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A TALE OF TWO REGIMES/COUNTRIES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS IN GHANA AND THE GAMBIA

Obeta, Miracle
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1255663256

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2009, Master of Arts, Miami University, Political Science.
This paper assesses the political transmutations from “Military to Civilian Leadership” of Jerry Rawlings in Ghana and The Gambia under Yahya Jammeh. It examines why Ghana seemed to have “successfully” transitioned to a more democratic dispensation under Rawlings and why The Gambia, under Jammeh, failed to do so. It addresses three key research questions: firstly, how and why did Ghana successfully “transition” to a leading democracy in the continent under the watch of Jerry Rawlings? Secondly, how and why did The Gambia “fail” in its transition efforts to move toward more democratic norms under President Yahya Jammeh? Finally, what accounts for the different pathologies and outcomes in the transition programs of Rawlings’s in Ghana and Jammeh’s Gambia? The basic argument the paper makes is that the varying political and economic outcomes in The Gambia and Ghana are attributable to the levels of regime/ leadership commitment to democracy and perhaps, more importantly, to neo-liberal reform in both countries.
Abdoulaye Saine, PhD (Committee Chair)
Cyril Daddieh, PhD (Committee Member)
William Hazleton, PhD (Committee Member)
34 p.
Political Science
Jerry John Rawlings; President Yahya Jammeh; Democracy; Neoliberal Reform; Ghana; The Gambia

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  • Obeta, M. (2009). A TALE OF TWO REGIMES/COUNTRIES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS IN GHANA AND THE GAMBIA [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1255663256

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Obeta, Miracle. A TALE OF TWO REGIMES/COUNTRIES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS IN GHANA AND THE GAMBIA. 2009. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1255663256.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Obeta, Miracle. "A TALE OF TWO REGIMES/COUNTRIES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS IN GHANA AND THE GAMBIA." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1255663256

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