Osman Antwi-Boateng
Biographic Data
| ID | 4128326 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Osman Antwi-Boateng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Osman |
| FAMILY NAME | Antwi-Boateng |
| SIGNATURE | ANTWI-BOATENG O |
| AFFILIATIONS | United Arab Emirates University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1862-7736 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Does Social Capital Moderate Happiness for Men and Women with Disabilities
Corporate social responsibility in a non-western context: The case of the United Arab Emirates
Using the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a non-Western and Middle Eastern case study, this study investigates the benefits and challenges of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). This is pursued via a qualitative methodology of semi-structured in-depth personal interviews of a group of senior managers from the public, private, and quasi-governmental sectors. Using the stakeholder theoryḍ and the thematic analysis approach. the study reveals the f…
Youth engagement and pavilion experiences at Dubai Expo 2020
In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UAE successfully organized the Dubai Expo 2020, with the host country and organizers, targeting the youth as a very significant demography for programming and marketing. This qualitative study, thus, interviewed young UAE residents between the ages of 15–24 to determine what influenced or mired their country pavilion visits. Their responses audio-recorded and thematically analyzed to determine common pattern…
United Arab Emirates’ Pursuit of Soft Power through Cultural Diplomacy and Its Challenges
Using the qualitative methodology for the textual analysis of primary and secondary sources, this study examines the United Arab Emirates’ ( UAE ’s) cultural diplomacy strategies aimed at achieving soft power and their attendant challenges. The study reveals that the UAE has heavily invested in a diverse cultural diplomacy program such as flagship museums, iconic religious buildings, hosting major sporting events, and serving as an international …
The Focus and Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility in the United Arab Emirates
Political vigilantism in Ghana: Motives, membership, and financing
This comprehensive study of political vigilantism in Ghana examines the motives, membership, and financing of the phenomenon and proffers solutions to combat it. We use a qualitative methodology of personal interviews with a broad section of Ghanaian political stakeholders totaling 50 participants. This included 30 political vigilante members equally affiliated with the New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress and selected from th…
Investigative journalism in the era of promotional politics: The case of Nigeria
In the current democratic dispensation in Nigeria in particular, and Africa in general, the public reputation of politicians and people in authority has acquired a new higher premium on which the political context is fought. Citizens make use of available information and knowledge about the reputation of politicians to arrive at rational choices. In the context of the responsibility placed on journalism in a liberal democracy, the media is looked…
Partisans and Participants: Democracy, New Media, and Nigerian Diaspora in New Zealand
This article argues that in the era of neo-liberal globalization there has been intensification in the movement of goods, people, and capital across national boundaries. Our ethnographic studies of Nigerian immigrants in New Zealand point to the dispersal of Africans with very active partisan roles in their homeland democratic developments. This African transnationalism, as will be seen in the case of Nigeria, is made possible and sustained by de…
Audience listenership of FM radio: A case study of rural development in Northern Ghana
The quest for effective strategies for rural development continues to be a challenge for policymakers in sub-Saharan Africa and their development partners. Communication development strategies executed using FM stations have emerged as a promising tool as a result of the medium being the most popular source of information among rural dwellers in the region. Thus, this research explores the efficacy of FM radio in rural development by examining th…
The post‐oil strategy of the UAE: An examination of diversification strategies and challenges
This article aims to highlight and evaluate initiatives of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government to diversify its economy away from oil dependency. This is accomplished via a qualitative methodology by collecting data through in‐depth interviews with government officials, experts, and academics to amass different views and perspectives on this matter. The findings show that the government has a clear vision for diversification, which is embod…
FM Stations’ Role in Rural Development: The Case of Northern Ghana
