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T14:43:47","slug":"call-for-papers-appel-a-contribution-public-action-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/?p=1160","title":{"rendered":"Call for Papers &#8211; Appel \u00e0 Contribution : Public Action in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"h7 \" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"Bk\">\n<div class=\"G3 G2\">\n<div>\n<div id=\":19e\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"adn ads\">\n<div class=\"gs\">\n<div id=\":1a4\" class=\"ii gt adP adO\">\n<div id=\":195\" class=\"a3s aXjCH m157be25535af6dea\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"m_3711572195979488544m_-4527624896313897534moz-forward-container\">\n<div class=\"m_3711572195979488544m_-4527624896313897534moz-forward-container\">\n<div class=\"m_3711572195979488544m_-4527624896313897534moz-forward-container\">\n<div class=\"m_3711572195979488544m_-4527624896313897534moz-forward-container\">\n<div class=\"m_3711572195979488544m_-4527624896313897534page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"m_3711572195979488544m_-4527624896313897534layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"m_3711572195979488544m_-4527624896313897534column\">\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong>Saisir l\u2019action publique en Afrique a\u0300 travers les instruments \u00a0\/\u00a0Grasping public action in Africa through policy instruments<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4>Contact :<\/h4>\n<h4>Philippe Lavigne-Delville (Institut de Recherche et de D\u00e9veloppement) philippe.lavignedelville@ird.fr<br \/>\nSina Schlimmer (Sciences Po Bordeaux \/ Les Afriques dans le Monde) sina.schlimmer@web.de<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"m_3711572195979488544m_-4527624896313897534layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"m_3711572195979488544m_-4527624896313897534column\">\n<p>Cette Section The\u0301matique (ST) est centre\u0301e sur une entre\u0301e spe\u0301cifique de l\u2019analyse des politiques publiques : les Instruments d\u2019Action Publique (IAP). L\u2019objectif est de faire dialoguer des recherches questionnant les techniques de gouvernement en Afrique, qu\u2019elles aient des racines anciennes (cartographies, plans strate\u0301giques) ou soient lie\u0301es au New Public Management (NPM) comme les outils de mensuration de la performance (benchmarking, ranking, rating) ou de gouvernance (normes ISO, guides de bonne conduite, assurance qualite\u0301, best practices).<\/p>\n<p>Alors que l\u2019approche par les IAP occupe une place importante dans l\u2019analyse des politiques publiques en Europe, peu de recherches sur des terrains en Afrique ont engage\u0301 des re\u0301flexions the\u0301oriques et critiques sur ces dispositifs. Pour autant, l\u2019analyse des IAP repre\u0301sente une grille de lecture originale pour e\u0301tudier la transformation des Etats africains et leur insertion dans des formes globalise\u0301es de capitalisme. En effet, l\u2019inte\u0301gration dans la concurrence internationale suppose que les institutions nationales se plient aux normes internationales de qualite\u0301. Dans une logique de promotion de la \u00ab bonne gouvernance \u00bb, les institutions d\u2019aide mettent l\u2019accent sur des instruments cense\u0301s permettre une action publique effective et e\u0301quitable, et leur assurer un contro\u0302le sur l\u2019usage des ressources qu\u2019elles octroient. Autrement dit, les IAP en contexte africain sont aux interfaces entre trajectoires des Etats et dispositifs promus de l\u2019exte\u0301rieur, entre l\u2019internationalisation et processus endoge\u0300nes d\u2019action publique.<\/p>\n<p>Cette ST propose d\u2019aborder la question des IAP en Afrique a\u0300 travers une approche comparative, en confrontant des analyses empiriques portant sur diffe\u0301rents secteurs. Nous partons du postulat que la variable principale orientant cette comparaison s\u2019articule autour de la sociologie historique de l\u2019Etat. Il s\u2019agit de tester comment l\u2019approche par les instruments nous renseigne sur des formes originales de la formation de l\u2019Etat et, inversement, dans quelle mesure la trajectoire historique de l\u2019Etat et son extraversion nous permettent de mieux comprendre la fabrique, la nature ou la re\u0301appropriation des IAP.