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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.
List of 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
About the author
Joseph R.A. Ayee is professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Ghana.
Summary
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.
Additional text
This well-written book brings together in a masterful way a collection of essay contributions on a wide range of governance-related issues in Ghana. The great strength of this book, which makes use of theory and practice, and draws on different academic disciplines and theoretical paradigms, is that it provides a timely and valuable contribution regarding the socioeconomic and political developments that have taken place in Ghana since its independence in 1957, and what next steps should be taken to ensure Ghana sustains its governance successes. The nuanced chapters provide overviews of several emerging issues and reorients our understanding on why despite challenges, Ghana has made great strides in maintaining its status as a success and model of good governance in Africa. Undoubtedly, the comprehensive accounts and explanations of governance in Ghana, and the knowledge and insights from the diverse perspectives should make it attractive to academics, policy makers, development agencies and development practitioners.