Over the past two decades, Ghana’s media landscape has undergone radical transformation, leading to the emergence of hundreds of frequency modulation ( FM ) stations across the country. These stations have become the country’s most powerful mediums of communication, carrying an array of programs aimed at diverse audiences. With northern Ghana as a case study, this research examines FM stations’ role in rural development, their mode of impact, and…
Movers, Motives, and Impact of Illegal Small-Scale Mining: A Case Study in Ghana
This research unravels the agents and driving motivation behind the rise of illegal small-scale mining in Ghana and its impact. This is accomplished via a qualitative study using illegal small-scale mining in the Talensi and Nabdam districts of Ghana as a case study. At the forefront of this phenomenon are rent-seeking elites, whereas structural factors such as rising unemployment and high population growth, as well as opportunistic factors inclu…
The emergence of the United Arab Emirates as a global soft power: Current strategies and future challenges
Using the Soft Power 30 Index, this research focusses on assessing the soft power status of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by examining the elements of its soft power and potential challenges it may face in the future. This study conducts in-depth interviews with foreign diplomats and academics based in the UAE and Emirati diplomats and academics. These data are supplemented with primary and secondary data from governmental and international agen…
The Role of Norm Entrepreneurship in Nation-Building: Sheikh Zayed of the United Arab Emirates
Focussing on Sheikh Zayed, the founder of the United Arab Emirates, this paper examines the way norm entrepreneurship functions in nation-building. As an effectual norm entrepreneur who championed certain transformative nation-building norms, Sheikh Zayed transformed the UAE into a modern state without sacrificing its traditional identity. Politically, these norms include the adoption of federalism as a governing mechanism, his practice of consul…
Golden Migrants: The Rise and Impact of Illegal Chinese Small‐Scale Mining in Ghana
This article investigates factors that attract Chinese migrants into illegal small‐scale mining in Ghana, their role in the supply chain, and the impact of their involvement. This is accomplished via mixed qualitative techniques involving interviews with illegal small‐scale Chinese and Ghanaian miners, and relevant Ghanaian stakeholders. Although the majority of Chinese interests in African mining is state sponsored, the Ghana case demonstrates p…
The Dilemma of Ghana-Based Liberian Refugees and the Challenges of Repatriation and Integration
In the aftermath of the Liberian civil war and the signing of the final peace agreement among the warring factions, the international community and host countries of Liberian refugees in the West African sub-region disproportionately pursued the policy of refugee repatriation to Liberia at the expense of other options such as integration and resettlement as a solution for the refugee problem. Using the Liberian refugees in the Buduburam refugee c…
Beyond rentierism: The United Arab Emirates’ exceptionalism in a turbulent region
The Arab-Muslim world is often described negatively as undemocratic, intolerant and economically backward. Rare positive commentary about the region is usually reserved for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states based on the belief that their status as rentier states coupled with immense energy resources has enabled them to escape the failures of the larger region. However, this research posits a United Arab Emirates (UAE) exceptionalism attri…
The Rise of Pan‐Islamic Terrorism in Africa: A Global Security Challenge
Although the vast majority of Africans are peaceful moderates, radical Islamic ideology that fuels pan‐Islamic terrorism is on the rise in the continent because of factors that can be categorized under push and pull forces. The push forces are conditions that drive people to embrace the ideology of violent jihad. These involve: local backlash against Americanization/globalization; authoritarian/oppressive political systems; lack of basic human ri…
Public Policy Issues and Campaign Strategies: Examining Rationality and the Role of Social Media in a Legislative Election Within a Middle Eastern Context
While most studies from western countries emphasize rationality in electoral behavior, the present study proposes that rationality is also a driver of candidates' behavior in a non-Western context. The purpose of the present study is to map campaign content as well as campaign strategies of 214 candidates in the 2015 United Arab Emirates legislative elections. The qualitative analysis showed rational consideration drove the selection of both camp…
The Role of Efficacy, Optimism, and Political Networks in Legislative Elections: The Case of United Arab Emirates
The purpose of the present study on political participation in United Arab Emirates is to examine the factors that motivated people to cast their vote in the legislative elections of 2011. To this end, a special questionnaire was administered to a sample of 1,800 citizens and univariate and multivariate methods were used to analyze their responses. Findings reveal that three factors motivated people to cast their vote, namely 1) their political e…
