TY - CHAP
T1 - “Balancing the Ticket”
T2 - Ethnicity and Regional Politics in Ghana’s Fourth Republic (1992–2016)
AU - Alidu, Seidu M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Ethnicity and regional politics remain key characteristics of Ghana’s Fourth Republic. This chapter examines the dynamics in electoral politics in Ghana, 1992–2016. Utilising a political science approach, the chapter highlights how different political parties have deployed ethnicity and regional identities to compete. It also shows how other variables such as gender and religion feature in Ghana’s electoral politics for the period under review. The chapter underscores the need to transcend ethnic and regional identities if Ghana is to achieve its development objectives. Focusing on rational, issue-based politics will propel Ghana towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
AB - Ethnicity and regional politics remain key characteristics of Ghana’s Fourth Republic. This chapter examines the dynamics in electoral politics in Ghana, 1992–2016. Utilising a political science approach, the chapter highlights how different political parties have deployed ethnicity and regional identities to compete. It also shows how other variables such as gender and religion feature in Ghana’s electoral politics for the period under review. The chapter underscores the need to transcend ethnic and regional identities if Ghana is to achieve its development objectives. Focusing on rational, issue-based politics will propel Ghana towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85200667270&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-12938-4_9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-12938-4_9
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85200667270
T3 - Sustainable Development Goals Series
SP - 175
EP - 199
BT - Sustainable Development Goals Series
PB - Springer
ER -