Titlebook: Community, Civic Engagement and Democratic Governance in Africa; The Case of Ghana Mary R. Anderson,Kevin S. Fridy Book 2022 The Author(s),

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54180-3nother demographically. This chapter provides a descriptive analysis of each of the regions selected as study sites. We draw upon data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) which provides population census for Accra and the Upper East region and compare it to our data. We examine demographic and

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https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230620971ehavior. We add to the growing research in this area with attention to the Big Five personality traits using our novel case of Ghana. We test theories about the nature of the Big Five as they relate to civic engagement. We find that as a predictor of civic engagement for activities like voting in lo

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Conflict with the South African State, any civic education enterprise in support of democratic governance: (1) acquisition of civic/political knowledge, (2) demonstration of civic skills and engagement, and (3) civic disposition, the traits of private and public character that sustain and support democracy. The final chapter is small qu

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Measuring Civic Engagement,ly comparable and attributes that are uniquely Ghanaian. Our research design uses data collected from two regions: rural village sites in the Upper East region and urban neighborhood sites in the capital region of Accra. We define our concept of civic engagement and how it is measured.

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Trust,that trust will positively influence the approval of leaders and organizations and that trust will be positively associated with civic engagement such as attending local meetings and voting in local elections. We find mixed results for these relationships.

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Introduction,ough large-scale multi-country studies such as Afrobarometer allow for the systematic study of political behavior in Africa, there is room to explore more nuanced research questions that do not fit onto these multi-country, multi-topic surveys. Ghana presents a study site that is novel in that it al