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Author Ohemeng, Frank

Title The Public Policy Making Process in Ghana : How Politicians and Civil Servants Deal with Public Problems
Published Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (446 pages)
Contents 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
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Public administration -- Ghana -- Decision making
Policy sciences -- Ghana
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- General.
Employees -- Political activity
Policy sciences
Politics and government
Public administration -- Decision making
Social Sciences.
Social Sciences - General.
SUBJECT Ghana -- Officials and employees -- Political activity
Ghana -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054770
Subject Ghana
Form Electronic book
Author Carroll, Barbara
Ayee, Joseph
ISBN 9780773430099
0773430091