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.
Informal-formal linkages in market and street trading in Accra
Examines how the relationships between informal traders, formal institutions and the wider economy create both opportunities and constraints for market and street vendors in Accra.
Informalising the formal: The conditions of female agency workers in Ghana’s banking sector
Examines the working conditions of female agency workers in Ghana’s banking sector and shows how supposedly formal employment can reproduce the insecurity associated with informal work.
NGOs, Rights-Based Approaches and the Potential for Progressive Development in Local Contexts: Constraints and Challenges in Northern Ghana
Examines the opportunities and limitations of rights-based development approaches through a case study of a local NGO working with disadvantaged communities in northern Ghana.
Leveraging national and global links for local rights advocacy: WACAM’s challenge to the power of transnational gold mining in Ghana
Examines how WACAM combined local mobilisation with national and international alliances to challenge the power of transnational gold mining corporations in Ghana.