Electoral Violence and Human Security in Ghana: A Case of Odododiodio Constituency of the Greater Accra Region
<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;"> &l...
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| description | <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: 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| spelling | doaj.art-12124ae93ebd4a68bb935e5e7891a8472023-12-24T12:38:25ZengLibrellophJournal of Human Security1835-38002023-02-01191425210.12924/johs2023.19010042233Electoral Violence and Human Security in Ghana: A Case of Odododiodio Constituency of the Greater Accra RegionHarrison Kwame Golo0Prize McApreko1Lawrence Quarshie2University of Education, Winneba, GhanaDepartment of Water Resources and Sustainable Development (DWRSD), University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD), Eastern Region, GhanaUniversity of Education, Winneba, Ghana<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 { white-space: pre-wrap; } -->http://www.librelloph.com/journalofhumansecurity/article/view/849conflictdemocracyelectionshuman securityviolence |
| spellingShingle | Harrison Kwame Golo Prize McApreko Lawrence Quarshie Electoral Violence and Human Security in Ghana: A Case of Odododiodio Constituency of the Greater Accra Region Journal of Human Security conflict democracy elections human security violence |
| title | Electoral Violence and Human Security in Ghana: A Case of Odododiodio Constituency of the Greater Accra Region |
| title_full | Electoral Violence and Human Security in Ghana: A Case of Odododiodio Constituency of the Greater Accra Region |
| title_fullStr | Electoral Violence and Human Security in Ghana: A Case of Odododiodio Constituency of the Greater Accra Region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Electoral Violence and Human Security in Ghana: A Case of Odododiodio Constituency of the Greater Accra Region |
| title_short | Electoral Violence and Human Security in Ghana: A Case of Odododiodio Constituency of the Greater Accra Region |
| title_sort | electoral violence and human security in ghana a case of odododiodio constituency of the greater accra region |
| topic | conflict democracy elections human security violence |
| url | http://www.librelloph.com/journalofhumansecurity/article/view/849 |
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