Department of Political Science
University of
303 Anderson Hall
Gainesville FL 32611-7325
phone: 352-273-2381
Dr Hyden speaking at Nobel Symposium on Democracy
Message: This is my last semester in the Department before retiring. (posted January 2008)
Short Resume
Current Position: Distinguished Professor of Political Science
Research Interests: Democratization in a comparative perspective with special emphasis on Africa; governance and sustainable development; the role of foreign aid agencies in national development in
Courses and Seminars taught: (for further details see syllabi below)
undergraduate level: Introduction to Comparative Politics
African Politics
Democratization in Global Perspective
graduate level: Development Administration
Comparative Policy Analysis
African Politics
Democratization and Regime Transition
Education: Fil. Dr. (Ph.D),
Professional Career: Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida since 1999; Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida 1986-99; before that Social Science Program Officer and Representative of the Ford Foundation in Eastern and Southern Africa, based in Nairobi 1978-85; Senior Lecturer and subsequently Professor of Political Science, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 1971-77; Lecturer and subsequently Senior Lecturer in Government, University of Nairobi, Kenya 1968-71; Visiting Lecturer in Political Science and Public Administration, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda 1965-66.
Other Relevant Professional Merits: Evaluator of Swedish Political Science on behalf of the Swedish Humanities and Social Science Research Council 2000-01; President of the African Studies Association (U.S.) 1995; member of Editorial Board of the Encyclopedia of Sub-Saharan Africa 1991-97; Interim Director of the Center for African Studies, University of Florida, 1994-96. Consultant to a number of international organizations: UNICEF, UNDP, World Bank, African Development Bank, Economic Commission for Africa, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Norwegian Agency for Development (NORAD), and Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Danida). Main Publications: African Politics in Comparative Perspective, Cambridge University Press 2006; Making Sense of Governance: Empirical Evidence from Sixteen Developing Countries, co-authored with Julius Court and Kenneth Mease, Lynne Rienner Publishers 2004; Development and Democracy: What Do We Know and How? co-edited with Ole Elgstrom, Routledge 2002; Constitution-Making and Democratization in Africa, co-edited with Denis Venter, Africa Institute of South Africa Press 2001; African Perspectives on Governance, co-edited with H.W.O. Okoth Ogendo and Dele Olowu, Africa World Press 1999; Agencies in Foreign Aid: Comparing China, Sweden and the United States in Tanzania 1965-1995, co-edited with Rwekaza Mukandala, Macmillan 1999; Human Rights and Governance in Africa, co-edited with Ronald Cohen and Winston Nagan, University Press of Florida 1993; Population Growth and Agricultural Change, co-edited with Billie L. Turner and Robert W. Kates, University Press of Florida 1993; Governance and Politics in Africa, co-edited with Michael Bratton, Lynne Rienner Publishers 1992; No Shortcuts to Progress, University of California Press and Heinemann 1983; Beyond Ujamaa in Tanzania: Underdevelopment and an Uncaptured Peasantry, University of California Press and Heinemann 1980; Efficiency versus Distribution in East African Cooperatives, East African Literature Bureau 1973; Political Development in Rural Tanzania, East African Publishing House 1969.
Course Syllabi
CPO 2001. Introduction to Comparative PoliticsCPO 4931. Democratization in Global Perspective
PAD 6865. Development Administration
PUP 6015. Comparative Policy Analysis