| Summary: | <pre style="text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #000000;">Elections</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">have</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">generally</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">been</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">recognized</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">as</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">the</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">most</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">democratic</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">means</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">of</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">establishing</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">governments</span><span style="color: #000000;">. </span><span style="color: #000000;">However</span><span style="color: #000000;">, </span><span style="color: #000000;">whereas</span><span style="color: #000000;"> Ghana </span><span style="color: #000000;">has</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">seen</span><span style="color: #000000;"> a </span><span style="color: #000000;">remarkable</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">increase</span><span style="color: #000000;"> in </span><span style="color: #000000;">the</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">occurrence</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">of</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">elections</span><span style="color: #000000;"> in </span><span style="color: #000000;">the</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">post</span><span style="color: #000000;">-</span><span style="color: #000000;">third</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">wave</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">period</span><span style="color: #000000;">, this </span><span style="color: #000000;">democratic</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">gain</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">has</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">been</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">battered</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">by</span><span style="color: #000000;"> a </span><span style="color: #000000;">corresponding</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">proliferation</span><span style="color: #000000;"> in </span><span style="color: #000000;">the</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">incidence</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">of</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">electoral</span><span style="color: #000000;">-</span><span style="color: #000000;">related</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">violence</span><span style="color: #000000;"> in </span><span style="color: #000000;">certain</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">parts</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">of</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">the</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">country</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">before</span><span style="color: #000000;">, </span><span style="color: #000000;">during</span><span style="color: #000000;"> and </span><span style="color: #000000;">after</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">elections</span><span style="color: #000000;">. </span><span style="color: #000000;">This</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">study</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">intends</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">to</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">contribute</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">to</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">the</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">existing</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">literature</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">on</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">the</span><span style="color: #000000;"> intersection </span><span style="color: #000000;">between</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">democracy</span><span style="color: #000000;">, </span><span style="color: #000000;">electoral</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">violence</span><span style="color: #000000;"> and human </span><span style="color: #000000;">security</span><span style="color: #000000;"> in Ghana and </span><span style="color: #000000;">Africa</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">at</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">large</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">by</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">exploring</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">the</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">effect</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">of</span><span style="color: #000000;"> such </span><span style="color: #000000;">violence</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">on</span><span style="color: #000000;"> human </span><span style="color: #000000;">security</span><span style="color: #000000;"> in </span><span style="color: #000000;">the</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">Odododioidio</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">constituency</span><span style="color: #000000;"> in </span><span style="color: #000000;">the</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">Greater</span><span style="color: #000000;"> Region </span><span style="color: #000000;">of</span><span style="color: #000000;"> Ghana. </span><span style="color: #000000;">Drawing</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">mainly</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">on</span><span style="color: #000000;"> qualitative </span><span style="color: #000000;">data</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">generated</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">through</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">group</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">discussions</span><span style="color: #000000;"> and in-</span><span style="color: #000000;">depth</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">interviews</span><span style="color: #000000;">, </span><span style="color: #000000;">the</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">study</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">revealed</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">seven</span><span style="color: #000000;"> key human </span><span style="color: #000000;">security</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">concerns</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">that</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">are</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">undermined</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">by</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">electoral</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">violence</span><span style="color: #000000;"> in </span><span style="color: #000000;">the</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">study</span><span style="color: #000000;"> location. </span><span style="color: #000000;">The</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">paper</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">proposes</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">interventions</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">that</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">could</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">contribute</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">significantly</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">to</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">avert</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">the</span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">situation</span><span style="color: #000000;">.</span></pre><!-- p, li { 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