Political Institutions, Party Politics and Communication in Ghana

Three Decades of the Fourth Republic

Joseph R.A. Ayee, Lloyd G.A. Amoah, Seidu M. Alidu, Joseph R. A. Ayee, Lloyd G. A. Amoah

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN:
  9783031547430
• eBook ISBN:
  9783031547447
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: African Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This book is one of two volumes that examines the successes and failures of the Ghanaian Fourth Republic from a political, public administration and public policy viewpoint. Published to coincide with the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the Fourth Republic, these volumes bring together leading scholars to consider the political achievements and failures that have taken place in the country since the early 1990s, and what these tell us about the state of politics and democracy in twenty-first century Ghana and beyond. This volume focuses on party politics, political communication and public policy. It assesses themes such as interest groups, electoral politics, democratization, constitutionalism, the role of the media, and gender and politics. The volume also places Ghana in a global context, demonstrating how lessons learnt from the country can be applied elsewhere around the world, and what is unique about the Ghanaian political experience. It will appeal to all those interested in public policy, public administration and African politics.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• 1. Introduction: Structure, Agency, and Democratic Trappings in Ghana’s Fourth Republic
• 2. Constitutional Provisions and Development: Are Indigenous Institutions Relevant?
• 3. Constitutional and Legal Challenges of Three Decades of the 1992 Constitution: Justification for Demands for Amendment
• 4. The Constitution of Ghana’s Fourth Republic and the Implications for Women’s Representation in Politics
• 5. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose? Revisiting Dennis Austin’s Politics in Ghana, 1946–1960, in the Light of the Politics of the Fourth Republic
• 6. Electoral and Party Politics in Ghana’s Fourth Republic: Ramifications of Two-Party Dominance
• 7. Political Parties and Democratic Consolidation in Ghana: The Struggles of Smaller Parties in an Institutionalised Two-Party System
• 8. Inclusion and Exclusion in Ghana’s Electoral Democracy: An Analysis of Voter Registration and Turnout in Border Communities in Ghana
• 9. Interest Groups and the Passage of the Domestic Violence Act in Ghana: Insights from the Advocacy Coalition Framework
• 10. Resisting the System: Examining How Activist Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) Drive Positive Social Change in Ghana’s Fourth Republic
• 11. Political Communication in an Emerging Democracy: A Framing Analysis of Presidential Inaugural Addresses in Ghana’s Fourth Republic
• 12. Polls, Pundits and Religious Leaders: The Politics of Predicting Election Outcomes in Ghana’s Fourth Republic
• 13. Media Pluralism, Regulators, and Transactional Instrumentalism in Ghana
• 14. Conclusion: Ghana Renascent?—Mapping a Path for the Future
• Back Matter