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The Politics of Ethnocentrism: A Viability Test of Ghana’s Democracy?
Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2017-07-01 , DOI: 10.1177/0975087817715534
Pamphilious Faanu 1 , Emmanuel Graham 2
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The article assesses the use of ethnocentrism as a political strategy in Ghana’s electoral politics and the threat it poses to Ghana’s democracy. It focuses on the strategic ethno-political communication employed by politicians to wield voter support and how voters behave at polls. It reveals that prior to independence Ghana’s political parties were predominantly formed along ethnic and regional dimensions. This transcends into the current dispensation, as the National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party are tagged as Ewe-Northerners party and Akans party, respectively. These ethnic affiliations tend to influence voters’ behaviour at the polls. There is, therefore, an increasing incidence of non-evaluative voting because of ethnocentrism in the Ghanaian political domain. As a result, politicking in Ghana tends to rely heavily on ethnic dimensions to solicit votes using the media as the main platform. The incidence of ethno-politics in Ghana has the tendency to reverse the democratic successes chalked because of the unnecessary tensions that are often associated with ethnic politics. This article recommends the need for responsible media practice to minimise this rising phenomenon in Ghana’s electoral politics. Also, it is our suggestion that the Political Parties ACT 574(2000) and the concerned articles of the 1992 constitution be reviewed to place sanctions on ethnocentrism as a political strategy.

中文翻译:

民族中心主义政治:对加纳民主的生存力检验?

本文评估了民族中心主义在加纳选举政治中的政治策略使用及其对加纳民主的威胁。它着重于政治家所采用的战略性民族政治沟通以赢得选民的支持以及选民在民意测验中的表现。它表明,在独立之前,加纳的政党主要是在种族和地区层面上形成的。全国民主大会和新爱国党分别被标记为母羊-北方党和阿坎斯党,这超越了当前的时期。这些种族关系往往会影响选民在民意调查中的行为。因此,由于加纳政治领域的民族中心主义,非评估性投票的发生率越来越高。因此,加纳的政治活动倾向于严重依赖种族因素,以媒体为主要平台来征集选票。由于加纳民族政治常与不必要的紧张关系,加纳的种族政治倾向倾向于扭转民主成功的趋势。本文建议有必要进行负责任的媒体实践,以最大程度地减少加纳选举政治中这种上升现象。同样,我们建议对政党ACT 574(2000)和1992年宪法的有关条款进行审查,以将种族中心主义作为一种政治策略加以制裁。由于加纳民族政治常与不必要的紧张关系,加纳的种族政治倾向倾向于扭转民主成功的趋势。本文建议有必要进行负责任的媒体实践,以最大程度地减少加纳选举政治中这种上升现象。另外,我们建议对《政党ACT 574(2000)》和1992年《宪法》的有关条款进行审查,以将种族中心主义作为一种政治策略加以制裁。由于加纳民族政治常与不必要的紧张关系,加纳的种族政治倾向倾向于扭转民主成功的趋势。本文建议有必要进行负责任的媒体实践,以最大程度地减少加纳选举政治中这种上升现象。另外,我们建议对《政党ACT 574(2000)》和1992年《宪法》的有关条款进行审查,以对种族中心主义作为一种政治策略进行制裁。
更新日期:2017-07-01
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