Politics, Governance, and Development in Ghana

Herausgeber: Ayee, Joseph R. A.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 716g
• ISBN-13: 9781793603340
• ISBN-10: 1793603340
• Artikelnr.: 57166833

Autorenporträt

Joseph R.A. Ayee is professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Ghana.

Inhaltsangabe

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