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Overview

Goran Hyden is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States, contributing to the field of social sciences with a focus on sociology, political science, and law. Their research explores human rights and development, as well as legal issues specific to South Africa.

Their recent scholarly work includes the paper titled African Public Administration, published in 2020 within the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. This publication has been cited 11 times, indicating engagement within the academic community. Goran Hyden's work primarily appears in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, where their contributions connect political science with broader social science themes.

The scientist has also authored a book published by Cambridge University Press titled Theorizing in Comparative Politics, released in 2024. This book has received citations reflecting its use in ongoing academic discourse.

  • Recent paper: African Public Administration (2020), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics
  • Book: Theorizing in Comparative Politics (2024), Cambridge University Press

Topics covered in Goran Hyden's research include:

  • Human Rights and Development
  • Legal Issues in South Africa

The primary and subfields of study emphasize:

  • Social Sciences
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Law

Best Publications

  • Beyond Ujamaa in Tanzania: Underdevelopment and an Uncaptured Peasantry

    Göran Hydén

  • No Shortcuts to Progress: African Development Management in Perspective

    Jennifer Seymour Whitaker;Goran Hyden

  • Governance and Politics in Africa

    James Bringer;Goran Hyden;Michael Bratton

  • Beyond ujamaa in Tanzania

    Goran Hyden

  • Population Growth and Agricultural Change in Africa

    Anthony O'Connor;B.L. Turner;Goran Hyden;Robert Kates

  • African politics in comparative perspective

    Goran Hyden

  • Civil society, social capital, and development: Dissection of a complex discourse

    Unknown

  • Making sense of governance : empirical evidence from sixteen developing countries

    Göran Hydén;Julius Court;Kenneth Mease

  • After the Paris Declaration: Taking on the Issue of Power

    Goran Hyden

  • Media and democracy in Africa

    Göran Hydén;Michael Leslie;Folu Folarin Ogundimu

  • Elections and Politics in Single-party Systems: the Case of Kenya and Tanzania

    Unknown

  • Top-Down Democratization in Tanzania

    Göran Hydén

  • Population growth and agricultural change in Africa.

    B. L. Turner;Göran Hydén;Robert William Kates

  • Governance and poverty reduction in Africa.

    Goran Hyden

  • African perspectives on governance

    Göran Hydén;Dele Olowu;H. W. O. Okoth-Ogendo

  • Development administration : the Kenyan experience

    Göran Hydén;Robert Jackson;John Okumu

  • A Community Model of African Politics: Illustrations from Nigeria and Tanzania

    Unknown

  • The social capital crash in the periphery

    Goran Hyden

  • Structural adjustment as a policy process: The case of Tanzania

    Goran Hyden;Bo Karlstrom

  • The Anomaly of the African Peasantry

    Goran Hyden

  • Theory evidence study design.

    Kates Rw;Hyden G;Turner Bl d

  • Assessing governance: Methodological challenges

    Goran Hyden;Julius Court;ken Mease

  • Beyond Ujamaa in Tanzania: Underdevelopment and an Uncaptured Peasantry

    Jean M. Due;Goren Hyden

  • Culture, Administration, and Reform in Africa

    Goran Hyden

  • Agencies in foreign aid : comparing China, Sweden, and the United States in Tanzania

    Göran Hydén;Rwekaza Sympho Mukandala

  • African Politics in Comparative Perspective

    Nicolas Van De Walle;Goran Hyden

  • Beyond Ujamaa in Tanzania: Underdevelopment and an Uncaptured Peasantry

    James L. Newman;Goran Hyden

  • Public Administration in Africa: Main Issues and Selected Country Studies

    Goran Hyden

  • Seeking Peace from Chaos: Humanitarian Intervention in Somalia

    Goran Hyden;Samuel M. Makinda

  • Human Rights and Governance in Africa

    Makau wa Mutua;Ronald Cohen;Goran Hyden;Winston P. Nagan

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert W. Kates
Robert W. Kates Clark University
Robert Jackson
Robert Jackson Boston University
Nicolas Van De Walle
Nicolas Van De Walle Cornell University
Michael Bratton
Michael Bratton Michigan State University
Jeffrey Herbst
Jeffrey Herbst Princeton University

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