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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Literature on Civic Engagement,ched the subject from quite different directions. Since the 1990s, research on civic engagement in the US has expanded to include not only individual characteristics but also contextual effects such as the workplace, neighborhoods, places of worship, and the like. The findings collectively reinforce

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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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Demographics,nother 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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Political Knowledge, relationship between political knowledge and civic engagement. We hypothesize a positive relationship such that those who are more politically knowledgeable will demonstrate higher levels of civic engagement. We find that respondents in this study know quite a lot about politics in Ghana particular

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Personality,ehavior. 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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Community Engagement, Civic Education, and Democratic Governance, 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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