Study on Domesticating Vigilantism in Ghana’s Fourth Republic: The Challenge Ahead

Asekere, George

doi:10.9734/bpi/mplle/v5/2315e

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“…The sustainability of Ghana's democratic gains since its Fourth Republic is a telling indication that elections and multi-party system have gradually been recognised as a cardinal means to legitimately attain and transfer political power (Asekere 2021). In doing so, the 'foot soldiers' who are young party supporters between the ages of 18 and 35 have been a crucial means of carrying out election mobilisation, campaigning and other political engagements.…”

Section: Political Vigiliantism In Ghanamentioning

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2022

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Journal of African Elections is an interdisciplinary biannual publication of research and writing in the human sciences, which seeks to promote a scholarly understanding of developments and change in Africa. Responsibility for opinions expressed and for the accuracy of facts published in papers, research notes, review articles and book reviews rests solely with the individual authors or reviewers. Contributions are referred to specialist readers for consideration, but the Editor is responsible for the final selection of the contents of the Journal.

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Section: Political Vigiliantism In Ghanamentioning

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“…In this context, material incentives such as money or any other reward that can be converted into monetary value could be the motivating factors that explain political activism. Empirically, this appears to be the norm now in Ghana when the supporters of the winning party will seize public properties such as toll booths, public toilets, health insurance offices among others (Asekere, 2021;Gyimah-Boadi, 2007).…”

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Of Parochial Partisanship and Education: Towards Civic Duty or Polarization?

Asekere¹,

Amanor-Lartey²

2021

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This article explored parochial partisanship among university students amid growing concerns about political polarization in Ghana. The paper used mixed research methods to gather data with the aid of an interview guide and a questionnaire. It argued that university education inculcates in and endows young people with a sense of civic-minded duty to prioritize the collective good of society and subordinate parochial partisan preferences in an analysis of political policies. The novel finding is that university education in Ghana has enlightened many young people to decipher between the facts and the propagandistic view held by political activists because of parochial partisan interest. However, university education was found to be a necessary but not sufficient condition to wipe out parochial partisanship which is the bane behind the growing political polarization in Ghana. The paper recommends continuous seminars on the dangers associated with negative partisanship in all tertiary educational institutions. Further, the winner-takes-all politics should be reviewed.

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Political vigilante violence in Ghana: its human rights implications

Twendeboah,

Nangwele,

Baami

2022

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The primary goal of this paper is to consider the incontrovertible links between political vigilante violence and human rights violations in Ghana. In particular, it pays attention to the ways in which politically-related violence thrives. To achieve this, the paper will be guided by the following research objectives: First, to explore the nature of political vigilantism in Ghana’s Fourth Republic. Second, to analyse the human rights issues in political vigilantism within this period. Drawing mainly on experiences of general elections of Ghana’s Fourth Republic, the paper purposes to interrogate the scale of political vigilante violence in Ghana. It contends that there is an intricate link between political vigilante violence and human rights. The paper relies on frustration-aggression theory to consider the ways in which the desire to gain political power leads to rivalry and eventually to violence.

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Study on Domesticating Vigilantism in Ghana’s Fourth Republic: The Challenge Ahead

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Political vigilante violence in Ghana: its human rights implications

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