THE PUBLIC POLICY MAKING PROCESS IN GHANA: How Politicians and Civil Servants Deal with Public Problems; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Boxes, Figures, and Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgement; Chapter One -- Introduction; Chapter Two -- Public Policy-making: The Ghanaian Context; Chapter Three -- Politicians and Bureaucrats as Generators of Public Policy in Ghana; Chapter Four -- Ghana Education Policy: Limitations and Strategies; Chapter Five -- Social Security Policy in the Context of Socio-Economic and Political Transformation
Chapter Six -- Ghana's Health Sector Policies and Decentralization ExperienceChapter Seven -- Asylum Policy and Practices in Ghana; Chapter Eight -- Economic Policies in Ghana; Chapter Nine -- Agricultural Policy and Research in Ghana: A Study in Persistence and Change; Chapter Ten -- Extractive Resources Policy in Ghana; Chapter Eleven -- Environmental Policy; Chapter Twelve -- Re-orienting Ghana's Foreign Policy Crowd; Chapter Thirteen -- Good Governance and Public Policy in Ghana: The Way Forward; List of Contributors; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Public policy is a process that evolves from a coalition of actors. In this book the authors take us through the step by step process of decision making and implementation of policy initiatives in the country of Ghana. Although the desired outcomes did not always occur, these initiatives can tell scholars and policy-makers what works and does not work in a developing country along with contingency variables that make a difference in policy areas
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-410) and index