Public Policy in Ghana

Michael Kpessa-Whyte is Associate Professor at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana. His research focuses on the nexus between partisan politics and public policy.James Dzisah is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Sociology, University of Ghana. His research focuses on knowledge production, globalization and development.

• Chapter 1- Introduction to Public Policy in Ghana: Conceptual and Practical Insights. Part I. Governance and Institutional Context of Public Policy.- Chapter 2- The Context and Content of Public Policy in Africa.- Chapter 3- Policy Capacity of the Legislature and Evidence-Informed Policy-making in Ghana: A Comparative Analysis Gedion.- Chapter 4 - The Executive Arm of Government and Public Policy in Ghana.- Chapter 5- It’s Not Only About Value for Money: Evolution and Development of SOEs and the Making of State-Led Economic Development Policy in Ghana.- Chapter 6- Trends, Drivers, and Complexities of Policy Change: The Case of Ghana’s Narcotics Policy Landscape.- Chapter 7- Ghana’s Informal Automobile Repairs and Retail Sector.- Part II. Actors, Knowledge and Policy Matters.- Chapter 8- Ideas, Interests, and Institutions in Public Policy Making.- Chapter 9- Research and Knowledge in Policy Making.- Chapter 10- Think Tanks as Collective Policy Entrepreneurs and the Art of Policy Making in Ghana.- Chapter 11- Global pressures in policy making: Insights from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and Ghana’s petroleum industry.- Chapter 12- The Politics of ‘Physics Envy’ and the Coloniality of Policy Making.- Part III. New Media, Public Opinion and Policy Publics.- Chapter 13- Public Policy Making in the Age of New Media Wilberforce.- Chapter 14- Political Delivery Marketing in Ghana.- Chapter 15- Public opinion and the policy making process in Ghana’s Fourth Republic.- Chapter 16- An Analysis of Public Participation in Policy Making Processes.