No Spring in A frica: How Sub‐ S aharan A frica Has Avoided the A rab Spring Phenomenon
This article explores in detail the conditions underpinning why Sub‐Saharan Africa has avoided the Arab Spring phenomenon—despite the existence of extremely fertile grounds for political revolutions. Using a historical comparative method, the study draws chiefly from three Arab Spring countries (Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya), and identifies the key factors that aided the domino‐effect of political revolutions in the Middle East and North African (ME…
Determinants of UAE Voters' Preferences for Federal National Council Candidates
The purpose of this study was to explore the voting behavior in United Arab Emirates by asking 1,800 citizens about which criteria they used to vote for a particular candidate in the past Federal National Council elections. Using descriptive statistics, the study showed that although patron-client networks played a role in voter's preferences - as existing literature about Middle East voters' behavior has established - they were superseded by per…
After War then Peace: The US-based Liberian Diaspora as Peace-building Norm Entrepreneurs
The US-based Liberian diaspora's role in the country's 14-year civil war and its aftermath is paradoxical. Consistent with existing literature on the role of diasporas in conflict, the group largely played a role contributing to the outbreak of the Civil War and its continuation. However, in a paradigmatic shift, the group is currently contributing towards the peace-building process by serving as norm entrepreneurs. Factors that have contributed …
A Framework for the Analysis of Peace Agreements and Lessons Learned: The Case of the Sudanese Comprehensive Peace Agreement
Using a ‘Metrics Framework for Accessing Conflict Transformation and Stabilization’ developed by the United States Institute of Peace, this study analyzes the effectiveness of the 2005 Sudanese Comprehensive Peace Agreement in dealing with the underlying causes of conflict. We aim to draw out and develop several important lessons for future international mediators. These lessons are: the recognition that good timing is essential for a successful …
Golden Migrants: The Rise and Impact of Illegal Chinese Small‐Scale Mining in Ghana
This article investigates factors that attract Chinese migrants into illegal small‐scale mining in Ghana, their role in the supply chain, and the impact of their involvement. This is accomplished via mixed qualitative techniques involving interviews with illegal small‐scale Chinese and Ghanaian miners, and relevant Ghanaian stakeholders. Although the majority of Chinese interests in African mining is state sponsored, the Ghana case demonstrates p…
The Role of Efficacy, Optimism, and Political Networks in Legislative Elections: The Case of United Arab Emirates
The purpose of the present study on political participation in United Arab Emirates is to examine the factors that motivated people to cast their vote in the legislative elections of 2011. To this end, a special questionnaire was administered to a sample of 1,800 citizens and univariate and multivariate methods were used to analyze their responses. Findings reveal that three factors motivated people to cast their vote, namely 1) their political e…
Determinants of UAE Voters' Preferences for Federal National Council Candidates
The purpose of this study was to explore the voting behavior in United Arab Emirates by asking 1,800 citizens about which criteria they used to vote for a particular candidate in the past Federal National Council elections. Using descriptive statistics, the study showed that although patron-client networks played a role in voter's preferences - as existing literature about Middle East voters' behavior has established - they were superseded by per…
The Rise of Pan‐Islamic Terrorism in Africa: A Global Security Challenge
Although the vast majority of Africans are peaceful moderates, radical Islamic ideology that fuels pan‐Islamic terrorism is on the rise in the continent because of factors that can be categorized under push and pull forces. The push forces are conditions that drive people to embrace the ideology of violent jihad. These involve: local backlash against Americanization/globalization; authoritarian/oppressive political systems; lack of basic human ri…
After War then Peace: The US-based Liberian Diaspora as Peace-building Norm Entrepreneurs
The US-based Liberian diaspora's role in the country's 14-year civil war and its aftermath is paradoxical. Consistent with existing literature on the role of diasporas in conflict, the group largely played a role contributing to the outbreak of the Civil War and its continuation. However, in a paradigmatic shift, the group is currently contributing towards the peace-building process by serving as norm entrepreneurs. Factors that have contributed …
The emergence of the United Arab Emirates as a global soft power: Current strategies and future challenges
