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Title:The public sphere and the politics of survival: voice, sustainability, and public policy in Ghana
Editors:Puplampu, Korbla P.ISNI
Tettey, Wisdom
Year:2010
Pages:235
Language:English
City of publisher:Accra
Publisher:Woeli Pub. Services
ISBN:9988626282; 9789988626280
Geographic term:Ghana
Subjects:political participation
civil society
community development
government policy
Abstract:This book offers insights into Ghana's public sphere, with analyses of citizen engagement and political action in three thematic areas: (1) struggles for articulation of voice, inclusive citizenship and participatory governance; (2) negotiations of sustainable livelihoods by marginalized groups in relation to the environment and public health; (3) state response to these issues. The book is divided into three corresponding parts. Contributions: Ghana: media and democracy in 50 years of independence (Margaret Ivy Amoakohene); Sexual citizenship, heteronormativity, and the discourse of homosexual rights in Ghana (Wisdom Tettey); From exclusion to inclusion? Examining participation in the PSRP process in Ghana (Lord Mawuko-Yevugah); A critical assessment of Ghana's conservation policy and practice: the case of Mole national park community-based conservation project (Caesar Apentiik); How to measure 'success' in community-based conservation policies: the case of the Boabeng-Fiema monkey sanctuary in Ghana (Bright O. Kankam, Tania L. Saj and Pascale Sicotte); Local medicines and global pharmaceutical in northern Ghana (Charles Mather and Shanna Sunley); The Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme and the health care needs of Ghanaians (Joseph Mensah); Bureaucratic politics and the search for biotechnology policy in Ghana (Korbla P. Puplampu); Formalizing and enhancing the contributions of Ghana's informal sector through regulatory and taxation reform (Peter Quartey and Peter Arthur). [ASC Leiden abstract]
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