Ghana
Subtitle: one decade of the liberal state
By: Kwame Boafo-Arthur, editor
Contributors: Boafo-Arthur, Kwame
Series: Africa in the new millennium
Publisher: CODESRIA Books; In association with Unisa Press; EPP Book Services; Zed Books; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Dakar, Senegal; Pretoria, South Africa; Accra, Ghana; London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9782869781993; 9781842778289; 9781842778296; 9789988071523
Subjects: 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-
Description: 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'
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [280]-291) and index