Oscillation of Public Administration Paradigms
and the Management of Public Service in Nigeria:
Trajectory and Lessons

dc.creator	Ibietan, Jide
dc.date	2019
dc.date.accessioned	2025-04-04T10:55:17Z
dc.description	This paper chronicles various Public Administration paradigms and juxtaposes them with the management of Public Service (as an institution) in Nigeria. Attempts at making the public bureaucracy an effective instrument of development in Nigeria can be located in Public Service Reforms, and it is observable that the country has a long history in this. This study adopts the qualitative approach with a reliance on secondary data which were textually analysed, using the Neo-Weberian State Model as the theoretical framework. It is obvious that Nigeria’s experience with administrative reforms typifies an obsession with the traditional Weberian practice, as well as a half-hearted romance with SAP-induced/NPM reforms which labelled the country as a “hesitant reformer”. The paper emphasises a re-discovery of the values of Public Service in Nigeria based on the tenets of the NWS model. Other recommendations can also address the issues raised by the paper.
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.identifier	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/12721/
dc.identifier.uri	https://repository.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/handle/123456789/42737
dc.language	en
dc.subject	JC Political theory
dc.title	Oscillation of Public Administration Paradigms and the Management of Public Service in Nigeria: Trajectory and Lessons
dc.type	Article

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