ABSTRACT
The demise of colonialism instigated the greatest structural adjustments of governments in history. The broad developmental initiatives of the 1950s and 1960s that dominated intellectual debates and influenced applied public policies were often imprecisely referred to as nation building or merely modernization policies. Post colonial theories evolved to underline an anti-imperialist formulations based on experiences in the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa that challenged the cultural and theoretical justifications for European domination. Dependency theory achieved fame in academia and reached to broader audiences in the 1960s. Public managers in developing countries are particularly challenged by the complex requirements and needs of managing national development. The national development of an emerging nation inevitably incarnates particular needs and demands that require specific administrative abilities. Political development is the process of stimulating the political system and activating its institutions to acquire increased capacity to satisfy old and new types of goals and demands.
