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DESCRIPTION:Rachel Sigman on: Politicized or Professional? Public Sector Or
 ganizations in Competitive African Democracies&nbsp\;Rachel Sigman\, PhD\n
 Candidate\, Department of Political Science\, Syracuse UniversityWhy\,\nin
  similar political contexts\, are some bureaucracies politicized and other
 s\nmore professional?&nbsp\; This talk will\nexamine varying effects of po
 litical competition on public organizations in\nBenin and Ghana.&nbsp\; Us
 ing data from an\noriginal survey of over 500 public sector employees in e
 ach country and\ninterviews with politicians and public managers\, the tal
 k will discuss the\nimportance of party organizations and private sector d
 evelopment in mediating\nthe relationship between political competition an
 d bureaucratic\nprofessionalism.Open to the public.&nbsp\;Sponsored\nby th
 e Maxwell African Scholars Union at the Moynihan Institute of\nGlobal Affa
 irs  
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SUMMARY:MASU presents: Rachel Sigman
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p></p><p><b><b>Rachel Sigman on: Politicized 
 or Professional? Public Sector Organizations in Competitive African Democr
 acies&nbsp\;</b></b></p><p><b>Rachel Sigman\,</b><i><b> </b>PhD\nCandidate
 \, Department of Political Science\, Syracuse University</i></p><p><b></b>
 </p><p>Why\,\nin similar political contexts\, are some bureaucracies polit
 icized and others\nmore professional?&nbsp\; This talk will\nexamine varyi
 ng effects of political competition on public organizations in\nBenin and 
 Ghana.&nbsp\; Using data from an\noriginal survey of over 500 public secto
 r employees in each country and\ninterviews with politicians and public ma
 nagers\, the talk will discuss the\nimportance of party organizations and 
 private sector development in mediating\nthe relationship between politica
 l competition and bureaucratic\nprofessionalism.</p><p>Open to the public.
 &nbsp\;</p><b><i>Sponsored\nby the Maxwell African Scholars Union at the M
 oynihan Institute of\nGlobal Affairs</i></b><p> </p><p><br></p><p> </p><p>
 </p>
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