Issues in Ghana’s Electoral Politics

Authors

Kwame A. Ninsin (ed)
Emeritus Professor of Political Science, University of Ghana.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.57054/codesria.pub.41

Keywords:

Electoral Politics, independence, constitution, new–democratic–framework, citizens, democratic governance, Ghana

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CODESRIA, Dakar, 2016, 232 p., ISBN 978-2-86978-694-3

Ghana attained independence in 1957. From 1992, when a new constitution came into force and established a new – democratic – framework for governing the country, elections have been organized every four years to choose the governing elites. The essays in this volume are about those elections because elections give meaning to the role of citizens in democratic governance. The chapters depart from the study of formal structures by which the electorate choose their representatives. They evaluate the institutional forms that representation take in the Ghanaian context, and study elections outside the specific institutional forms that according to democratic theory are necessary for arriving at the nature of the relationships that are formed between the voters and their representatives and the nature and quality of their contribution to the democratic process.

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Kwame A. Ninsin , Emeritus Professor of Political Science, University of Ghana.

Kwame A. Ninsin is Emeritus Professor of Political Science, University of Ghana. Between 1995 and 2001 he was Executive Secretary for the African Association of Political Science then based in Zimbabwe. He combined this position with those of Journal Editor and several other responsibilities. He was later appointed Scholar in Residence at the Institute for Democratic Governance, a civic body and think thank, based in Accra. He has published extensively on issues related to Ghana and Africa. His publications include Political Struggles in Ghana, 1967-1981, (Accra; Tornado Publishers, 1985, The Informal Sector in Ghana’s Political Economy, (Accra: FREEDOM PUBLICATIONS, 1991), Ghana’s Political Transition, 1990-1992, (Selected Documents), (Accra: FREEDOM PUBLICATIONS, 1996), and Globalized Africa: Political, Social and Economic Impact (editor) Accra: Freedom Publications, 2012.

George M. Bob-Milliar, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology PMB, UP KNUST, Kumasi-Ghana

George M. Bob-Milliar is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, one of the most prestigious public universities in Ghana. In 2012, Bob-Milliar received his PhD from the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, the oldest center for African Studies on the continent. Trained as an interdisciplinary scholar, his research lies at the intersection of history, political science, and development studies. He is a qualitative researcher with interests in comparative politics, political behaviour, development of political parties, African politics, Ghanaian political history, the political economy of development, political ecology, democratic theory, political culture, qualitative methods, African Diaspora Studies and Informal institutions. He has published articles in all the preeminent journals in his area of specialization.

Maame Adwoa A. Gyekye-Jandoh, Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Political Science.

Dr. Gyekye-Jandoh is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Political Science. Her areas of specialization are Comparative Politics, Politics of the Developing World, Democratization, Democracy and Elections in Africa, Gender and Politics, and Civil Society and its Role in Elections.

Her current research covers Civil Society and its Relationship with Government/State, Civil Society and Its Role in Elections, Elections and Democracy in Ghana, Civil Society and Political Extremism in Ghana, Ethnicity and Democracy in Africa, The Role of the International Community in Ghana’s Democratization, and Explaining the Dearth of Women’s Political Participation in Ghana.
 

Ziblim Iddi, lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Ghana.

Dr. Ziblim Iddi is a lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Ghana.  He obtained his B. A. in Political Science at the University of Ghana and his PhD in Political Science at Clark Atlanta University, USA, where he also received his Masters in International Affairs and Development (MIAD).  Iddi teaches international relations; international organizations; and foreign policy. Dr. Iddi has also taught at the Legon Center for International Affairs and Diplomacy (LECIAD); the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC); New York University (NYU), Accra campus; and the Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP).   He was a visiting scholar at Indiana University from 2013 to 2014.  From 2017 to 2021, Iddi served in the Ghanaian legislature as the Member of Parliament for Gushegu constituency.  He also served as Ghana’s Deputy Minister for Tourism Arts and Culture from 2017 to 2021.

Kwabena Asomanin Anaman, BSc. (Ghana), MS. (Florida), PhD. (Florida) Professor

Kwabena A. Anaman is a Professor with teaching, research and extension interests in political economy, resource and environmental economics, economic growth (firm/industry/macroeconomy), international trade, applied econometrics and statistics, and operations research.

Maxwell Owusu, Professor Emeritus, Anthropology
Affiliation(s)
  • Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
  • Center for Research on Economic Development

(Ph.D. Chicago, 1968). Social anthropology of the nation-state, legal and political systems, socio-economic development and underdevelopment, democratization, liberalization, economic reform and culture; Africa, Caribbean.

PROFESSOR OWUSU DOES NOT USE EMAIL. 

Education
  • B.Sc., London School of Economics, 1963
  • M.A., University of Chicago, 1966
  • Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1968
Awards
  • 1993, LSA Excellence in Education Award
Kofi Quashigah, President of the African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (ACLARS), Professor at the School of Law, University of Ghana

Professor Kofi Quashigah is a professor at the School of Law, University of Ghana. He served as
Dean of the University of Ghana School of Law for ten years, ending in 2019. Between 1991 and
1993 he was the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Nigeria. In 1992,
Professor Quashigah was a MacArthur Foundation Visiting Scholar at the University of
Wisconsin, USA, and a Fulbright Scholar at the Harvard Human Rights Program, between 2001
and 2002. In 2005, he was adjudged and honoured as the Best Teacher in the Humanities in the
University of Ghana.

Professor Quashigah is a fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences and current
President of the African Consortium on Law and Religion Studies (ACLARS). He was a former
President of the Ghana Association of Certified Mediators and Arbitrators. His teaching and
research interests include Constitutional Law, Human Rights, Jurisprudence, Governance,
Elections Law, Law and Religion and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

References

Afari Gyan, K., 1995, The Making of the Fourth Republican Constitution of Ghana, Accra: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.

Danquah Institute, 2010, Securing Africa’s Democracy with e-voting – Ghana’s civil society’s relentless

push for election automation technology, in Danquah Institute Special News- letter, p. 13.

Judicial Service of Ghana, 2012, Manual on Election Adjudication in Ghana, 2nd edition, Accra.

Larvie, J. and K. Afriyie-Badu, 1996, Elections in Ghana, 1996, Part 1, Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. New Patriotic Party, 1993, The Stolen Verdict, Accra.

Ninsin, K.A. and F.K. Drah (eds.), 1993, Political Parties and Democracy in Ghana’s Fourth Republic, Accra: Woeli Publications.

Oquaye, M., 2004, Politics in Ghana, 1982-1992: Rawlings, Revolution and Populist Democracy, Accra: Tornado Press.

Smith de, S. A., 1973, Constitutional and Administrative Law, 4th ed., p. 78.

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