
Public Sector Management and Economic Governance in Ghana
Three Decades of the Fourth Republic
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Public Sector Management and Economic Governance in Ghana
Three Decades of the Fourth Republic
About this book
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 1993, and what these tell us about the state of politics and democracy in twenty-first century Ghana and beyond. This volume focuses on public sector management and economic governance. It assesses themes such as policy elites, policing, bureaucrats and public servants, the economy, decentralization, rural development, and foreign policy. The volume also places Ghana in a global context, demonstrating how lessons learnt from the country can be applied elsewhere, and what is unique about the Ghanaian experience. It will appeal to all those interested in public management, public administration, governance, economics, and African politics.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- 1. Introduction: Public Sector Management and Economic Governance Revisited
- 2. Reconceptualizing the Neoliberal “Good Governance” Discourse and the Complexity of Global Self-policing
- 3. Ghana’s Policy Elites and Engagement with the IMF Under the Fourth Republic: Elite Agency, Compliance, or a Mixed Bag?
- 4. Transforming Ghana’s Economy: Where Are We from? Where Are We Now? What More Needs to Be Done?
- 5. The Contributions of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation Towards Sustainability Efforts in Upstream Oil and Gas Operations in Ghana
- 6. Yɛ Te Sika So Nanso ɔkɔm Di Yɛn: The Case of Ghana’s Poverty Amid Abundant Oil Resources and Revenues
- 7. The Legon Tradition of African Philosophy (TLTAP) and Contemporary Public Administration Theory (CPAT): The Case for Dialogic Engagement for a New African Public Administration
- 8. The Audit Service as a Supreme Audit Institution in Ghana’s Fourth Republic: An Assessment
- 9. Reforming the Police Service for Effective Policing in Ghana’s Fourth Republic
- 10. Notes on the Position of Chief of Staff at the Presidency in Ghana’s Fourth Republic
- 11. The Phenomenon of Special Assistants as Gatekeepers and Their Impact on the Performance of Bureaucrats in the Ghanaian Civil Service
- 12. Balancing the Decentralization Scale in Ghana to Promote Political Decentralization: A Perspective on Local Government Election in the Fourth Republic
- 13. Rural Development in Ghana
- 14. Ghana’s Foreign Policy in the Fourth Republic: Trends, Complexities, and Future Implications
- 15. Conclusion: Ghana in the Next Thirty Years: Public Sector Management, Economic Governance, and International Relations
- Back Matter