The Making of the Fourth Republican Constitution of Ghana
Author: Kwadwo Afari-Gyan
Publisher: Friedrich-Ebert Foundation (GH)
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13:
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Issues in Ghana's Electoral Politics
Author: Ninsin, Kwame A.
Publisher: CODESRIA
Published: 2017-05-05
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 2869786948
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGhana attained independence in 1957. From 1992, when a new constitution came into force and established a new – democratic – framework for governing the country, elections have been organized every four years to choose the governing elites. The essays in this volume are about those elections because elections give meaning to the role of citizens in democratic governance. The chapters depart from the study of formal structures by which the electorate choose their representatives. They evaluate the institutional forms that representation take in the Ghanaian context, and study elections outside the specific institutional forms that according to democratic theory are necessary for arriving at the nature of the relationships that are formed between the voters and their representatives and the nature and quality of their contribution to the democratic process.
Justices and Journalists
Author: Richard Davis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-02-02
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 1107159989
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comparative approach to judicial communication offering perspectives on the relationship between national supreme courts and the media covering them.
Decentralization and Constitutionalism in Africa
Author: Charles M. Fombad
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2019-09-10
Total Pages: 673
ISBN-13: 0192585037
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of essays assesses the efforts of African governments to constitutionalise decentralisation, be it in the form of federalism, local government or traditional authorities. Since the end of the Cold War jurisdictions across Africa have witnessed an ostensible return to multi-party democracy within the paradigm of constitutionalism and the rule of law. Linked to the democratisation process, many countries took steps to decentralize power by departing from the heavily centralized systems inherited from colonial regimes. The centralization of power, typically characterized by the personalization and concentration of power in the hands of leaders and privileged elites in capital cities, mostly resulted in repressive regimes and fragile states. As decentralisation is a response to these challenges, this volume analyses the dynamic relationship between the efforts to implement decentralization and presence or absence of constitutionalism. This volume examines a variety of forms and degrees of decentralization found across Africa. It advances a new understanding of trends and patterns and facilitates the exchange of ideas among African governments and scholars about the critical role that decentralisation may play in democratization of and constitutionalism in Africa.
The Making, Unmaking and Remaking of Africa’s Independence and Post-Independence Constitutions
Author: Nicodemus Fru Awasom
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published:
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 3031668081
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLaw and Social Change in Ghana
Author: William Burnett Harvey
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2015-12-08
Total Pages: 467
ISBN-13: 1400875587
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile Professor of Law and Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ghana from 1962 to 1964, the author personally observed the evolving legal order in Ghana during a crucial period in that country's development. Here, he considers statutes and judicial decisions. Working from the premise that law is a value-neutral technique of social ordering and derives its value content from a dominant elite, Professor Harvey places the important Ghanaian constitutional and legal developments in their social context. He concludes that although democratic values have dominated the basic structure of public power, autocratic values have determined the realities of political life in Ghana. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Learning from West African Experiences in Security Sector Governance
Author: Alan Bryden
Publisher: Ubiquity Press
Published: 2015-11-05
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 1909188689
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany efforts have been undertaken to address dysfunctional security sector governance in West Africa. However, security sector reform (SSR) has fallen short of radical – transformational – change to the fundamental structures of power and governance in the region. Looking more closely at specific examples of SSR in six West African countries, Learning from West African Experiences in Security Sector Governance explores both progress and reversals in efforts by national stakeholders and their international partners to positively influence security sector governance dynamics. Written by eminent national experts based on their personal experiences of these reform contexts, this study offers new insights and practical lessons that should inform processes to improve democratic security sector governance in West Africa and beyond.
Ghana
Author: Kwame Boafo-Arthur
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9781842778296
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The Partisan Republic
Author: Gerald Leonard
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-01-31
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 1107024161
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides a compelling account of early American constitutionalism in the Founding era.
Ghana
Author: Kwame Boafo-Arthur
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Published: 2013-07-04
Total Pages: 165
ISBN-13: 1848136854
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGhana 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'. In doing so, it provides an invaluable guide to Ghana's political past, present and future.
