Martin Acheampong
Biographic Data
| ID | 4376632 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Acheampong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Acheampong |
| SIGNATURE | ACHEAMPONG M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Asian Studies, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6937-2505 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
How Constituency Gatekeepers Shape Parliamentary Behaviour in Ghana
Research has extensively examined how different candidate selection rules shape legislators’ representational behaviour. Yet far less attention has been paid to constituency-specific nomination strategies adopted by parties operating under the same formal rules and their effects on post-election legislative behaviour. This article argues that, regardless of national party rules, constituency parties apply restrictive candidate selection criteria …
Legislators between the throne and the house: Traditional authority and the constituency focus of Ghanaian MPs
In modern democracies, legislators are expected to attend to local constituency and internal parliamentary issues proportionately. However, existing research shows that Members of Parliament (MPs) in Africa’s emerging democracies are more obsessed with constituency work to the detriment of parliament. Yet few attempts have been made to explain this obsession, and many overlook the explanatory potentials of local informal institutions. This paper …
Personnel management, institutional engineering, and coercion: Mechanisms of the Personalization of Executive Power
How do chief executives personalize power? In this paper we conceptualize the personalization of executive power based on observable processes initiated by the chief executive aiming to increase power at the expense of other political actors. This power increase can occur in both the policymaking and policy implementation stages of the political decision-making process. It can derive from efforts by the chief executive to increase authority, or f…
The Challenge of Attaining Resilient Local Structures in Grassroots Peacebuilding: A Study of Post-1994/95 Peacebuilding in Northern Ghana
Legislators’ pathway to power in Ghana: Intra-Party Competition, Clientelism and Legislator – Constituents’ Relationship
An important quality of representative democracy is the strength of the linkage between citizens and the state. To provide a strong incentive for this relationship, Ghanaian legislators are elected on First-Past-The-Post system which in principle should foster close links between legislators and their constituents. In contrast to this expectation, there is an observed disconnect between the country’s legislators and their constituents. This paper…
Legislators’ pathway to power in Ghana: Intra-Party Competition, Clientelism and Legislator – Constituents’ Relationship
An important quality of representative democracy is the strength of the linkage between citizens and the state. To provide a strong incentive for this relationship, Ghanaian legislators are elected on First-Past-The-Post system which in principle should foster close links between legislators and their constituents. In contrast to this expectation, there is an observed disconnect between the country’s legislators and their constituents. This paper…
Legislators’ pathway to power in Ghana: Intra-Party Competition, Clientelism and Legislator – Constituents’ Relationship
An important quality of representative democracy is the strength of the linkage between citizens and the state. To provide a strong incentive for this relationship, Ghanaian legislators are elected on First-Past-The-Post system which in principle should foster close links between legislators and their constituents. In contrast to this expectation, there is an observed disconnect between the country’s legislators and their constituents. This paper…
The Challenge of Attaining Resilient Local Structures in Grassroots Peacebuilding: A Study of Post-1994/95 Peacebuilding in Northern Ghana
Legislators between the throne and the house: Traditional authority and the constituency focus of Ghanaian MPs
In modern democracies, legislators are expected to attend to local constituency and internal parliamentary issues proportionately. However, existing research shows that Members of Parliament (MPs) in Africa’s emerging democracies are more obsessed with constituency work to the detriment of parliament. Yet few attempts have been made to explain this obsession, and many overlook the explanatory potentials of local informal institutions. This paper …
Personnel management, institutional engineering, and coercion: Mechanisms of the Personalization of Executive Power
How do chief executives personalize power? In this paper we conceptualize the personalization of executive power based on observable processes initiated by the chief executive aiming to increase power at the expense of other political actors. This power increase can occur in both the policymaking and policy implementation stages of the political decision-making process. It can derive from efforts by the chief executive to increase authority, or f…
How Constituency Gatekeepers Shape Parliamentary Behaviour in Ghana
Research has extensively examined how different candidate selection rules shape legislators’ representational behaviour. Yet far less attention has been paid to constituency-specific nomination strategies adopted by parties operating under the same formal rules and their effects on post-election legislative behaviour. This article argues that, regardless of national party rules, constituency parties apply restrictive candidate selection criteria …
Political Conflict and Governance (4 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 works) · Business (1 works)