Electoral violence in Ghana's fourth Republic: The case of party vigilantism

Emmanuel Debrah; Isaac Owusu-Mensah; Sampson Danso; Gilbert Arhinful Aidoo

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-40754-3_16

Electoral violence in Ghana's fourth Republic: The case of party vigilantism

Emmanuel Debrah, Isaac Owusu-Mensah, Sampson Danso, Gilbert Arhinful Aidoo

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The chapter examines how party vigilantes" violent electoral activities permeate electoral processes in Ghana. The chapter undertakes a comprehensive discussion of how party vigilantes have carried out election violence in the electoral processes, and the effects of such violence on sustainable democracy. It further examines the phenomenon of electoral violence to broadly understand and illuminate the electoral violence and party vigilantism that have shaped African democratization in recent times.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Palgrave Handbook of Violence in Africa
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	347-366
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031407543
ISBN (Print)	9783031407536
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40754-3_16
Publication status	Published - 6 May 2024

Keywords

African democracy
Ghana
Party vigilantes
Sustainable democracy

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