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journal of african elections vol19 number 1 transparent democratic governance in africa

Ghana’s 2016 Elections: An Overview of Selected Relevant Background Themes

Seven successive elections have been held in Ghana since 1992, most recently in 2016 when the country made a fourth attempt to embrace constitutional rule. A burgeoning literature provides explanations for the outcome of the 2016 election, which saw the defeat of the erstwhile incumbent National Democratic Congress and a landslide victory for the New […]

journal of african elections vol12 number 2 transparent democratic governance in africa

The Youth and Party Manifestos in Ghanain Politics: The Case of the 2012 General Elections

In the run-up to Ghana’s 2012 general elections ‘gutter politics’, the kind of politicking that focuses on mudslinging, vituperation, personal attacks and character assassination, which usually characterises the nation’s election campaigns, gave way to issue-based politics. The contents of the manifestos of the two main political parties, the National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic […]