Open AccessFrom Practices to Teaching: Challenges and Opportunities of Public Administration in the Arab World
Author(s) -
Abdalhadi Alijla
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
al-mağallaẗ al-duwaliyyaẗ li-l-abḥāṯ al-tarbawiyyaẗ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2519-6146
pISSN - 2519-6154
DOI - 10.36771/ijre.43.3.19-pp74-98
Subject(s) - bureaucracy , transparency (behavior) , politics , political science , public administration , context (archaeology) , accountability , administration (probate law) , corporate governance , democracy , face (sociological concept) , economic growth , higher education , public relations , sociology , social science , management , economics , geography , law , archaeology
This paper examines the challenges facing PA education, considering the colonial heritage of the region. Over the past decade, researchers have paid attention to Public Administration (PA) and its education in the Middle East. Many explored the history of the PA in the region and the quality of PA programs within high education institutes. In the context of the developmental challenges that face the current generation in the region, and under the current political circumstances which have negative consequences on PA, many voices call for a reliable and high-quality PA education and good governance, which includes accountability, transparency, democracy, and other concepts related to bureaucratic machinery within the public institutions. There is therefore a need to examine what governmental institutions, together with academic institutions in the Arab States, are doing to make significant progress in this field. The paper examines the main challenges facing PA education in Arab countries.