05100nam a22004815i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001400153072001600167072002300183072001500206245019000221250001800411264007900429300004500508336002600553337002600579338003600605347002400641505181100665520148102476650002403957650002703981650003304008650003704041650001904078650002704097650002304124650002204147700007904169700007904248700007704327710003404404773002604438776003604464776003604500776003604536856004604572978-3-031-56964-7DE-He21320251030112300.0cr nn 008mamaa240605s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830315696477 a10.1007/978-3-031-56964-72doi 4aJF1525.P6 7aJPP2bicssc 7aPOL0280002bisacsh 7aJPP2thema10aPublic Sector Management and Economic Governance in Ghanah[electronic resource] :bThree Decades of the Fourth Republic /cedited by Joseph R.A. Ayee, Lloyd G.A. Amoah, Seidu M. Alidu.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aXXIII, 323 p. 9 illus.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 aChapter 1. Introduction: Public Sector Management and Economic Governance Revisited -- Chapter 2. Reconceptualizing Neoliberal ‘‘Good Governance’’ Discourse and the Complexity of Global Self policing -- Chapter 3. Ghana’s Policy Elites and Engagement of the IMF under the Fourth Republic: Elite Agency, Compliance, or a Mixed Bag? -- Chapter 4. Transforming Ghana’s Economy: Where are we from? Where are we now? What more needs to be done? -- Chapter 5. The Contributions of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation towards Sustainability Efforts in Upstream Oil and Gas Operations in Ghana -- Chapter 6. Yɛ Te Sika So Nanso ɔkɔm Di Yɛn: The Case of Ghana's Poverty Amid Abundant Oil Resources and Revenues -- Chapter 7. The Legon Tradition of African Philosophy (TLTAP) and Contemporary Public Administration Theory (CPAT): the Case for Dialogic Engagement for a New African Public Administration -- Chapter 8. The Audit Service as a Supreme Audit Institution in Ghana’s Fourth Republic: An Assessment -- Chapter 9. Reforming the Police Service for Effective Policing in Ghana’s Fourth Republic -- Chapter 10. Notes on the Position of Chief of Staff at the Presidency in Ghana’s Fourth Republic -- Chapter 11. The Phenomenon of Special Assistants as Gatekeepers and their Impact on the Performance of Bureaucrats in the Ghanaian Civil Service -- Chapter 12. Balancing the Decentralization Scale in Ghana to Promote Political Decentralization: A Perspective on Local Government Election in the Fourth Republic -- Chapter 13. Rural Development in Ghana -- Chapter 14. Ghana’s Foreign Policy in the Fourth Republic: Trends, Complexities and Future Implications -- Chapter 15. Conclusion: Ghana in the Next Thirty Years: The Public Sector, Economic Governance, and International Relations.  aThis book is one of two volumes that examines the successes and failures of the Ghanaian Fourth Republic from a political, public administration, and public policy viewpoint. Published to coincide with the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the Fourth Republic, these volumes bring together leading scholars to consider the political achievements and failures that have taken place in the country since 1993, and what these tell us about the state of politics and democracy in twenty-first century Ghana and beyond. This volume focuses on public sector management and economic governance. It assesses themes such as policy elites, policing, bureaucrats and public servants, the economy, decentralization, rural development, and foreign policy. The volume also places Ghana in a global context, demonstrating how lessons learnt from the country can be applied elsewhere, and what is unique about the Ghanaian experience. It will appeal to all those interested in public management, public administration, governance, economics, and African politics. Joseph R.A. Ayee is Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Ghana. He is also Vice President (Arts Section) at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences. Lloyd G.A. Amoah is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, and Director of the Centre for Asian Studies, University of Ghana. Seidu M. Alidu is Associate Professor and Head of Department of Political Science, University of Ghana. 0aPolitical planning. 0aPublic administration. 0aAfricaxEconomic conditions. 0aAfricaxPolitics and government.14aPublic Policy.24aPublic Sector Studies.24aAfrican Economics.24aAfrican Politics.1 aAyee, Joseph R.A.eeditor.4edt4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt1 aAmoah, Lloyd G.A.eeditor.4edt4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt1 aAlidu, Seidu M.eeditor.4edt4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303156963008iPrinted edition:z978303156965408iPrinted edition:z978303156966140uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56964-7