Civil Society and Democratic Consolidation in Ghana

ISBN-13: 9783659402852 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 128 str.

Hagan Nana

Opis

Democratic consolidation has no doubt assumed a frontal roll in political discourse due to the extension and establishment of democracies in new polities and the need to protect these new democracies from relapse. While current literature settles earlier doubts of a positive correlation between civil society and democratic consolidation, there are still contentious debates in the circles of academia and practice regarding what constitute a consolidated democracy and the extent of civil societys contributions to it. Against this backdrop, the study critically assesses the contributions of civil society towards democratic consolidation in Ghana based on Linz and Stepans concept of democratic consolidation. Whiles this book addresses academic concerns by stimulating relevant theoretical and conceptual debates and thus serving the purposes of researchers and students of politics,sociology, governance,democracy and civil society, its simplisity and practical approach makes it useful to national and local governance practitioners,civil society and development practitioners as well as the general reader.

O autorze

Nana Hagan,MA:Democratic Governance and Civil Society,Univ of Osnabrueck,Germany is the Exec. Dir. at Centre for Governance Analysis and Research(CEGAR).He holds a BA in Pol. science from the Univ. of Ghana.He specialises in Comparative Politics,Public Policy,Governance, Democracy, Development,CSR,Civil Society and Fundraising.He is a DAAD Scholar.