LIST OF PANELS

Since the decade of the 2000s, the analysis of public policy has significantly progressed in Africa (Darbon, 2003; Enguéléguélé, 2008). The fruitful work that will be carried out at the end of the period of democratic transition will allow researchers from both inside and outside the continent to construct categories by typifying the State and sometimes singling it out as being elsewhere (Sindjoun , 2000). The views of these researches will mainly be focused not only on the political system, but also on government work starting from the observation model from the top, that is an analysis targeting public authorities. This way of reading public action is more and more reductive when we follow the paradigmatic evolutions in the analysis of public policies which is constantly tackled during scientific gatherings on public action and public policies in Africa. The enthusiasm that this sub-disciplinary field of political science has known since the 1990s (Provini and Darbon, 2018) will also witness plural investments from different sectors (health, education, environment, agriculture, security, investments, etc.). These sectors will be explored from a constructivist perspective with the specific aim of consolidating the knowledge acquired around a community of researchers (Machikou, 2014).

The gazed focus on the interest of public policies taking place on the African continent will therefore arise in this panel by questioning the contribution of the African field to the theorization of new paradigms in the fields of public policies. Conversely, this questioning can be understood by the blind spots within the production of knowledge and know-how in public policies. The objective of this panel is to take a critical look at what is being done in terms of work in the field of public policy in Africa. It is a sort of introspection over two decades of work on public policy.

Reflections will be centered around a critical analysis of the contribution to the universal of knowledge built on African lands, this from four stand points:

- From socio historical standpoint ;

- From the major sectors that are of interest to work on public policies;

- From the various local, national and international scales;

- Based on the boundaries between other social science disciplines and public policies.

The  proposals could fall within the different sectors, we emphasize that the major interest of the questioning (s) of each contribution will have to link the contribution of the singularity of the African field in terms of the way public policies are made and the strong contribution that they would make overall to the analysis of public policies elsewhere.

The gazed focus on the interest of public policies taking place on the African continent will therefore arise in this panel by questioning the contribution of the African field to the theorization of new paradigms in the fields of public policies. Conversely, this questioning can be understood by the blind spots within the production of knowledge and know-how in public policies. The objective of this panel is to take a critical look at what is being done in terms of work in the field of public policy in Africa. It is a sort of introspection over two decades of work on public policy.

Reflections will be centered around a critical analysis of the contribution to the universal of knowledge built on African lands, this from four stand points:

- From socio historical standpoint ;

- From the major sectors that are of interest to work on public policies;

- From the various local, national and international scales;

- Based on the boundaries between other social science disciplines and public policies.

The  proposals could fall within the different sectors, we emphasize that the major interest of the questioning (s) of each contribution will have to link the contribution of the singularity of the African field in terms of the way public policies are made and the strong contribution that they would make overall to the analysis of public policies elsewhere.