Articles · No. 01 (2021): CODESRIA Bulletin, No 1, 2021 · Pages 36-39

Democracy and Elections in Ghana: Ghana’s Democracy and the 2020 General Election: Signs of a Fading Promise?

  • Lloyd G. Adu Amoah
    Lloyd G. Adu Amoah Centre for Asian Studies and Department of Political Science University of Ghana https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6256-2090 (unauthenticated)
    I graduated First Class Honours (B.A. Philosophy) and top of my graduating class at the University of Ghana. My long essay was written under the supervision of the eminent philosopher Prof. Kwame Gyekye.  I then proceeded to take my M.A. at the Legon Centre for International...
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  • Lloyd G. Adu Amoah, Centre for Asian Studies and Department of Political Science University of Ghana

    I graduated First Class Honours (B.A. Philosophy) and top of my graduating class at the University of Ghana. My long essay was written under the supervision of the eminent philosopher Prof. Kwame Gyekye.  I then proceeded to take my M.A. at the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy. I earned my doctorate (Public Administration with a concentration in Policy Analysis) at Wuhan University, China. I did my post doctorate at the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands. While studying for my doctorate I took courses and was mentored by the noted theorist of the public policy process, the late Prof. Paul Sabatier, at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. I had a stint working at the Ghanaian Presidency. I have worked before as an associate editor of a newspaper (and co-editor of a magazine) and columnist/writer for notable locaI and international magazines(eg. BBC Focus on Africa Magazine, and Africa Report,https://www.theafricareport.com/) and newspapers. I have worked as well as a community organizer for a project in Nima for deprived urban communities. I taught at Ashesi University as an Assistant Professor for almost a decade before moving to the University of Ghana. I am currently Senior Lecturer at the Dept. of Political Science and simultaneously founding Director of the newly established Centre for Asian Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon, as well as Acting Director of the Centre for European Studies. I consider myself a public intellectual.

    EDUCATION

    • PhD (Public Administration with a concentration in Policy Analysis) - Wuhan University, China
    • M.A. in International Relations -    University of Ghana
    • B.A. in Philosophy -  University of Ghana

    CURRENT RESEARCH/ RESEARCH INTERESTS

    In terms of research I am interested in public policy formation theory, public strategy, Africa-Asia-China relations, the ties between public administration and African philosophy for  constructing  a new African Public Administration, Afromodern and Oppositional Political Theory,  e-governance and ICT policy in developing countries, the political-economy of space in developing polities; the politics of cocoa production in the Gold Coast.

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