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Decolonization and public administration: Frustrated ramblings of a spoilsport

Decolonization and public administration: Frustrated ramblings of a spoilsport Abstract As the public administration community prepares to pick up the mantle of decolonization as guided by our American colleagues, a killjoy points out that this new wave of decolonization is simply another way in which the disciplinary colonial logic of the division of labor between the empire and its periphery are being reinforced. The spoilsport then presents their own vision of decolonization of the discipline, apparently too naïve to see the irony of such an endeavor. The killjoy then comes crashing back to earth with a scathing self-critique finishing the pointless journey of a naively idealistic critique. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Administrative Theory & Praxis Taylor & Francis

Decolonization and public administration: Frustrated ramblings of a spoilsport

Nisar, Muhammad Azfar
Administrative Theory & Praxis , Volume 45 (2): 11 – Apr 3, 2023
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2022 Public Administration Theory Network
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1949-0461
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1084-1806
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10.1080/10841806.2022.2112456
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Abstract

Abstract As the public administration community prepares to pick up the mantle of decolonization as guided by our American colleagues, a killjoy points out that this new wave of decolonization is simply another way in which the disciplinary colonial logic of the division of labor between the empire and its periphery are being reinforced. The spoilsport then presents their own vision of decolonization of the discipline, apparently too naïve to see the irony of such an endeavor. The killjoy then comes crashing back to earth with a scathing self-critique finishing the pointless journey of a naively idealistic critique.

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Administrative Theory & Praxis – Taylor & Francis

Published: Apr 3, 2023

Keywords: Colonialism; decolonization; international public administration

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