Using the Soft Power 30 Index, this research focusses on assessing the soft power status of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by examining the elements of its soft power and potential challenges it may face in the future. This study conducts in-depth interviews with foreign diplomats and academics based in the UAE and Emirati diplomats and academics. These data are supplemented with primary and secondary data from governmental and international agen…
Beyond rentierism: The United Arab Emirates’ exceptionalism in a turbulent region
The Arab-Muslim world is often described negatively as undemocratic, intolerant and economically backward. Rare positive commentary about the region is usually reserved for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states based on the belief that their status as rentier states coupled with immense energy resources has enabled them to escape the failures of the larger region. However, this research posits a United Arab Emirates (UAE) exceptionalism attri…
Public Policy Issues and Campaign Strategies: Examining Rationality and the Role of Social Media in a Legislative Election Within a Middle Eastern Context
While most studies from western countries emphasize rationality in electoral behavior, the present study proposes that rationality is also a driver of candidates' behavior in a non-Western context. The purpose of the present study is to map campaign content as well as campaign strategies of 214 candidates in the 2015 United Arab Emirates legislative elections. The qualitative analysis showed rational consideration drove the selection of both camp…
The Focus and Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility in the United Arab Emirates
Political vigilantism in Ghana: Motives, membership, and financing
This comprehensive study of political vigilantism in Ghana examines the motives, membership, and financing of the phenomenon and proffers solutions to combat it. We use a qualitative methodology of personal interviews with a broad section of Ghanaian political stakeholders totaling 50 participants. This included 30 political vigilante members equally affiliated with the New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress and selected from th…
The post‐oil strategy of the UAE: An examination of diversification strategies and challenges
This article aims to highlight and evaluate initiatives of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government to diversify its economy away from oil dependency. This is accomplished via a qualitative methodology by collecting data through in‐depth interviews with government officials, experts, and academics to amass different views and perspectives on this matter. The findings show that the government has a clear vision for diversification, which is embod…
The Dilemma of Ghana-Based Liberian Refugees and the Challenges of Repatriation and Integration
In the aftermath of the Liberian civil war and the signing of the final peace agreement among the warring factions, the international community and host countries of Liberian refugees in the West African sub-region disproportionately pursued the policy of refugee repatriation to Liberia at the expense of other options such as integration and resettlement as a solution for the refugee problem. Using the Liberian refugees in the Buduburam refugee c…
A Framework for the Analysis of Peace Agreements and Lessons Learned: The Case of the Sudanese Comprehensive Peace Agreement
Using a ‘Metrics Framework for Accessing Conflict Transformation and Stabilization’ developed by the United States Institute of Peace, this study analyzes the effectiveness of the 2005 Sudanese Comprehensive Peace Agreement in dealing with the underlying causes of conflict. We aim to draw out and develop several important lessons for future international mediators. These lessons are: the recognition that good timing is essential for a successful …
After War then Peace: The US-based Liberian Diaspora as Peace-building Norm Entrepreneurs
The US-based Liberian diaspora's role in the country's 14-year civil war and its aftermath is paradoxical. Consistent with existing literature on the role of diasporas in conflict, the group largely played a role contributing to the outbreak of the Civil War and its continuation. However, in a paradigmatic shift, the group is currently contributing towards the peace-building process by serving as norm entrepreneurs. Factors that have contributed …
No Spring in A frica: How Sub‐ S aharan A frica Has Avoided the A rab Spring Phenomenon
This article explores in detail the conditions underpinning why Sub‐Saharan Africa has avoided the Arab Spring phenomenon—despite the existence of extremely fertile grounds for political revolutions. Using a historical comparative method, the study draws chiefly from three Arab Spring countries (Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya), and identifies the key factors that aided the domino‐effect of political revolutions in the Middle East and North African (ME…
Determinants of UAE Voters' Preferences for Federal National Council Candidates
The purpose of this study was to explore the voting behavior in United Arab Emirates by asking 1,800 citizens about which criteria they used to vote for a particular candidate in the past Federal National Council elections. Using descriptive statistics, the study showed that although patron-client networks played a role in voter's preferences - as existing literature about Middle East voters' behavior has established - they were superseded by per…
