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    UNIVERSITY OF GHANA

    DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE


    SECOND SEMESTER, 2023/2024
    COURSE SYLLABUS
    COURSE TITLE: ELECTORAL POLITICS AND DEMOCRACY IN GHANA
    COURSE CODE: POLI 444
    LECTURE PERIOD: MON 9:30-11:20 AM; WED 11:30 AM-13:20 PM

    VENUE: JQB 23

    COURSE INSTRUCTORS:
    MR. A. K. D. FREMPONG
    Office Location: F20 Kweku Folson Building, Dept. of Political Science
    Office Hours: By appointment
    Email: [email protected]

    DR. ABDUL-JALILU ATEKU


    Office Location: F20 Kweku Folson Building, Dept. of Political Science
    Office Hours: By appointment
    Email: [email protected]

    NB: The basic text for this course, FREMPONG, A. K. D (2023) ELECTIONS IN GHANA (1951-
    2016) REVISED EDITION, TEMA: DIGIBOOKS, is compulsory for all students and available at
    the Departmental General Office.

    CONTINOUS ASSESSMENT
    Interim Assessment will consist of 50% of the total marks: The basic text will be used for an open
    book sit-in examination

    End of Semester Examination will be 50% of total the marks: This will also be sit-in

    Course ELECTORAL POLITICS AND DEMOCRACY IN GHANA/ POLI 444


    Title/ Code
    Purpose Particularly since the end of the Cold War, democracy and elections have become buzzwords around the
    Objectives. globe. Questions however exist as to the nature of democracy and its relationship with elections and
    democratic consolidation in new democracies in Africa. Since the 1992 founding elections, Ghana has
    witnessed eight other elections and two alternations in power. Even before then, Ghana has had long
    experience with electoral politics that preceded independence in 1957 and ‘pockets’ of democratic
    governance in-between military regimes.
    This course, against the background of the theoretical analysis of democracy, elections and democratic
    consolidation, examines the dynamics, intricacies and impacts of electoral politics and democratic
    governance in Ghana and the prospects for the future. The course is intended to broaden and deepen
    students’ understanding of these issues to prepare them for educating others on electoral politics and
    democratic governance.
    Upon completion of this course students should be able to:
     Understand the theoretical perspectives of election
     Appreciate the dynamics of elections in the pre-election era
     Explain how the politics of the immediate post-independence era influenced elections
     Discuss the contexts in which elections and referendum in the Second and Third Republics
     Analyze various dimension of elections in the Fourth Republic
     Contribute meaningfully to discussions on issues of Electoral Politics in Ghana
    WEEK NO Date Lecture Course Tutorials Venue Assessment
    1 COURSE OVERVIEW JQB 23

    2 UNDERSTANDING ELECTIONS: Conceptualizing


    Elections
    1. Definition, Types, Importance of Functions of
    Elections. Elections

    2. Free and Fair Elections and why do


    elections go bad?

    3. Theories of Voting Why do people vote?


    3-4 PRE-INDEPENDENCE The electoral JQB 23
    ELECTIONS: 1951, 1954 and 1956. dominance of the
    CPP
    5 IMMEDIATE POST-INDEPENDENCE One-Party Elections
    ELECTIONS: 1960 referendum and
    elections; 1964 One-Party
    Referendum; 1965 No-contest

    ELECTIONS FROM THE SECOND Contexts, Processes,


    6-7 TO THE THIRD REPUBLIC: 1969 Outcomes and JQB 23
    Parliamentary, 1970 Presidential, Lessons for the
    1978 Union Government Referendum Fourth Republic
    and 1979 Elections
    8-10 ELECTIONS IN THE FOURTH Transition elections, JQB 23
    REPUBLIC: 1992 Referendum, 1992, Alternation in Power,
    1996, 2004, 2008, 2012 & 2016 Presidential Runoff
    Elections
    JQB 23
    11-12 CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES: Implications of Issues
    Challenges & Prospects of Electoral for Electoral Politics
    Politics in Ghana

    ADDITIONAL READING LIST


    Agyeman-Duah, B. (2005). Elections and electoral politics in Ghana's Fourth Republic (No. 18).
    Ghana Center for Democratic Development.

    Amoah, M. (2009). The most difficult decision yet: Ghana's 2008 presidential elections. African
    Journal of Political Science and International Relations, 3(4), 174.

    Austin, D., & Luckham, R. (2014). Politicians and soldiers in Ghana 1966-1972. Routledge.
    Ayee, A. R. J. (1997). Ghana’s 1996 General Elections: A Post-mortem, Harare: AAPS Occasional
    Paper Series, 1(1)
    Ayee, J. R. (Ed.). (1998). The 1996 General elections and democratic consolidation in Ghana.
    Department of Political Science University of Ghana.

    Ayee, J. R. (Ed.). (2001). Deepening Democracy in Ghana: politics of the 2000 elections. Freedom.

    Boafo-Arthur, K. (Ed.). (2006). Voting for Democracy in Ghana: Thematic studies (Vol. 1). Freedom
    Publications.

    Boahen, A. A. (1975). Ghana: Evolution and Change in the 19th and 20th Centuries.

    Chazan, N. (1983). An anatomy of Ghanaian politics: Managing political recession, 1969-1982.


    Westview Press.

    Debrah, E. (2004). The Politics of Elections: Opposition and Incumbency in Ghana\'s 2000
    Elections. Africa Insight, 34(2/3), 3-15.
    Debrah, E. (2009). The economy and regime change in Ghana, 1992-2004. Ghana Social Science
    Journal, 5(1), 84-113.

    Debrah, E. (2011). Measuring governance institutions' success in Ghana: the case of the electoral
    commission, 1993–2008. African Studies, 70(1), 25-45.

    Debrah, E. (2016). The Ghanaian Voter and the 2008 General Election. Politikon, 43(3), 371-387

    Gyimah-Boadi, E. (1997). The Challenges ahead, Ghana’s Encouraging Elections. Journal of


    Democracy, 8(2), 78-91.

    Gyimah-Boadi, E. (1999). Ghana: the challenges of consolidating democracy. Richard Joseph, State,
    conflict and democracy in Africa, London: Lynne Rienner, 409-427.

    Gyimah-Boadi, E. (2001). A peaceful turnover in Ghana. Journal of Democracy, 12(2), 103-117.

    Gyimah-Boadi, E. (2009). Another step forward for Ghana. Journal of Democracy, 20(2), 138-152.

    Hayward, F. M. (Ed.). (1987). Elections in independent Africa. Westview Pr.

    Jeffries, R. (1980). The Ghanaian elections of 1979. African Affairs, 79(316), 397-414.

    Jeffries, R. (1993). The Ghana Elections of 1992. African Affairs, 92(368).331-366.

    Jeffries, R. (1998). The Ghanaian elections of 1996: towards the consolidation of democracy? African
    Affairs, 97(387), 189-208.

    Jockers, H., Kohnert, D., & Nugent, P. (2010). The successful Ghana election of 2008: a convenient
    myth?. The Journal of Modern African Studies, 48(1), 95-115.Longman.

    Oquaye, M. (1995). The Ghanaian Elections of 1992--A Dissenting View. African Affairs, 94(375),
    259-275.

    Owusu, M. (1979). Politics without parties: Reflections on the union government proposals in
    Ghana. African Studies Review, 22(1), 89-108.

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