Filling an important void in current literature, the book will appeal to academics, practitioners, politicians and students of politics, public policy and governance.Chapter 16 and 20 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Part I: CONCEPTUALISING STATE POLITICS IN Africa.- CHAPTER 1: Towards the Africa We Want! The changing state politics in Africa.-CHAPTER 2: State Politics and Public Policy in Africa: A State Transformation Perspective.- CHAPTER 3: Divergent Identity and State Formation in Eastern Africa: Legitimacy and Policy Performance.- CHAPTER 4: The "Boomerang Effect": Lessons Learned from Power-Sharing in Kenya and Zimbabwe.- Part II: STATE FORMATION AND POLITICS OF CONSOLIDATION IN EASTERN.- CHAPTER 5: Secessionist claims and state-building: The emergence and trends in Eastern Africa.- CHAPTER 6: Ethio-Sudanese Relations: Revisiting Civil Wars, Refugeeism and Foreign Policy in Eastern Africa.- CHAPTER 7: Confronting Terrorism and Violent Extremism in Eastern Africa.- CHAPTER 8: The People's Defence Forces (Military) and State-Building Politics in Eastern Africa.- CHAPTER 9: The Past and Present of Public Sector Reforms in Eastern Africa.- CHAPTER 10: Imperilled Welfare States of Eastern Africa: A comparative analysis of the Policy legacies of Taxation politics in Kenya and Uganda.- Part III: POLITICS OF PARTICIPATION: CRAFTING PUBLIC POLICY AND CITIZENSHIP SPACES.- CHAPTER 11: Social Cohesion, Politics and Governance in East Africa: Evidence from Afrobarometer Surveys.- CHAPTER 12: Politics of Social Protection: The Visible, Invisible and Ignored Citizens.- CHAPTER 13: How and why women Legislators miss out on Legislative Leadership roles: Gender Equality Policies and Legislative influence in Kenya.- CHAPTER 14: Civil Society Organizations' Policy Entrepreneurship roles in Kenya and Uganda's Housing Policies.- CHAPTER 15: Science and Technology and Development in Eastern Africa – from rhetoric to actions: Citizens' agency in the implementation of STIs Policies.- CHAPTER 16: Climate Change Adoptions in Eastern Africa: The Challenges and Prospects of Climate Change Adaptation Policies.- Part IV: REGIONAL INTEGRATION, DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AND PUBLIC POLICY IN EASTERN AFRICA.- CHAPTER 17: Intergovernmentalism vs State-centrism in supranational governance: The Eastern Africa Economic Integration in Perspective.- CHAPTER 18: Is the African Continental Fee-Trade Area (AfCFTA) a Friend or Foe of East African Development?.- CHAPTER 19: A Governance Discourse in Chinese's Development Finance Assistance in Eastern Africa.- CHAPTER 20: The evolution of the political dimension of EU Co-operation with Eastern Africa.

“A welcome focus on public policy and policy challenges from an extraordinarily diverse set of authors… It is rare to find such substantive breadth in a single volume.”—Catherine Boone, Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK"Contributions from a variety of very accomplished researchers, primarily based in the region, tackle a series of important policy issues using a much-needed political lens.”—Anne Mette Kjær, Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark“This book is perhaps the most comprehensive coverage of politics and public policy in a single African region.”—Philip O. Nying’uro, Associate Professor, University of Nairobi, Kenya“This book is as insightful as it is needed… An important contribution on Eastern Africa with implications well beyond the region.”—Nic Cheeseman, Professor, University of Birmingham, UKThis book analyses major themes in twenty-first-century east African politics. Predominantly authored by researchers and academics from the region, it examines recent political developments, public policy and governance across east and southern African countries. The book advocates for a regionally-focused comparative approach across Africa, arguing that it provides a greater level of analysis than a complete continental study. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, it covers numerous topics relating to politics, public policy, state and nation-building in Africa. Filling an important void in current literature, the book will appeal to academics, practitioners, politicians and students of politics, public policy and governance.Chapter 16 and 20 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.Gedion Onyango is Lecturer of Public Policy and Public Administration, University of Nairobi, Kenya

"A welcome focus on public policy and policy challenges from an extraordinarily diverse set of authors.  Essays also cover topics of democratization, public sector reform, conflict, colonial legacies, and the impact of global and international forces on politics and policy in African countries.  The editor stresses the themes of growing policy ownership in African states since 2000 and cross-national differences that reflect variations in degrees of state consolidation and political institutionalization.  It is rare to find such substantive breadth in a single volume."—Catherine Boone, Professor of Comparative Politics, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK  "This book builds on the rich and rigorous academic tradition established by, among others, Joel Barkan, John Okumu, and Goran Hyden to lend insights into regional political and socioeconomic trends. The book brings young and emerging scholars to examine diverse governance, social protection, public sector reforms and regional integration themes. More pertinent, the book competently incorporates contemporary issues of growing concern such as climate change, terrorism, science, and technology. I highly recommend it to academics, students, and lay audiences."—Gilbert M. Khadiagala, Jan Smuts Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa  "This book brings to life African politics and public policy. It highlights key differences in political systems based on two key elements - State capacity and legitimacy. The first connotes state formation and building processes and subsequent policy responses. Legitimacy highlights accountability, transparency and policymaking. Its approaches comprise historical and institutional perspectives. Historically, it maps policy legacies in Africa, reflecting the context and how they have evolved over the recent decades. The institutional perspective focuses on African states and how it has evolved in addressing various policy issues like social cohesion and welfare. The textbook is ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students and practitioners interested in African politics and policymaking dynamics."—Ishtiaq Jamil, Professor, Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Norway "With a point of departure in the region's increased political confidence, this volume offers a refreshing perspective on state-formation and policy-formulation in Eastern Africa. Without neglecting the many policy challenges, a common thread in the chapters is the political stability and economic growth, which the Eastern African countries have experienced in the new century. Contributions from a variety of very accomplished researchers, primarily based in the region, tackle a series of important policy issues using a much needed political lens. This is no small achievement, and I highly recommend thevolume to scholars and students of Eastern Africa."—Anne Mette Kjær, Professor, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark "This book is perhaps the most comprehensive coverage of politics and public policy in a single African region. Scholars with diverse academic and national backgrounds have addressed the problem of a dearth of readings in contemporary African politics and public policy. Each contribution lays bare the centrifugal forces that have perennially undermined the institutionalisation of the African state’s politics and public policy. Gedion Onyango has aptly blends case studies into a comparative framework, finding an appropriate nexus between the unique and the common. This book is a must-read for those interested in the interaction between politics and policy in Africa." —Philip O. Nying’uro, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics and Area Studies, Department of Political Science & Public Administration, University of Nairobi, Kenya "This book is as insightful as it is needed. A genuinely comparative volume that adopts a public policy focus, the chapters included enabling readers to learn about everything from military rule to power sharing and climate change. An important contribution on Eastern Africa with implications well beyond the region."—Nic Cheeseman, Professor of Democracy and Director of the Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation (CEDAR) at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Maps and takes stock of major themes in twenty-first century Eastern African politics Brings together researchers and academics from across the region Takes stock of recent developments in politics, public policy, administration and governance

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