The Role of Efficacy, Optimism, and Political Networks in Legislative Elections: The Case of United Arab Emirates
The purpose of the present study on political participation in United Arab Emirates is to examine the factors that motivated people to cast their vote in the legislative elections of 2011. To this end, a special questionnaire was administered to a sample of 1,800 citizens and univariate and multivariate methods were used to analyze their responses. Findings reveal that three factors motivated people to cast their vote, namely 1) their political e…
Beyond rentierism: The United Arab Emirates’ exceptionalism in a turbulent region
The Arab-Muslim world is often described negatively as undemocratic, intolerant and economically backward. Rare positive commentary about the region is usually reserved for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states based on the belief that their status as rentier states coupled with immense energy resources has enabled them to escape the failures of the larger region. However, this research posits a United Arab Emirates (UAE) exceptionalism attri…
The Rise of Pan‐Islamic Terrorism in Africa: A Global Security Challenge
Although the vast majority of Africans are peaceful moderates, radical Islamic ideology that fuels pan‐Islamic terrorism is on the rise in the continent because of factors that can be categorized under push and pull forces. The push forces are conditions that drive people to embrace the ideology of violent jihad. These involve: local backlash against Americanization/globalization; authoritarian/oppressive political systems; lack of basic human ri…
Public Policy Issues and Campaign Strategies: Examining Rationality and the Role of Social Media in a Legislative Election Within a Middle Eastern Context
While most studies from western countries emphasize rationality in electoral behavior, the present study proposes that rationality is also a driver of candidates' behavior in a non-Western context. The purpose of the present study is to map campaign content as well as campaign strategies of 214 candidates in the 2015 United Arab Emirates legislative elections. The qualitative analysis showed rational consideration drove the selection of both camp…
The Role of Norm Entrepreneurship in Nation-Building: Sheikh Zayed of the United Arab Emirates
Focussing on Sheikh Zayed, the founder of the United Arab Emirates, this paper examines the way norm entrepreneurship functions in nation-building. As an effectual norm entrepreneur who championed certain transformative nation-building norms, Sheikh Zayed transformed the UAE into a modern state without sacrificing its traditional identity. Politically, these norms include the adoption of federalism as a governing mechanism, his practice of consul…
Golden Migrants: The Rise and Impact of Illegal Chinese Small‐Scale Mining in Ghana
This article investigates factors that attract Chinese migrants into illegal small‐scale mining in Ghana, their role in the supply chain, and the impact of their involvement. This is accomplished via mixed qualitative techniques involving interviews with illegal small‐scale Chinese and Ghanaian miners, and relevant Ghanaian stakeholders. Although the majority of Chinese interests in African mining is state sponsored, the Ghana case demonstrates p…
The Dilemma of Ghana-Based Liberian Refugees and the Challenges of Repatriation and Integration
In the aftermath of the Liberian civil war and the signing of the final peace agreement among the warring factions, the international community and host countries of Liberian refugees in the West African sub-region disproportionately pursued the policy of refugee repatriation to Liberia at the expense of other options such as integration and resettlement as a solution for the refugee problem. Using the Liberian refugees in the Buduburam refugee c…
FM Stations’ Role in Rural Development: The Case of Northern Ghana
Over the past two decades, Ghana’s media landscape has undergone radical transformation, leading to the emergence of hundreds of frequency modulation ( FM ) stations across the country. These stations have become the country’s most powerful mediums of communication, carrying an array of programs aimed at diverse audiences. With northern Ghana as a case study, this research examines FM stations’ role in rural development, their mode of impact, and…
Movers, Motives, and Impact of Illegal Small-Scale Mining: A Case Study in Ghana
This research unravels the agents and driving motivation behind the rise of illegal small-scale mining in Ghana and its impact. This is accomplished via a qualitative study using illegal small-scale mining in the Talensi and Nabdam districts of Ghana as a case study. At the forefront of this phenomenon are rent-seeking elites, whereas structural factors such as rising unemployment and high population growth, as well as opportunistic factors inclu…
The emergence of the United Arab Emirates as a global soft power: Current strategies and future challenges
