Repeated Changes of Palestinian Cabinet Ministers and the Impact on Public Policies: the Point of View of Higher Authorities

Volume |Issue 28| Sep 2017 |Articles

Abstract

This research addresses the problem of government turnovers in Palestine between 1994 and 2016 and the impact on public policy sustainability. The thesis of the research is that government turnovers (changing ministers repeatedly) disturb the capability of top management professionals to formulate and implement sustainable public policy that can make positive impact on generations. The research adapted a qualitative methodology through selecting all 18 ministries that had eight turnovers or more between 1994-2016 as case studies, some had 17 turnovers. More than 35 deep interviews with three levels of management in the selected ministries where conducted. The researcher also interviewed former prime ministries and a sample of ministers who were in positions for three terms or more. Questions of this category focused on the impact of politics on government turnovers and public policy in regard. Major findings of the research include the way in which governments are selected (the consensus tradition of selecting governments) and the absence of the Palestinian Legislative Council encouraged ministers to ignore law and politicize public service sector.
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Dr Jehad Alayasa is an assistant professor of Public Administration and Policy in the Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Law and Public Administration at Birzeit University in Palestine. He has been the Assistant to the Dean of the Faculty since 2015. He holds a Master's degree in Planning and Political Development from Al-Najah University in Palestine and a PhD in Public Policy Affairs from Portland State University in U.S.A.

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