<\/p>\n<p>Ce de\u0301bat the\u0301orique peut s\u2019articuler autour de diffe\u0301rentes entre\u0301es. Nous en proposons cinq :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2010 \u00a0La question des IAP dans des Etats sous re\u0301gimes d\u2019aide, qui connaissent une forte implication des acteurs internationaux (institutions financie\u0300res, bailleurs de fonds, agences de de\u0301veloppement). Il s\u2019agit de questionner le choix des instruments, dans des configurations pluri-acteurs transnationales et caracte\u0301rise\u0301s par des rapports de pouvoir asyme\u0301triques et de s\u2019interroger sur les enjeux politiques et financiers de cette e\u0301conomie politique dans les diffe\u0301rentes e\u0301tapes de la mise en instrument ;<\/li>\n<li>\u2010 \u00a0L\u2019IAP comme une entre\u0301e dans l\u2019analyse des transferts de politiques publiques. L\u2019accent est souvent mis sur l\u2019extraversion de l\u2019action publique a\u0300 travers l\u2019importation et l\u2019application des instruments internationaux. L\u2019e\u0301tude compare\u0301e des IAP, dans un me\u0302me secteur, entre diffe\u0301rents pays, permet de nuancer une telle perspective et de mettre a\u0300 jour des processus singuliers de re\u0301appropriation, en fonction des trajectoires politiques nationales. L\u2019entre\u0301e par l\u2019Afrique permet de plus de questionner les transferts Sud-Sud, voire Sud-Nord, c\u2019est-a\u0300-dire d\u2019e\u0301tudier l\u2019exportation des instruments teste\u0301s en Afrique, qui constitue un lieu d\u2019expe\u0301rimentation ;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_3711572195979488544m_-4527624896313897534layoutArea\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_3711572195979488544m_-4527624896313897534page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"m_3711572195979488544m_-4527624896313897534layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"m_3711572195979488544m_-4527624896313897534column\">\n<ul>\n<li>\u2010 \u00a0Derrie\u0300re leur apparente neutralite\u0301, les IAP sont porteurs de sens et de valeurs. La nature et l\u2019ampleur de ces enjeux politiques peuvent diffe\u0301rer d\u2019un secteur a\u0300 l\u2019autre. Il s\u2019agit ici d\u2019e\u0301tudier dans quelle mesure les IAP repre\u0301sentent des indicateurs de politisation en fonction du secteur e\u0301tudie\u0301 et d\u2019articuler ainsi le politics et le policy ;<\/li>\n<li>\u2010 \u00a0Les IAP comme vecteur de l\u2019historicite\u0301 des politiques publiques et de la construction de l\u2019Etat. Les IAP sont souvent analyse\u0301s comme des formes nouvelles de l\u2019action publique refle\u0301tant un passage a\u0300 des modes de gouvernement ne\u0301olibe\u0301raux. Certaines techniques de gouvernement (cartographies, plans d\u2019ame\u0301nagement, cadastre, etc.) incorporent une histoire plus longue et repre\u0301sentent des outils plus anciens de construction de l\u2019Etat postcolonial. Syme\u0301triquement, les modes d\u2019appropriation se\u0301lective des instruments lie\u0301s au NPM te\u0301moignent de formes spe\u0301cifiques de rede\u0301ploiement de l\u2019Etat ;<\/li>\n<li>\u2010 \u00a0Enfin il s\u2019agit de recenser et de comparer la nature et la mate\u0301rialite\u0301 des IAP en contextes africains, et les strate\u0301gies de re\u0301appropriation\/contournement dont ils sont l\u2019objet. On peut s\u2019interroger sur les techniques qui gouvernent les diffe\u0301rents secteurs de politiques publiques, la part de mate\u0301riel et d\u2019immate\u0301riel qu\u2019elles incluent, le rapport entre recours aux instruments et autoritarisme dans les strate\u0301gies de mise en \u0153uvre, et leur effectivite\u0301 dans des contextes de pluralite\u0301 des normes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ces cinq entre\u0301es the\u0301matiques sont non-exhaustives. Toute proposition s\u2019articulant autour de ces proble\u0301matiques sera e\u0301tudie\u0301e attentivement.<\/p>\n<p>This panel is focussing on one specific approach of policy analysis: policy instruments. The aim is to gather research reflecting on various government technologies in Africa, from traditional forms (cartographies, strategic plans) to new instruments of New Public Management (NPM) such as performance measurement (benchmarking, ranking, rating) or governance tools (ISO norms, voluntary guidelines, quality assurance, best practices).