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Politics, Governance, and Development in Ghana
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Artikel-Nr:
9781793603357
Veröffentl:
2019
Seiten:
374
Autor:
Joseph R.A. Ayee
eBook Typ:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This book explores the politics, governance, and development in Ghana that have attracted the attention and interest of governments, citizens, academics and development partners in the sixty years since Ghana achieved independence. These subjects are also of interest for neighboring African countries.
Since it achieved independence in 1957, the West African state of Ghana has become the torchbearer of African liberation, as well as a laboratory for the study of endemic problems facing the African continent. In terms of democratic consolidation, the country holds a unique position on the continent as beacon of stability and democracy. Politics, Governance, and Development in Ghana takes critical stock of the landmark themes that have dominated its history since independence. The contributors address issues such as citizenship, civil society, the military, politicians, chiefs, transnational actors, the public sector and policies, the executive branch, decentralization, the economy, electoral politics, natural resources, and relations with Asia and the diaspora. These themes support “mobilizing for Ghana’s future,” which is the theme for the diamond jubilee celebration of Ghana’s independence. Edited by Joseph R.A. Ayee, this book will deepen the literature on studies on Ghana especially in the areas of politics, governance, economy and development; serve as a resource for academics, students, practitioners; and commemorate the diamond jubilee celebration of Ghana’s independence.
Foreword
Naomi Chazan
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction – Politics, Governance and Development in Ghana
Joseph R.A. Ayee
Chapter 1: Ghana’s Political Class, the Citizen and the Future of the Welfare State, 1957–2017 Kwame A. Ninsin
Chapter 2: Chiefs and Politicians in Ghana: Competitors, Collaborators or Uneasy Bedfellows? Emmanuel Siaw and Alex K.D. Frempong
Chapter 3: Liberal Democracy and Civil Society from “Below” in Ghana: Can the Subalterns Act?
Jasper Abembia Ayelazuno and Lord Mawuko-Yevugah
Chapter 4: Democracy, Civil Society and the Emergence of the National Health Insurance in Ghana
Hassan Wahab
Chapter 5: From Praetorian Guards to Guardians of the Fourth Republic: Problematizing the Role of the Military in Ghana’s Quest for Democratic Development
Nene-Lomotey Kuditchar and Timothy Ba-Taa-Banah
Chapter 6: Transnational Actors and Policymaking in Ghana
Rosina Foli
Chapter 7: Transnational Political Activism in the Ghanaian Diaspora
George M. Bob-Milliar
Chapter 8: Six Decades of Ghanaian Statecraft and Asia Relations: Strategies, Strains, and Successes
Lloyd G. Adu Amoah
Chapter 9: Six Decades of the Public Sector in Ghana
Joseph R.A. Ayee
Chapter 10: Executive Dominance of Public Policy Making since Independence in Ghana: Perception or Reality?
Abdulai K. Mohammed
Chapter 11: A ‘fine line’: Examining the Delicate Relationship between Political and Bureaucratic Heads in the Civil Service of Ghana
Frank L.K. Ohemeng
Chapter 12: The Pitfalls and Prospects of Decentralization in Ghana: Implications for the National Mobilization for Development Agenda
Richard Asante and Emmanuel Debrah
Chapter 13: Change and Continuity in Ghana’s Electoral Politics (1951–2016)
Alex K.D. Frempong
Chapter 14: Sixty Years of Independence and a Decade of Oil Discovery in Ghana: Oil Curse or Blessing?
Emmanuel Graham and Ransford E.V. Gyampo
Chapter 15: Ghana’s Post-colonial Economy, 1957–2017
Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, Iddisah Sulemana and Gloria Afful-Mensah
Conclusion
Joseph R.A. Ayee
About the Contributors
Naomi Chazan
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction – Politics, Governance and Development in Ghana
Joseph R.A. Ayee
Chapter 1: Ghana’s Political Class, the Citizen and the Future of the Welfare State, 1957–2017 Kwame A. Ninsin
Chapter 2: Chiefs and Politicians in Ghana: Competitors, Collaborators or Uneasy Bedfellows? Emmanuel Siaw and Alex K.D. Frempong
Chapter 3: Liberal Democracy and Civil Society from “Below” in Ghana: Can the Subalterns Act?
Jasper Abembia Ayelazuno and Lord Mawuko-Yevugah
Chapter 4: Democracy, Civil Society and the Emergence of the National Health Insurance in Ghana
Hassan Wahab
Chapter 5: From Praetorian Guards to Guardians of the Fourth Republic: Problematizing the Role of the Military in Ghana’s Quest for Democratic Development
Nene-Lomotey Kuditchar and Timothy Ba-Taa-Banah
Chapter 6: Transnational Actors and Policymaking in Ghana
Rosina Foli
Chapter 7: Transnational Political Activism in the Ghanaian Diaspora
George M. Bob-Milliar
Chapter 8: Six Decades of Ghanaian Statecraft and Asia Relations: Strategies, Strains, and Successes
Lloyd G. Adu Amoah
Chapter 9: Six Decades of the Public Sector in Ghana
Joseph R.A. Ayee
Chapter 10: Executive Dominance of Public Policy Making since Independence in Ghana: Perception or Reality?
Abdulai K. Mohammed
Chapter 11: A ‘fine line’: Examining the Delicate Relationship between Political and Bureaucratic Heads in the Civil Service of Ghana
Frank L.K. Ohemeng
Chapter 12: The Pitfalls and Prospects of Decentralization in Ghana: Implications for the National Mobilization for Development Agenda
Richard Asante and Emmanuel Debrah
Chapter 13: Change and Continuity in Ghana’s Electoral Politics (1951–2016)
Alex K.D. Frempong
Chapter 14: Sixty Years of Independence and a Decade of Oil Discovery in Ghana: Oil Curse or Blessing?
Emmanuel Graham and Ransford E.V. Gyampo
Chapter 15: Ghana’s Post-colonial Economy, 1957–2017
Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, Iddisah Sulemana and Gloria Afful-Mensah
Conclusion
Joseph R.A. Ayee
About the Contributors