University of Calgary

Publications

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BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS

2010. The Public Sphere and the Politics of Survival: Voice, Sustainability and Public Policy in Ghana. Accra: Woeli Publishing Services [Co-edited with Korbla P. Puplampu]

2010. Challenges of Developing and Retaining the Next Generation of Academics: Deficits in Academic Staff Capacity at African Universities. New York: Partnership for Higher Education in Africa

2009.  African Media and the Digital Public Sphere. New York: Palgrave Macmillan [co-edited with O. Mudhai and F. Banda]

• 2008.The Politics of Land and Land-Related Conflicts in Ghana: Institute of Statistical, Social  and Economic Research (ISSER Technical Publication Series), 215p. [co-authored with B.Y. Gebe and K. Ansah-Koi]

2006. Deepening Decentralization: Is Ghana Ready for Subsidiarity? Accra: CDD-Ghana

• 2006. Staff Retention in African Universities: Elements of a Sustainable Strategy. Washington DC: World Bank.

2005. The African Diaspora in Canada: Negotiating Identity and Belonging. Calgary: University of Calgary Press. [co-edited with K.P. Puplampu].

• 2003. Critical Perspectives in Politics and Socio-Economic Development in Ghana. Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers. [co-edited with B. Berman and K. Puplampu].

2002. The Media, Accountability and Civic Engagement in Africa. New York: UNDP.

1996. Asia: Who Pays for Growth? Women, Environment and Popular Movements, Aldershot, England: Dartmouth, 1996. [Co-edited with J.K. Lele].

ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS 

• 2010.  "Sexual Citizenship, Heteronormativity, and the Discourse of Homosexual Rights in Ghana." In K.P. Puplampu and W.J. Tettey (eds.),  The Public Sphere and the Politics of Survival: Voice, Sustainability and Public Policy in Ghana. Accra: Woeli Publishing Services, pp. 38-66

 2010.  "The Public Sphere and the Politics of Survival in Ghana: An Introduction." In K.P. Puplampu and W.J. Tettey (eds.), The Public Sphere and the Politics of Survival: Voice, Sustainability and Public Policy in Ghana. Accra: Woeli Publishing Services,  pp.1-17

• 2009.  "Postgraduate Studies in Africa: The Looming Crisis."  International Higher Education , no. 57, Fall 

2009. "Challenges of Expansion: The State of the African Professoriate and Implications for Regenerating the Academy."  Bulletin of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, no. 167, june, pp. 16-17.

2009. "Developing and Retaining the Next Generation of Academics in Africa: An Analysis of Issues and Challenges." Association of African Universities Newsletter, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 1-15

2009.  "News Media and Governance Reform: Sub-Saharan Africa." In P . Norris [ed.], Public Sentinel: News Media and Governance Reform. Washington DC: World Bank, pp. 277-304

 • 2009.  "Introduction: New Media and Democracy in Africa -- A Critical Interjection.” In O. Mudhai, W. Tettey and F. Banda (eds.), African Media and the Digital Public Sphere. New York: Palgrave Macmillan [with F. Banda and O. Mudhai]

• 2009.  "Transnationalism, the African Diaspora and the Deterritorialized Politics of theInternet.” In O. Mudhai, W. Tettey and F. Banda (eds.), African Media and the Digital Public Sphere. New York: Palgrave Macmillan

 • 2008.  "Globalization and Internet Fraud in Ghana: Interrogating the Political Economy of Survival, Subaltern Agency, and their Ramifications.” In Joselph Mensah(ed.), Neoliberalism and Globalization in Africa: Contestations on the Embattled Continent. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 241-266

 • 2008.  "Globalization, Cybersexuality  among Ghanaian Youth, and Moral Panic.” In Joselph Mensah(ed.), Neoliberalism and Globalization in Africa: Contestations on the Embattled Continent. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 157-176

• 2008. “Rawlings, Jerry.” In Lynda Lee Kaid and Christina Holtz-Bacha(eds.), Encyclopaedia of Political Communication. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage

