Introduction -- Administocracy: Structural and Political Issues -- Public Administration in Historical Perspective -- Bureaucratic Involvement in Public Policy Making -- National Policy and Administration -- Agricultural Policy: Bureaucratic Interests, Environmental Impact, and Socio-Economic Outcomes -- Economic Policy: Mismanagement of Foreign Debt and Structural Adjustment -- State and Local Policy and Administration -- State Land Allocation -- Development Planning -- Local Government Organization and Staffing -- Concluding Assessment -- Public Administrators, Policy Management, and Public Sector Reform in Africa