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Religion, Society, and DevelopmentReligion and Society InteractionsPolitics and Society in Latin America

Decolonising and discolonialising public administration: Latin America, the church–state divide, and the future of global administrative theory

H. Smith

2026.1.22Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration

DOI: 10.1080/23276665.2026.2619023

Abstract

Public administration is undergoing a significant epistemic transformation. Traditional theoretical foundations – such as the politics – administration dichotomy (Wilson, 1887), Weberian bureaucrac...

Citation format

SMITH, H. Decolonising and discolonialising public administration: Latin america, the church–state divide, and the future of global administrative theory. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, 2026, 48(2): 139–144.