LEADER 04021nam 2200793 a 450 001 9910345121703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-350-22037-X 010 $a1-84813-685-4 010 $a1-281-21599-6 010 $a1-84813-139-9 010 $a9786611215996 024 7 $a10.5040/9781350220379 035 $a(CKB)1000000000399367 035 $a(EBL)332933 035 $a(OCoLC)476136901 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000162777 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11179607 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000162777 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10211541 035 $a(PQKB)10517566 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC332933 035 $a(OCoLC)1241540024 035 $a(CaBNVSL)9781350220379 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000399367 100 $a20060414d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aGhana--one decade of the liberal state /$fedited by Kwame Boafo-Arthur 210 $aNew York $cZed Books$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (317 p.) 225 0$aAfrica in the new millennium 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84277-829-3 311 $a1-84277-828-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 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. 330 $aGhana has witnessed a 'revolution through the ballot box', since its return to constitutional rule in 1993. Yet this period of sustained democratic government in an era of globalization and liberal triumphalism has brought with it new demands. How has Ghana faced up to the problems of institution-building, state-market relations and democratic leadership? Can it deal with the challenges posed by security, human rights and foreign policy in the twenty-first century? This unique collection interrogates all these issues and assesses the future of the democratic experiment in one of sub-Saharan Africa's rare 'islands of peace' 410 0$aAfrica in the new millennium. 606 $aDemocracy$zGhana 606 $aLiberalism$zGhana 606 $aHuman rights$zGhana 606 $aNational security$zGhana 607 $aGhana$xPolitics and government$y1979-2001 607 $aGhana$xPolitics and government$y2001- 607 $aGhana$xForeign relations$y1957- 607 $aGhana$xEconomic conditions$y1979- 615 0$aDemocracy 615 0$aLiberalism 615 0$aHuman rights 615 0$aNational security 676 $a966.705/2 686 $a15.80$2bcl 686 $a83.30$2bcl 686 $a89.40$2bcl 686 $aMI 24086$2rvk 686 $aG:xc S:pg Z:51$2sdnb 686 $aG:xc S:pg Z:49$2sdnb 701 $aBoafo-Arthur$b Kwame$01764738 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910345121703321 996 $aGhana--one decade of the liberal state$94205846 997 $aUNINA