Ghanaian Politics and Political Communication (Africa: Past (New)

Ghanaian Politics and Political CommunicationAuthor(s): Samuel\nGyasi Obeng , Emmanuel Debrah\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Rowman & Littlefield International\nISBN-13: 9781786613691, 978-1786613691\nSynopsis\nWorking from multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives (especially, from the social sciences, media studies discourse analysis, text grammar, folklore, performing arts and linguistics), the authors of the volume investigate and illuminate pertinent issues on democratization, elections and electioneering campaigns and the constitution of order in an African context. \n\nThe strategies through which political actors and the media speak about important policy issues such as healthcare, infrastructure, education, and finance during presidential sessional addresses and political campaigning are also elucidated. The extent of political ecologies impact on general elections, on policy issues, and on split-ticket voting.