Ghana : one decade of the liberal state / Kwame Boafo-Arthur, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boafo-Arthur, Kwame, editor.

Series:

Africa in the new millennium.

Africa in the new millennium

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Ghana.

Democracy.

Liberalism--Ghana.

Liberalism.

Human rights--Ghana.

Human rights.

National security--Ghana.

National security.

Ghana--Politics and government--1979-2001.

Ghana.

Ghana--Politics and government--2001-.

Ghana--Foreign relations--1957-.

Ghana--Economic conditions--1979-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ghana has witnessed a 'revolution through the ballot box', since its return to constitutional rule in 1993. Yet this period of sustained democratic government in an era of globalization and liberal triumphalism has brought with it new demands. How has Ghana faced up to the problems of institution-building, state-market relations and democratic leadership? Can it deal with the challenges posed by security, human rights and foreign policy in the twenty-first century? This unique collection interrogates all these issues and assesses the future of the democratic experiment in one of sub-Saharan Africa's rare 'islands of peace'

Contents:

Chapter 1. A decade of liberalism in perspective / Kwame Boafo-Arthur

Chapter 2. Trends in the promotion and protection of human rights under the 1992 Constitution / Kofiqua Shigah

Chapter 3. Challenges of economic growth in a liberal economy / G. Kwaku Tsikata

Chapter 4. Markets and liberal democracy / Kwame A. Ninsin

Chapter 5. Institutions and economic performance: Ghana's experience under the Fourth Republic, 1992-2002 / Nicholas Amponsah

Chapter 6. Political conflict and elite consensus in the liberal state / K .D. Frempong Alexander

Chapter 7. A decade of political leadership in Ghana, 1993-2004 / Joseph R. A. Ayee

Chapter 8. The security agencies and national security in a decade of liberalism / Kumi Ansah-Koi

Chapter 9. Organized labour and the liberal state / Abeeku Essuman-Johnson

Chapter 10. The liberal Ghanaian state and foreign policy: the dynamics of change and continuity / Kwame Boafo-Arthur

Chapter 11. Women and politics in Ghana, 1993-2003 / Beatrix Allah-Mensah

General Bibliography

List of contributors / Kwame A. Ninsin

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-291) and index.

ISBN:

9786611215996

9781350220379

135022037X

9781848136854

1848136854

9781281215994

1281215996

9781848131392

1848131399

OCLC:

476136901