Ghana--one decade of the liberal state / / edited by Kwame Boafo-Arthur

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910345121703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Zed Books, 2006
• ISBN: 1-350-22037-X; 1-84813-685-4; 1-281-21599-6; 1-84813-139-9; 9786611215996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (317 p.)
• Collana: Africa in the new millennium
• Classificazione: 15.80; 83.30; 89.40; MI 24086; G:xc S:pg Z:51; G:xc S:pg Z:49
• Altri autori (Persone): Boafo-ArthurKwame
• Disciplina: 966.705/2
• Soggetti: Democracy - Ghana; Liberalism - Ghana; Human rights - Ghana; National security - Ghana; Ghana Politics and government 1979-2001; Ghana Politics and government 2001-; Ghana Foreign relations 1957-; Ghana Economic conditions 1979-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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'