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Mr. Alexander Kaakyire Duku Frempong

Mr. Alexander Kaakyire Duku Frempong
Senior Lecturer
akdfrempong@ug.edu.gh / kaadupong2002@yaho.co.uk

 

PROFILE

Alex K. D. Frempong holds B. A. (Hons), Political Science with Geography, UG (1982) and M. Phil, Political Science (1999), both from the University of Ghana, Legon.  Appointed a Lecturer in the Department of Political Science in 2000 in his alma mater, he was promoted Senior Lecturer in 2006. Over the years he has taught undergraduate courses at all levels as well as at the graduate level in his areas of specialization: Conflict Studies, Democracy & Elections and Human Rights. He has also served as part-time/adjunct lecturer in several public and private universities in Ghana and in addition as guest lecturer at the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) and the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC).

Earlier, as a professional teacher from 1976, he taught over two decades in several first and second cycles institutions in Ghana and Sierra Leone. 

To his credit are several published journal articles and book chapters in addition to his seminal books on Elections in Ghana.

He has researched for such international bodies as the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), the Consortium for Development Partnerships (CDP), Open Society Initiatives in West Africa (OSIWA), the Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung (KAS)  and the Danish Institute for Political Parties (DIPP) and on the local plane, for the African Security Dialogue & Research (ASDR), the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG). As a member of the African Union Elections Observer Mission (AUEOM), he has observed Elections in Kenya and Zimbabwe.

He has also attended and presented international conferences across Africa and in the USA, Colombia, Costa Rica, Finland, the Netherlands and India.

EDUCATION

M. Phil, Political Science -  University of Ghana

B. A. (Hons), Political Science - University of Ghana

RESEARCH INTERESTS 

Conflict Studies, Democracy & Elections, Human Rights

CURRENT RESEARCH

Electoral Politics in Ghana at the national, regional, constituency and thematic levels

COURSES TAUGHT

  • POLI 444: Electoral Politics & Democracy in Ghana
  • POLI 455: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding & Transitional Justice
  • POLI 458: Politics of Identity in Ghana
  • POLI 631: Conflict Resolution & Peace Studies
  • POLI 656: Human Rights in Africa
  • POLI 675: Government & Politics in Ghana

PUBLICATIONS/ RESEARCH OUTPUT

Journal Articles

  1. Owusu-Mensah, I & Frempong, A. K. D. (2015) “The Judiciary and Ghana’s 2012 Elections: Analysis of the 2012 Presidential Elections Petition and its Ramifications for Democratic Development in Ghana”, Developing Country Studies, Vol. 5, No.20, 2015, pp. 20-23.
  2. A. K. D Frempong (2010) “Playing the Second Fiddle: Reflections on Running Mate Selection and the Vice Presidency in the Fourth Republic of Ghana”, Ghana Social Science Journal, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 119-144.
  3. A. K. D Frempong, (2009) “The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Liberian Civil War”, Tarikh, New Series Issue 2, pp. 51-63.
  4. A. K. D Frempong (2008) “Reflections on By-Elections in the Fourth Republic of Ghana”, Ghana Studies, Vol. 11, pp. 105-137.
  5. A. K. D Frempong (2008) “Election 2008: Another Presidential Run-Off?” The New Legon Observer, Vol.2, No. 10, 12 June, pp.4-8.
  6. A. K. D Frempong (2006/2007) “Ghana’s 2004 Elections in the Nkawkaw Constituency and the Dilemma of Incumbency”, Ghana Social Science Journal, Vols. 3&4, June/December 2006/2007, pp. 33-45.
  7. A. K. D Frempong (2006) “The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance: An Assessment.” Legon Journal of International Affairs, Vol.3, No. 2, November, pp. 45-58.
  8. A. K. D Frempong (2006) “The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): The Search for Peace and Democratic Governance”, Legon Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 3, No1, May, pp. 20-38.
  9. A. K. D Frempong (2005) “State Formation and Collapse in Africa: The Case of Liberia”, Hemisphere: Studies on Culture and Societies, No. 20, pp. 121-131.
  10. A. K. D Frempong (2003) “The Dynamics of War and Peace in Liberia”, Indian Journal of African Studies, Vol. XIV, Nos.1 & 2, April & October, pp. 35-63
  11. A. K. D Frempong (2002) “Chieftaincy, Democracy and Human Rights in Pre-Colonial Africa: A Study of the Akan Political System in Ghana” Indian Journal of African Studies, Vol. XIII, Nos.1 & 2, April & October 2002, pp. 11-26
  12. A. K. D Frempong (2000/2001) “The Liberian Civil War: The Tubman Factor”, Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana, New Sons, Nos. 4 & 5, University of Ghana, Legon, pp.123-130.