2007. “Transnationalism, Religion and the African Diaspora in Canada: An Analysis of Ghanaians and Ghanaian Churches,” in Jacob Olupona and Regina Gemignani (eds.), African Immigrant Religions in America, New York University Press, pp. 229-258

2006. Globalization, Information Technologies, and Higher Education in Africa: Implications of the Market Agenda,” in Ali Abdi, Korbla Puplampu, and George Dei (eds.), African Education and Globalization: Critical Perspectives, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, pp. 93-114

2006. “Academic Staff Attrition in African Universities: Exploring Causes and Solutions,” International Higher Education, no. 44, Summer,

2006. "The Politics of Media Accountability in Africa: An Examination of Mechanisms and Institutions," – The International Communication Gazette, vol. 68, no. 3, pp. 229-248

• 2006. “Globalization, the Economy of Desire, and Cyber-sexual Activity Among Ghanaian Youth,” Studies in Political Economy, Spring, pp. 33-55

• 2005. “Continental Africans in Canada: Exploring a Neglected Dimension of the ‘African-Canadian’ Experience.” In The African Diaspora in Canada: Negotiating Identity and Belonging [with K.P. Puplampu],pp. 3-23

• 2005. “Ethnicity and the Identity of African-Canadians: A Theoretical and Political Analysis.” In The African Diaspora in Canada: Negotiating Identity and Belonging [with K.P. Puplampu], pp. 25-48

• 2005. “Border Crossings and Home-Diaspora Linkages among African-Canadians: Analysis of Translocational Positionality, Cultural Remittance, and Social Capital.” In The African Diaspora in Canada: Negotiating Identity and Belonging [with K.P. Puplampu], pp. 151-176

• 2005. “The New Information Technologies and Research Ethics: A Critical Appraisal,” in Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo (ed.), Current Issues in Communications and Media Research. New York: Nova Science Publishers, pp. 61-77

• 2004. “The Human Factor Framework Ten Years On: A Critical Review,” [with Korbla P. Puplampu] Review of Human Factor Studies, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 73-92

• 2004. “Globalization, Diasporization and Cyber-Communities: Exploring African Trans-Nationalisms,” in Edward Osei-Prempeh et al. (eds.), Globalization and the Human Factor: Critical Insights, Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, pp. 121-142

• 2004. “The Politics of Radio and Radio Politics in Ghana: A Critical Appraisal of Broadcasting Reform,” in Rose Marie Beck & Frank Wittmann (eds.), African Media Cultures: Transdisciplinary Perspectives, Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, pp. 215-239

• 2003. “ICT, Local Government Capacity Building and Civic Engagement: Evaluation of a Donor Initiative in Africa," in Bernard Miege and Gaetan Tremblay, 2001 Bogues: Globalisme et Pluralisme - TIC et Société. Laval , Quebec : Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 2003, pp. 217-231

• 2003. "Citizenship, Customary Law and Gendered Jurisprudence: A Socio-Legal Perspective" (with C. Kesson-Smith) -- in W. Tettey, B. Berman and K. Puplampu (eds.), Critical Perspectives in Politics and Socio-Economic Development in Ghana, Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers, pp. 305-332

• 2003. "The Mass Media and the Construction of Democratic Space in Ghana," -- in W. Tettey, B. Berman and K. Puplampu (eds.), Critical Perspectives in Politics and Socio-Economic Development in Ghana, Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers, pp. 83-106

• 2003. "Ghana and the Experience of ‘Development’," (with B. Berman and K. Puplampu), in W. Tettey, B. Berman and K. Puplampu (eds.), Critical Perspectives in Politics and Socio-Economic Development in Ghana, Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers, pp. 1-18

• 2003. "Radio and Television in Africa," in Paul T. Zeleza and Dickson Eyoh (eds.), Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 458-461

• 2003. “Academics as Citizens: Collaborative Applied Interdisciplinary Research in the Service of Communities,” [with Karim-Aly Kassam], Canadian Journal of Development Studies, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 155-174

