Politics, governance, and development in Ghana. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Joseph R.A. Ayee ; foreword by Naomi Chazan.
• Authors: Ayee, Joseph R. A, 1952-
• Contents: 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
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 320.9667; History: Africa / General; Ghana -- Politics and government
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781793603357
• Related ISBNs: 9781793603340
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