Book Chapters

  1. Frempong, A. K. D & Siaw, E (2021), “Elite Conflict and Consensus in Ghana’s Fourth Republic” in Wale Adebanwi & Rogers Orock (eds) Elites and the Politics of Accountability in Africa, Michigan University Press.
  2. Siaw, E & Frempong, A. K. D. (2019) “Chiefs and Politicians in Ghana: Competitors, Collaborators or Uneasy Bedfellows?” in J. R. A. Ayee, ed. Politics, Governance, and Development in Ghana”, Lanham/Boulder/New York/London: Lexington Books
  3. Frempong, A. K. D (2019) “Change and Continuity in Ghana’s Electoral Politics (1951-2016)” in J. R. A. Ayee, ed. Politics, Governance, and Development in Ghana”, Lanham/Boulder/New York/London: Lexington Books.
  4. Frempong, A. K. D. (2017) “Trajectories of Intra-Party Succession: The New Patriotic Party and Ghana’s Election 2008”, in Asare & Frempong, eds. Selected Issues in Ghana’s Democracy, Tema: Digibooks Ltd. pp. 29-58.
  5. Frempong, A. K. D. (2014) “Ethnicity, Democracy and Ghana’s Election 2004”,  in E. Debrah, E. Gyimah-Boadi, A. Essumman-Johnson & K. A. Ninsin, eds, Ghana: Essays in the Study of Political  Science, University of Ghana Readers, Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers, pp.73-89.
  6. A. K. D Frempong (2009) “The Executive and State Institutions as Primary Actors in Articulating Ghana’s Integration Policies in West Africa: Challenges and the Way Forward” in Ghana in Search of Regional Integration Agenda, Accra: LECIA/FES-Ghana, pp. 23-40
  7. A. K. D Frempong (2009) “Monitoring Democratic Governance within ECOWAS: The Theory and Practice” in U. Joy Ogwu and W. O. Alli, eds. ECOWAS: Milestones in Regional Integration, Lagos: Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), pp. 123-148.
  8. A. K. D Frempong (2008) “Innovations in Electoral Politics in Ghana’s Fourth Republic: An Analysis” in Ciska Raventos, ed Democratic Innovation in the South: Participation and Representation in Asia, Africa and Latin America, Buenos Aires: CLACSO Books, pp. 189-210.
  9. A. K. D Frempong (2007) “Constitution-Making and Constitutional Rule in Ghana”, in J. R. A. Ayee, ed. Ghana at 50: Government, Politics and Development, Accra: Dept. of Political Science, Univ. of Ghana/Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, pp. 51-76 
  10. A. K. D Frempong (2007) “Political Conflict and Elite Consensus in the Liberal State”, in Kwame Boafo-Arthur, ed. Ghana: One Decade of the Liberal State, London/Dakar: Zed/CODESRIA Books, pp.128-164 
  11. A. K. D Frempong (2006) “Ethnicity, Democracy and Ghana’s Election 2004” in Kwame Boafo-Arthur, ed. Voting for Democracy in Ghana: The 2004 Elections in Perspective, Vol.1, Accra: Freedom Publications, pp. 157-186
  12. A. K. D Frempong (2006) “The Politics of Election 2004 in the Nkawkaw and Afram Plains South Constituencies: Continuity or Change?” in Kwame Boafo-Arthur ed. Voting for Democracy in Ghana: The 2004 Elections in Perspective, Vol.2, Accra: Freedom Publications, pp. 207-230. 
  13. A. K. D Frempong (2006) “The Politics of Election 2004 in the Nkawkaw and Afram Plains South Constituencies: Continuity or Change?” in Kwame Boafo-Arthur ed. Voting for Democracy in Ghana: The 2004 Elections in Perspective, Vol.2, Accra: Freedom Publications, pp. 207-230. 
  14. A. K. D Frempong (2005) “NEPAD and the African Peer Review Mechanism: Prospects and Challenges” in Isaac O, Albert, ed. Perspectives on Peace and Conflict in Africa, Institute of African Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies Programme, University of Ibadan,  Ibadan: Archers Press, 2005, pp. 312-324.
  15. A. K. D Frempong (2003) “The Non-Partisan District Assembly System: Myths and Realities” in Nicholas Amponsah and K. Boafo-Arthur, ed, (2003) Local Government in Ghana: Grassroots Participation in the 2002 Local Government Elections, Accra: Uniflow Publishing Ltd, pp. 187-208 
  16. A. K. D Frempong (2001) “Ghana’s Election 2000: “The Ethnic Undercurrents”, in J.R.A. Ayee (ed.), Deepening Democracy in Ghana: Politics of the 2000 Elections, Accra: Freedom Publications, Vol.1. pp. 141-159.
  17. A. K. D Frempong (2001) “A Comparative Analysis of Electoral Survey of Nkawkaw and Afram Plains South Constituencies in Ghana’s Election 2000”, in J.R.A. Ayee (ed.), Deepening Democracy in Ghana: Politics of the 2000 Elections, Accra: Freedom Publications, Vol.2. pp. 350-377.

