Akua O Britwum
Biographic Data
| ID | 6524769 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Akua O Britwum |
| GIVEN NAMES | Akua |
| FAMILY NAME | O Britwum |
| SIGNATURE | BRITWUM A O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Coast |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7561-3926 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Post-Independence Development Planning in Ghana and Tanzania
This article analyses development planning in post-independence Ghana and Tanzania, particularly related to agriculture, in contrast with the contemporary neoliberal subsumption of African economies to market forces. The article derives lessons from both their successes and shortcomings. Ghana and Tanzania’s experiences suggest the importance of agricultural transformation for national self-sufficiency; development planning as a mechanism to link…
EIGHTEEN Labour and the State
Labour and the State
Labour and the State
The relationship between labour and the state in Africa does not differ greatly from what it is in other parts of the world. It is regulated through institutions and legislation and conditioned by production systems. To be able to trace the history of the changing relations between state and labour, one has to keep in mind not only the diverse capitalist modes of production that are prevalent on the continent, but also the different forms of stat…
Ländliche Arbeiter*innen
General Labour History of Africa
Labour reserves and surplus populations
This article is focused on the political economy of two of Africa's "labour reserve" regions, northern Ghana and the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The majority of residents in these regions are taken as paradigmatic examples of "surplus populations." They exemplify a main feature that has been used to theorize the concept of surplus populations today, namely, that their labour is surplus to the needs of capital accumulation. We follow the method …
Penalizing fathers who use family-friendly measures. A comparative study with university students from Ghana and Spain
General Labour History of Africa
Labour reserves and surplus populations
This article is focused on the political economy of two of Africa's "labour reserve" regions, northern Ghana and the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The majority of residents in these regions are taken as paradigmatic examples of "surplus populations." They exemplify a main feature that has been used to theorize the concept of surplus populations today, namely, that their labour is surplus to the needs of capital accumulation. We follow the method …
Penalizing fathers who use family-friendly measures. A comparative study with university students from Ghana and Spain
EIGHTEEN Labour and the State
Labour and the State
Labour and the State
The relationship between labour and the state in Africa does not differ greatly from what it is in other parts of the world. It is regulated through institutions and legislation and conditioned by production systems. To be able to trace the history of the changing relations between state and labour, one has to keep in mind not only the diverse capitalist modes of production that are prevalent on the continent, but also the different forms of stat…
Ländliche Arbeiter*innen
General Labour History of Africa
Labour reserves and surplus populations
This article is focused on the political economy of two of Africa's "labour reserve" regions, northern Ghana and the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The majority of residents in these regions are taken as paradigmatic examples of "surplus populations." They exemplify a main feature that has been used to theorize the concept of surplus populations today, namely, that their labour is surplus to the needs of capital accumulation. We follow the method …
Penalizing fathers who use family-friendly measures. A comparative study with university students from Ghana and Spain
Post-Independence Development Planning in Ghana and Tanzania
This article analyses development planning in post-independence Ghana and Tanzania, particularly related to agriculture, in contrast with the contemporary neoliberal subsumption of African economies to market forces. The article derives lessons from both their successes and shortcomings. Ghana and Tanzania’s experiences suggest the importance of agricultural transformation for national self-sufficiency; development planning as a mechanism to link…
Economics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Political and Economic history of UK and US (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · State (computer science) (3 works) · Algorithm (2 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works)