Conference

African State-Formation and Bureaucracy in Comparative Perspective​

17 - 18 September 2013

Wits Professional Development Hub

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

On the 17th and 18th September 2013, The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA), Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) hosted a conference on African State-Formation and Bureaucracy in Comparative Perspective​ at the Wits Professional Development Hub. 

This conference examined state formation through the lens of bureaucracy.  Focusing primarily on Africa, discussions looked at state formation through the lens of bureaucracy, primarily on Africa. The question posed was ‘what is the relationship between bureaucracies and state formation’?