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Critical Perspectives on Politics and Socio-Economic Development in Ghana
Series: - African Social Studies Series, Volume: 6
This volume provides a comprehensive and integrated analysis of Ghanaian politics, economy and society, outlining tensions, dilemmas and prospects that the country has to contend with. The chapters critically examine the performance and prospects of democratic institutions and processes; responses to, and impact of, economic policies and programs; and how culture intersects with the preceding developments to shape socio-economic and political institutions and practices. The collection is divided into four thematic sections:
• Politics, the State and Democratic Consolidation
• Economic Crisis and Neo-Liberal Reforms: Responses and Implications
• Indigenous Institutions and the Shaping of Development
• Culture, Indigenous Knowledge and Development
It combines rich, recent, empirical material with sophisticated theoretical analyses, and brings unique interdisciplinary perspectives to bear on the issues examined.
Contributors include: Bruce J. Berman, Joseph R.A. Ayee, Wisdom J. Tettey, Senyo Adjibolosoo, Korba P. Puplampu, Peter Arthur, Edna D. Djokoto-Asem, Kobena T. Hanson, Baffour K. Takyi, Isaac Addai, Donald I. Ray, Louis Awanyo, Charlotte Kesson-Smith, Henry M. Codjoe, George J. Sefa Dei, and Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo.
• Politics, the State and Democratic Consolidation
• Economic Crisis and Neo-Liberal Reforms: Responses and Implications
• Indigenous Institutions and the Shaping of Development
• Culture, Indigenous Knowledge and Development
It combines rich, recent, empirical material with sophisticated theoretical analyses, and brings unique interdisciplinary perspectives to bear on the issues examined.
Contributors include: Bruce J. Berman, Joseph R.A. Ayee, Wisdom J. Tettey, Senyo Adjibolosoo, Korba P. Puplampu, Peter Arthur, Edna D. Djokoto-Asem, Kobena T. Hanson, Baffour K. Takyi, Isaac Addai, Donald I. Ray, Louis Awanyo, Charlotte Kesson-Smith, Henry M. Codjoe, George J. Sefa Dei, and Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo.
Wisdom J. Tettey, Ph.D., Queen’s University, is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary, Canada.
Korbla Puplampu, Ph.D., University of Alberta, teaches at Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, Canada.
Bruce Berman, Ph.D., Yale University, is Professor of Political Studies at Queen’s University, Canada.
Korbla Puplampu, Ph.D., University of Alberta, teaches at Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, Canada.
Bruce Berman, Ph.D., Yale University, is Professor of Political Studies at Queen’s University, Canada.
"This refreshing analysis of Ghana's socioeconomic political development offers a critical assessment of ...Ghana's 45-year experience. All the essays are effective and readable intellectual reconfiguration's. ' - M.E. Doro, in: Choice, 2004
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
List of Tables, Boxes and Figures
Note on Contributors
Introduction. Ghana and the Experience of 'Development', Bruce J. Berman, Korbla P. Puplampu and Wisdom J. Tettey
SECTION ONE. POLITICS, THE STATE AND DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION
1. Capitalism Incomplete: State, Culture and the Politics of Industrialization, Bruce J. Berman
2. Local Government, Decentralization and State Capacity in Ghana, Joseph R.A. Ayee
3. The Mass Media, Political Expression and Democratic Transition, Wisdom J. Tettey
4. Ethnicity and the Development of National Consciousness: A Human Factor Analysis, Senyo Adjibolosoo
SECTION TWO. ECONOMIC CRISIS AND NEO-UBERAL REFORMS: RESPONSES AND IMPUCATIONS
5. State-NGO Relations and Agricultural Sector Development, Korbla P. Puplampu
6. The Implications of State Policy for Micro-Enterprise Development, Peter Arthur
7. "A Plurality of Resistances" to Economic Reform: The Case of State-Owned Enterprises, Edna D. Djokoto-Asem
8. Creative Allocation of Space as a Response to Economic Crisis, Kobena T. Hanson
9. Demographic Processes, Economic Growth and Socio-Economic Development in Ghana, 1960-2000, Baffour K. Takyi and Isaac Addai
SECTION THREE. INDIGENOUS INSTITUTIONS AND THE SHAPING OF DEVELOPMENT
10. Chiefs in Their Millennium Sandals: Traditional Authority in Ghana - Relevance, Challenges and Prospects, Donald I. Ray
11. Land Tenure and Agricultural Development in Ghana: The Intersection of Class, Culture and Gender, Louis Awanyo
12. Citizenship, Customary Law and Gendered Jurisprudence: A Socio-Legal Perspective, Charlotte Kesson-Smith and Wisdom J. Tettey
SECTION FOUR. CULTURE, INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOPMENT
13. Is Culture the Obstacle to Development in Ghana? A Critique of the Culture-Development Thesis as it Applies to Ghana and South Korea, Henry M. Codjoe
14. Critical Teaching in an African Context: Local Knowledge and Educational Reforms, George J. Sefa Dei
15. Environmentalism and Cultural Change: The Role of the Mass Media, Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo
References
Index
List of Abbreviations
List of Tables, Boxes and Figures
Note on Contributors
Introduction. Ghana and the Experience of 'Development', Bruce J. Berman, Korbla P. Puplampu and Wisdom J. Tettey
SECTION ONE. POLITICS, THE STATE AND DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION
1. Capitalism Incomplete: State, Culture and the Politics of Industrialization, Bruce J. Berman
2. Local Government, Decentralization and State Capacity in Ghana, Joseph R.A. Ayee
3. The Mass Media, Political Expression and Democratic Transition, Wisdom J. Tettey
4. Ethnicity and the Development of National Consciousness: A Human Factor Analysis, Senyo Adjibolosoo
SECTION TWO. ECONOMIC CRISIS AND NEO-UBERAL REFORMS: RESPONSES AND IMPUCATIONS
5. State-NGO Relations and Agricultural Sector Development, Korbla P. Puplampu
6. The Implications of State Policy for Micro-Enterprise Development, Peter Arthur
7. "A Plurality of Resistances" to Economic Reform: The Case of State-Owned Enterprises, Edna D. Djokoto-Asem
8. Creative Allocation of Space as a Response to Economic Crisis, Kobena T. Hanson
9. Demographic Processes, Economic Growth and Socio-Economic Development in Ghana, 1960-2000, Baffour K. Takyi and Isaac Addai
SECTION THREE. INDIGENOUS INSTITUTIONS AND THE SHAPING OF DEVELOPMENT
10. Chiefs in Their Millennium Sandals: Traditional Authority in Ghana - Relevance, Challenges and Prospects, Donald I. Ray
11. Land Tenure and Agricultural Development in Ghana: The Intersection of Class, Culture and Gender, Louis Awanyo
12. Citizenship, Customary Law and Gendered Jurisprudence: A Socio-Legal Perspective, Charlotte Kesson-Smith and Wisdom J. Tettey
SECTION FOUR. CULTURE, INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOPMENT
13. Is Culture the Obstacle to Development in Ghana? A Critique of the Culture-Development Thesis as it Applies to Ghana and South Korea, Henry M. Codjoe
14. Critical Teaching in an African Context: Local Knowledge and Educational Reforms, George J. Sefa Dei
15. Environmentalism and Cultural Change: The Role of the Mass Media, Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo
References
Index
Everyone interested in Ghana, as well as students and instructors of Comparative Politics, Development Studies, and African Studies, will find this book extremely useful.