<\/p>\n<p>Although the question of instrumentation of public policy has been shaping the scientific controversy in Europe, only few analysts of policy processes in Africa have contributed to this debate. However, we argue that policy instruments can provide relevant insights into the processes of state formation and their insertion into globalised networks of capitalism. The transition towards neoliberal forms of governance is twofold: firstly, national institutions must adapt to international norms and quality standards in order to become competitive in a globalised economy. Secondly, international donor institutions advocating \u201cgood governance\u201d invite African governments to adopt instruments promoting efficient policy making and providing control measures over the use of granted resources. Therefore, policy instruments in the African context are at the interface of state trajectories and externally promoted tools as well as at the intersection of internationalisation and endogenous processes of public policy.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of this panel is to analyse policy instruments in Africa through a comparative approach, by confronting empirical research on different policy sectors. We argue that one of the main variables structuring these comparative analysis is the historical sociology of states. Thereby we aim to discuss to what extent policy instruments can be seen as an indicator of original processes of state formation and, in return, to which degree historical trajectories of states and state extraversion are explanatory factors which shed light on the nature, the fabrication, and the reappropriation of policy tools.<\/p>\n<p>Several entry points can frame the panel discussions. We propose five different issues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2010 The question of policy instruments in states receiving important amounts of foreign aid and where international stakeholders (financial institutions, funding partners, development agencies) are strongly involved in policy processes. The aim is to study the selection of specific tools in a context where policies are shaped by complex and transnational stakeholder constellations which often result in asymmetrical power relations. We will discuss the political and financial impacts of this political economy on the different steps of policy instrumentation (fabrication, application, reappropriation, etc.);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_3711572195979488544m_-4527624896313897534page\" title=\"Page 3\">\n<div class=\"m_3711572195979488544m_-4527624896313897534layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"m_3711572195979488544m_-4527624896313897534column\">\n<ul>\n<li>\u2010 \u00a0Understanding policy transfers by studying the circulation of instruments. Many contributions have assessed externalised policy processes by focusing on the application of imported international policy tools. However, a comparative approach of instruments in a specific policy sector in different countries can provide insights on singular processes of reappropriation which are shaped by historical and political trajectories. Furthermore, empirical evidence shows that several policy tools have been tested in African contexts before being exported. It is therefore relevant not only to consider policy transfers from Northern to Southern countries, but also South- South and even South-North dynamics;<\/li>\n<li>\u2010 \u00a0Government technologies are not neutral but incorporate specific significations and values. The nature and extent of these political meanings can vary from one policy sector to another. We therefore argue that instruments can be used as a variable to measure the varying degrees of politicization in different policy sectors and as an analytical tool to articulate politics and policies;<\/li>\n<li>\u2010 \u00a0Policy instruments as a vector of historicity of public policies and state formation. Policy tools are generally described as new forms of public action and as an indicator of the transition towards neoliberal forms of government. However, some administrative supports (especially cartographies, land use plans, cadastres) bear a longer history and have been used as tools for state formation throughout the postcolonial area. Conversely, the modes of selection and appropriation of New Public Management instruments reflect specific forms or state redeployment;<\/li>\n<li>\u2010 \u00a0Finally, the aim is to identify and to compare the materiality and the nature of policy instruments in African contexts and the various processes of reinterpretation and subversion they face. Thereby it is interesting to detect the types and forms of instruments governing different policy sectors on the continent, their degree of materiality and immateriality, the balance between instruments and coercion during implementation and to discuss their effectiveness in contexts of institutional pluralism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These five thematic suggestions are non-exhaustive. 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