Understanding the rural-urban voting patterns in the 1992 Ghanaian presidential election. A closer look at the distributional impact of Ghana's Structural Adjustment Programme
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5111566 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mahamudu Bawumia (Baylor University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-70 |
| Publication date | 1998-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x97002632 |
| OpenAlex | W2115524312 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
This article attempts to explain the rural-urban voting patterns in the 1992 Ghanaian presidential election. In this election, rural voters voted overwhelmingly for the incumbent and urban voters did the opposite. It is argued that Ghana's Structural Adjustment Programme (1983-92) was distributionally favourable to rural households and unfavourable to urban households. A link is therefore drawn between the distributional impacts of the Structural Adjustment Programme and the voting patterns of rural and urban households.The relationship between the state of the economy and the fortunes of political parties at the polls is one which has generated a lot of debate. This debate has largely taken place within the confines of Western democracies, not least because of the absence of Western-style democracy in many developing countries. We are, however, seeing a movement towards 'democracy' in many developing countries, with pressures for economic liberalisation going hand in glove with those for political liberalisation. The increasing democratisation by many African countries undertaking Structural Adjustment Programmes provides us with an opportunity to investigate the relationships between the welfare implications of these programmes and the voting behaviour of the electorate. Is voting behaviour in Africa any different from that in Western democracies
Democracy · Democratization · Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Liberalization · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential election · Presidential system · Structural adjustment · Voting · Voting behavior · Welfare · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Political Conflict and Governance
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| Citations per year | 0.69 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2024 (25) |
| Highly cited | No |