Books/Monographs

  1. Asare, B. E. & Frempong, A. K. D. eds. (2017) Selected Issues in Ghana’s Democracy, Tema: Digibooks Ltd.
  2. Frempong A. K. D. (2017) Elections in Ghana (1951-2016), Tema: Digibooks Ltd.
  3. Frempong A. K. D. (2016) Politics and Elections in Ghana-A Reader, Tema: Digibooks Ltd.
  4. Frempong A. K. D. (2017) Elections in Ghana (1951-2012), Accra: Life@60 Publishers.
  5. Frempong, A. K. D. (2012) Electoral Politics in Ghana’s Fourth Republic in the Context of Post-Cold War Africa, Accra: YAMENS Press,  
  6. Ayee, J. R. A, Frempong, A. K. D, Asante R. & Boafo-Arthur, K. (2011), Local Context of Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Ghana: The Causes, Dynamics and Policy Implications of Land-Related Conflicts in Greater Accra and Eastern Regions of Ghana, Dakar: CODESRIA.

SELECTED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  1. NIMD-IIDEA 2015 Africa Regional Conference on “Political Parties in the Fast-Changing Technology-Driven Environment”, Addis Ababa, 9-13 December 2015. Paper Presented: Political Parties, Digital Technologies and Social Media in Ghana”.
  2. American Political Science Association (APSA) African Workshop on “Representation Reconsidered”, Institute for Development Studies (IDS), University of Nairobi, Kenya, 23 July – 6 August 2011. Papers Presented: 1. The International Context of Democratization in Africa. 2. The Ethnic and Regional Dynamics of Ghana’s Election 2008
  3. PARTICIPANT: Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) Meeting: Supporting Election Studies in Africa, La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, Accra, 27-28 September 2010. Paper Presented: Reflections on Election Studies in Ghana.
  4. PARTICIPANT: IDEG/UNDP Methodological Workshop on Democratic Political Transition and Human Development, Akosombo, Ghana, 10-11 September 2010. Proposal Presented: Political Transition, the State Machinery and Human Development. `
  5. PRESENTER: Center for Political Studies (CPS) Interdisciplinary Workshop on Politics and Policy, UMICH, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, July 22, 2009.  Paper Presented: Electoral Politics in Post-Cold War Africa: Lessons from Ghana.
  6. MEMBER OF UMICH DELEGATION: African Social Research Initiative (ASRI) Launch Conference, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Jul 1-3, 2009.    Paper Presented: Opinion Research on Governance and Citizenship in Africa: Lessons from the Electoral Studies by the Department of Political Science, University of Ghana.
  7. PRESENTER: Faculty of Social Studies 2007-2008 Inter-Faculty Lecture, Legon, 24 April 2008. Paper Presented: Ghana’s 1979 and 2000 Presidential Run-Off Elections Revisited: Lessons for Election 2008.    
  8. AFRICAN REPRESENTATIVE: APISA-CLASCO-CODESRIA International Workshop on Democratic Innovation in the South, San Jose, Costa Rica, 5-7 March 2007. Paper Presented: Innovations in Electoral Politics in Ghana’s Fourth Republic: An Analysis.
  9. PARTICIPANT: CODESRIA Multinational Working Group (MWG) Validation Workshop on Citizenship and Identity in Contemporary Africa, Dakar, Senegal, 6-8 December 2006.   Paper Presented: “The Settler Factor in the Electoral Politics of Ghana’s Fourth Republic
  10. PARTICIPANT: International Conference on ECOWAS at 30: Milestones in Regional Integration, Nigeria Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Lagos, Nigeria, 23-24 May 2006. Paper Presented: “Monitoring Democratic Governance within ECOWAS: The Theory and Practice.
  11. PARTICIPANT: The Nordic Africa Institute (Uppsala) Conference on Post-Conflict Elections in West Africa: Challenges for Democracy and Reconstruction, Accra, Ghana 15-17 May 2006. Paper Presented: “Dilemmas of Post-Conflict Elections: An Analysis of Liberia’s 1997 and 2005 Elections”.
  12. PRESENTER:  Seminar on Transitional Justice, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA, 6 April 2005 Paper Presented: “The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Sierra Leone: An Analysis”                         
  13. RESOURCE PERSON: Universdad Externado de Colombia African Studies Second International Symposium on Peace Processes in Africa: An Experience for Colombia, Bogota, Colombia, 8-9 November 2004. Papers Presented: 1 “The Vicissitudes of Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Liberia (1997-2004). 2. “One-and-Half Decades of ECOWAS’ Regional Intervention and Conflict Management: Achievements and Challenges.                                                
  14. PARTICIPANT: Northwestern University/The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs Consortium for Development Partnerships (CDP) Planning Conference, Eerbeek, The Netherlands, 15-18 July 2004. Paper Presented: “Regionalism and Peacebuilding”
  15. PARTICIPANT: Second Workshop on “State and Everyday Life in Africa”, University of Helsinki, Finland, 4-6 May 2001.Paper Presented: “State Formation and Collapse in Liberia”.

Fellowships:

  1. Visiting Scholar: University of Michigan African Presidential Scholar (UMAPS) Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 2008-2009
  2. Exchange Scholar, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford USA.
  3. Fellow: Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Youth Fellowship on African Youth in a Global Age, 2002-2003

Academic Affiliations

  • Member: University of Michigan African Social Research Initiative (ASRI), Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
  • Member- Council for Development of Social Science Research in Africa

(CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal.

  • Member: Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) Project.