Truly national? Social inclusion and the Ghana@50 celebrations
Examines public experiences of Ghana’s fiftieth-independence celebrations and shows how political affiliation, age, gender and location shaped perceptions of inclusion and exclusion.
Educational language policy in Ghana: Inserting the global into the local
Examines educational language policy in Ghana and considers how global influences interact with local linguistic, educational and policy realities.
‘Communities of practice’: Prospects for theory and action in participatory development
Challenges conventional ideas of “community” in participatory development and proposes communities of practice, built around shared meanings, as a more flexible approach to collective action.
Theorising the Intersection of Public Policy and Personal Lives through the Lens of ‘Participation’
Develops a framework for understanding how ordinary people interpret and engage with public policy through their personal histories, changing circumstances and everyday lives.
On whose terms? Negotiating participatory development in a fluid policy landscape
Examines how people negotiate participation in development programmes and challenges assumptions that inconsistent involvement necessarily reflects apathy or lack of commitment.