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Public Administration: Local Government And Decentralization In Ghana, Kwame B. Antwi-Boasiako
Public Administration: Local Government And Decentralization In Ghana, Kwame B. Antwi-Boasiako
Faculty Publications
Public administration as an art is defined in the Ghanaian context regarding decentralization and public officials’ accountability. It examines decentralization, local elections and empowerment. While the paper advocates for regional and district level elections, it uses the literature to argue that local representatives are more accessible to their locals. It questions the current appointment practices by the central government, which has become more partisan than originally intended in the Local Government Act. To affirm the democratic environment of politics in Ghana, it calls for constitutional amendment regarding decentralization and local government elections.
Defining International Terrorism: Historical Reality And The African Experience, Kwame B. Antwi-Boasiako
Defining International Terrorism: Historical Reality And The African Experience, Kwame B. Antwi-Boasiako
Faculty Publications
Violence is terror and terror is violence. Liberators, freedom fighters, revolutionaries and terrorists have all become labels of convenience. Terrorism, historically, has been institutionalized by some governments to their advantage. Academicians and politicians fail to agree on the issues surrounding terrorism hence defining terrorism has become an academic puzzle. The ambiguity in its definition has also contributed to lack of any universal comprehensive acceptable theory. The literature on terrorism by and large accused weaker nations of supporting terrorism. This paper argues otherwise by using the African experience, slavery and colonization, to question the literature on terrorism. Nations throughout history have …
War By Government: Which Systems Are Most Likely To Engage In Conflict?, Courtney Lemon
War By Government: Which Systems Are Most Likely To Engage In Conflict?, Courtney Lemon
Undergraduate Research Conference
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