• 2003. “Brain Drain and Africa’s Options: Return, Retention or Diaspora,” Sci-Dev,Net 

• 2002. "ICT, Local Government Capacity Building And Civic Engagement: An Evaluation Of The Sample* Initiative In Ghana,"Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 165-192

• 2002. "Africa's Brain Drain: Networking Diaspora Communities For Socio-Economic Development," Mots Pluriels, no. 20, February 2002

• 2001. "Information Technology and Democratic Participation in Africa," Journal of Asian and African Studies, vol. 36, no.1, pp. 133-153

• 2001. “African States, Bureaucratic Culture and Computer Fixes,” [with Bruce Berman] Public Administration and Development , vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 1-13

• 2001. “The Media and Democratization in Africa: Contributions, Constraints and Concerns of the Private Press,” Media, Culture and Society, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 5-31

• 2001. "The Relevance of Human Factor Analysis in Understanding Democratization Processes in Africa," in B-S.K. Adjibolosoo (ed.), Portraits of Human Behavior and Performance: The Human Factor in Action, Lanham, MD: University Press of America, pp. 109-138

• 2001. "What Does it Mean to be African-Canadian?: Identity, Integration and Community,” in David Taras and Beverly Rasporich (eds.), A Passion for Identity: An Introduction to Canadian Studies [4th Edition], Toronto: ITP Nelson, pp. 161-182

• 2000. "Information Technology, Expertise, and the Politics of Control in Africa" Review of Human Factor Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 13-32

• 2000. “Computerization, Institutional Maturation, and Qualitative Change: Analysis of a Ghanaian Public Corporation,” Information Technology for Development, vol 9, no. 2, pp. 59-76

• 2000. “Social Science Research and the Africanist: The Need for Intellectual and Attitudinal Reconfiguration,” [with K. Puplampu] African Studies Review, volume 43, no. 3, December, pp. 81-102

• 2000. "Human Agency and Democratic Challenges in Africa,” Africa Quarterly, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 13-49

• 2000. "State-NGO Relations in An Era of Globalisation: The Implications for Agricultural Development in Africa,” [with K. Puplampu] Review of African Political Economy, vol. 27, no. 84, June, pp. 251-272

• 1999. "Assessing Computer Utilization in a Public Utility: Lessons from Ghana’s Volta River Authority,” Journal of Management Studies, vol. 14, March, pp. 97-116

• 1997. "Transforming Tax Administration in Ghana: The Tension Between Computers and Human Agency,” Development Policy Review, vol. 15, no. 4, Dec., pp. 339-356

• 1997. “Informatics Training in Ghana and the Quest for Computocracy,” Science, Technology and Development, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 41-62

• 1996. “Computerization in Ghana and the Chimera of an Informatics Policy,” Journal of African Policy Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 89-104

• 1995. "The Media Dimension of the African Development Malaise," in Senyo B-S.K. [ed], The Significance of the Human Factor in African Economic Development, Westport, CT; London: Praeger, pp. 41-54

Commissioned Reports

• 2006. Curriculum on Civil-Military Relations for the Ghana Armed Forces. Report prepared for the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) and the Education Directorate of the Ghana Armed Forces, 18pp.

BOOK REVIEWS

• 2007. Francis B. Nyamnjoh. Africa’s Media: Democracy and the Politics of Belonging. Zed Books: London and New York; UNISA Press: Pretoria, 2005, in Canadian Journal of African Studies, vol. 41, no.1, pp. 162-165 

• 2006. Ernest J. Wilson III. The Information Revolution and Developing Countries. Cambridge, MA; London, England: MIT Press, 2004, in New Media and Society, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 339-342

• 2002. Richard Fardon and Graham Furniss (eds.): African Broadcast Cultures: Radio in Transition. James Curry: Oxford; Baobab: Harare; David Philip: Cape Town; Praeger: Westport, CT., 2000, in Canadian Journal of African Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 143-146