Using the Soft Power 30 Index, this research focusses on assessing the soft power status of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by examining the elements of its soft power and potential challenges it may face in the future. This study conducts in-depth interviews with foreign diplomats and academics based in the UAE and Emirati diplomats and academics. These data are supplemented with primary and secondary data from governmental and international agen…
The post‐oil strategy of the UAE: An examination of diversification strategies and challenges
This article aims to highlight and evaluate initiatives of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government to diversify its economy away from oil dependency. This is accomplished via a qualitative methodology by collecting data through in‐depth interviews with government officials, experts, and academics to amass different views and perspectives on this matter. The findings show that the government has a clear vision for diversification, which is embod…
Investigative journalism in the era of promotional politics: The case of Nigeria
In the current democratic dispensation in Nigeria in particular, and Africa in general, the public reputation of politicians and people in authority has acquired a new higher premium on which the political context is fought. Citizens make use of available information and knowledge about the reputation of politicians to arrive at rational choices. In the context of the responsibility placed on journalism in a liberal democracy, the media is looked…
Partisans and Participants: Democracy, New Media, and Nigerian Diaspora in New Zealand
This article argues that in the era of neo-liberal globalization there has been intensification in the movement of goods, people, and capital across national boundaries. Our ethnographic studies of Nigerian immigrants in New Zealand point to the dispersal of Africans with very active partisan roles in their homeland democratic developments. This African transnationalism, as will be seen in the case of Nigeria, is made possible and sustained by de…
Audience listenership of FM radio: A case study of rural development in Northern Ghana
The quest for effective strategies for rural development continues to be a challenge for policymakers in sub-Saharan Africa and their development partners. Communication development strategies executed using FM stations have emerged as a promising tool as a result of the medium being the most popular source of information among rural dwellers in the region. Thus, this research explores the efficacy of FM radio in rural development by examining th…
Political vigilantism in Ghana: Motives, membership, and financing
This comprehensive study of political vigilantism in Ghana examines the motives, membership, and financing of the phenomenon and proffers solutions to combat it. We use a qualitative methodology of personal interviews with a broad section of Ghanaian political stakeholders totaling 50 participants. This included 30 political vigilante members equally affiliated with the New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress and selected from th…
Corporate social responsibility in a non-western context: The case of the United Arab Emirates
Using the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a non-Western and Middle Eastern case study, this study investigates the benefits and challenges of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). This is pursued via a qualitative methodology of semi-structured in-depth personal interviews of a group of senior managers from the public, private, and quasi-governmental sectors. Using the stakeholder theoryḍ and the thematic analysis approach. the study reveals the f…
Youth engagement and pavilion experiences at Dubai Expo 2020
In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UAE successfully organized the Dubai Expo 2020, with the host country and organizers, targeting the youth as a very significant demography for programming and marketing. This qualitative study, thus, interviewed young UAE residents between the ages of 15–24 to determine what influenced or mired their country pavilion visits. Their responses audio-recorded and thematically analyzed to determine common pattern…
United Arab Emirates’ Pursuit of Soft Power through Cultural Diplomacy and Its Challenges
Using the qualitative methodology for the textual analysis of primary and secondary sources, this study examines the United Arab Emirates’ ( UAE ’s) cultural diplomacy strategies aimed at achieving soft power and their attendant challenges. The study reveals that the UAE has heavily invested in a diverse cultural diplomacy program such as flagship museums, iconic religious buildings, hosting major sporting events, and serving as an international …
The Focus and Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility in the United Arab Emirates
Does Social Capital Moderate Happiness for Men and Women with Disabilities
Political science (21 works) · Politics (15 works) · Law (13 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Economics (10 works) · Business (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Public relations (8 works) · Socioeconomic Development in MENA (8 works) · Psychology (6 works)