Prof Kwame Boafo-Arthur

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EDUCATION

• PhD (Political Science) - University of Ghana, Legon, 1992
• MA (Political Science) - Carleton University, Canada, 1983
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Political Science- University of Ghana, Legon, 1979

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION

• International Politics
• Theory of International Relations

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Politics of International Economic Relations
• Political Institutions
• The Making of Foreign Policy.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2018). Structural adjustment, policies and democracy in Ghana. In IMF and World Bank Sponsored Structural Adjustment Programs in Africa (pp. 241-271). Routledge.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2008). Democracy and stability in West Africa: the Ghanaian experience. Nordiska Afrikainstitutet; Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2005). National reconciliation or polarisation? Preliminary reflections on the politics of the Ghana National Reconciliation Commission. The crisis of the state and regionalism in West Africa. Codesria, Dakar, 105-126.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2003). Chieftaincy in Ghana: Challenges and prospects in the 21st century. African and Asian Studies, 2(2), 125-153.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2003). Tackling Africa's developmental dilemmas: Is globalization the answer?. Journal of Third World Studies, 20(1), 27-54.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2002). Neo-liberalism, human security, and pan-Africanist ideals: synergies and contradictions. African Journal of International Affairs, 5(1-2).
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2001). Chieftaincy and politics in Ghana since 1982. West Africa Review, 3(1).
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2000). Trapped in development crisis and Balkanisation: Africa versus globalisation. African Journal of Political Science/Revue africaine de science politique, 124-145.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (1999). Ghana: Structural adjustment, democratization, and the politics of continuity. African Studies Review, 42(2), 41-72.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (1999). Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPS) in Ghana: Interrogating NDC's Implementation. West Africa Review, 1(1).
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (1993). Political parties and prospects for national stability. Political parties and Ghana’s Fourth Republic, Woeli Publishing Services, Accra, 224-45.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2006). Voting for democracy in Ghana: The 2004 elections in perspective (Vol. 1). Accra: Freedom Publications.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2009). Ghana and the Politics of Sub-Regional Integration. Nation-States and the Challenges of Regional Integration in West Africa. The case of Ghana, 19.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (1997). Fighting for Survival: The State of Grass-Roots Civil Society Organizations in'Post-Transition'Ghana. Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies, 25(1).
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (1992). Europe 1992: A Challenge to Sub-Saharan African Development. Africa Development/Afrique et Développement, 27-43.
• Boafo-Arthur, K., & Salih, M. A. (2003). Political parties and democratic sustainability in Ghana, 1992-2000. African Political Parties: Evolution, Institutionalisation and Governance, 207-238.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2004). The 2004 general elections: An overview. Voting for democracy in Ghana: The, 33-58.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (1994). Democracy and the prospects for integration in West Africa. Africa Insight, 24(4), 281-286.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (1993). Ghana's External Relations Since 31 December 1981. Ghana under PNDC Rule. London: CODESRIA, 135-153.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (1998). The international community and Ghana's transition to democracy. Codesria.
• Amponsah, N., & Boafo-Arthur, K. (Eds.). (2003). Local government in Ghana: Grassroots participation in the 2002 local government elections. Uniflow Publishing.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (1996). Party organization, finance and the democratic process: the case of the opposition parties. The, 77-92.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2004). The quest for national reconciliation in Ghana: Challenges and prospects. Voting for democracy in Ghana: The, 127-155.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2003). Prospects for Ghana’s drive towards democratic maturity. Local Government in Ghana. Livog Limited, Accra, 247-266.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (1995). Managing Inter-Party Conflict in Ghanaian Politics: Lessons from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dialogue. Democracy and Conflict Resolution in Ghana. Accra: Gold-Type Publications Ltd, 212-30.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (1989). Trends in Ghana’s foreign policy after Nkrumah. The State, Development, and Politics in Ghana, 137-162.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2000). Trapped in Development Crisis and Balkanisation: Africa Versus Globalisation. AJr. j. polit. sci. (20O0), Vol. 5 No. 1, 124-145
• Amponsah, N., & Boafo-Arthur, K. (2003). Ghana’s Democratic Renaissance: An Overview. Local Government in Ghana. Department of Political Science, University of Ghana, Legon.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2006). Voting for democracy in Ghana. The 2004 elections in perspective, 1.
• Boafo-Arthur, K., & Gyimah-Boadi, E. (2006). Africa’s Evolving Relations with Israel. Israel and Africa: Assessing the Past, Envisioning the Future, 26-33.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2004). Conclusion: Is democracy on course in Ghana. Voting for Democracy in Ghana: the, 33-58.
• Aryee, J., Frempong, A., Asante, R., & Boafo-Arthur, K. (2011). Local Power Struggles, Conflicts and Conflict Resolution in Ghana. Dakar: CODESRIA Research Reports.
• Snook, S. L., Ayee, J. R., Boafo-Arthur, K., & Aryeetey, E. (1998). Civil society and local government in twenty districts in Ghana: Surprises, problems and opportunities. IFES Project ECSELL Baseline Assessment, Accra.
• Aryee, J., Frempong, A., Asante, R., & Boafo-Arthur, K. (2011). Local Power Struggles, Conflicts and Conflict Resolution in Ghana. Dakar: CODESRIA Research Reports.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2001). Election Monitoring and Observation in Ghana: Problems and Prospects. Deepening Denlocra, 86-l04.
• Essuman-Johnson, A., & Boafo-Arthur, K. (2007). Organized labour and the liberal state. Ghana: One decade of the liberal state, 205-226.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2001, May). Tradition’against the State? Confronting Chiefs and State Authority in Ghana. In African Studies Centre Seminar. Leiden.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2003). Chieftaincy in Ghana: Challenges and Prospects in the 21st Century.‘Chieftaincy in Africa: Culture. Governance and Development. ACCRA.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2007). Half-a-century of Ghana’s foreign policy: An assessment. GHANA AT 50: GOVERNMENT, POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT, 197.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2003). Prospects for Ghana’s Drive towards Democratic Maturity in local government in Ghana, Grassroots participation in 2002 local elections. Department of political Science, University of Ghana.
• Aryee, J., Frempong, A., Asante, R., & Boafo-Arthur, K. (2011). Local power struggles, conflicts and conflict resolution in Ghana: The causes, dynamics and policy implications of land-related conflicts in the Greater Accra and eastern regions of Ghana (No. 3). Research Report.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (1993). Ghana, Some Foreign Aid Issues (Vol. 58). Africa Institute of South Africa.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2003). Human Rights and Development in Africa: Interrogating NEPAD's Missing Rights-based Development Approach (Vol. 1). Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2007). Ecowas: The Journey So Far. South African Yearbook of International Affairs, 169.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2006). Mfantseman East and Cape Coast Constituencies. Voting for Democracy in Ghana: Constituency studies, 2, 169.
• Boafo-Arthur, K. (2008). Regime Change and Foreign Policy Orientation in Ghanaian Politics: The Post-Nkrumah Years in Perspective. University of Ghana.