Energy Politics and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Ghana - Rilegato

Sackeyfio, Naaborle

 
9783319601212: Energy Politics and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Ghana
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ISBN 10: 3319601210 ISBN 13: 9783319601212
Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017

Sinossi

This book addresses the paradox of uneven electricity in one of the fastest growing and now petro rich economies, Ghana, by addressing the question of why one of the most hydro rich countries in sub-Saharan Africa produces irregular access for all but ‘swing’ voter regions of the country. The book questions why targeted rural electricity initiatives over the course of the last two decades have yielded uneven benefits for what is a substantial portion of the country’s population. Using Ghana as an emblematic case-study that speaks to broader regional concerns, including those of Nigeria and South Africa, this book contextualizes the variegated nature of how power sector reforms could not be undertaken without significant political costs.  Indeed, the book situates an unfolding political landscape that prompted the successful but partial implementation of power sector reforms in part prompted by the Washington consensus and undergirded by a shrinking role for the state in the wider economy.

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Naaborle Sackeyfio is Assistant Professor in the Department of Global and Intercultural Studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, USA.

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This book addresses the paradox of uneven electricity in one of the fastest growing and now petro rich economies, Ghana, by addressing the question of why one of the most hydro rich countries in sub-Saharan Africa produces irregular access for all but swing voter regions of the country. The book questions why targeted rural electricity initiatives over the course of the last two decades have yielded uneven benefits for what is a substantial portion of the country s population. Using Ghana as an emblematic case-study that speaks to broader regional concerns, including those of Nigeria and South Africa, this book contextualizes the variegated nature of how power sector reforms could not be undertaken without significant political costs.  Indeed, the book situates an unfolding political landscape that prompted the successful but partial implementation of power sector reforms in part prompted by the Washington consensus and undergirded by a shrinking role for the state in the wider economy.


Naaborle Sackeyfio is Assistant Professor in the Department of Global and Intercultural Studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, USA.

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Editore
Palgrave Macmillan
Data di pubblicazione
2017
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
3319601210
ISBN 13 
9783319601212
Rilegatura
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Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
193
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9783319867847: Energy Politics and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Ghana

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ISBN 10:  3319867849 ISBN 13:  9783319867847
Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018
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