This course seeks to provide students with a critical understanding of the global context within which public policy is formulated, developed and implemented. Students will be exposed to the ideas of globalisation, the key state and non-state actors, and the political contests over the definition of ?global? public policies. Why do some global policy issues (such as ?terrorism? or HIV/AIDS) rapidly become ?global? public policy problems while others (such as global income inequality) simply move in slow-motion? At the end of each topic, an attempt will be made to draw the implications of global public policy for policymaking in Africa.
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