From Bullies to Officers and Gentlemen

How Notions of Professionalism and Civility Transformed the Ghana Armed Forces
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78920-294-6
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 521 g

Based on unprecedented access to the Ghanaian military barracks and inspired by the recent resurgence of coups in West Africa, Agyekum assesses why and how the Ghana Armed Forces were transformed from an organization that actively orchestrated coups into an institution that accepts the authority of the democratically elected civilian government. Focusing on the process of professionalization of the Ghanaian military, this ethnography based monograph examines both historical and contemporary themes, and assesses the shift in military personnel from ‘Buga Buga’ soldiers – uneducated, lower-class soldiers, human rights abusers – to a more ‘modern’ fighting force.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Agyekum, Humphrey Asamoah

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Breakdown of Everydayness

Chapter 2. On Hierarchy and Trust: ‘Monkeys Play by Sizes’

Chapter 3. On discipline: Disciplining the Body and the Mind

Chapter 4. New Soldiers on the Block: From Buga-Buga Soldier to Disciplined Soldier Subjects

Chapter 5. Factors of Continual Subjection

Chapter 6. Transformation in Broad Perspective: Professionalism, Civility and Civil-Military Relations

Conclusion

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Agyekum, Humphrey Asamoah
Humphrey Asamoah Agyekum graduated in African Studies at Leiden University in 2011, where he studied political violence and insecurity and their implications on young people’s future planning in post-conflict Guinea-Bissau. In 2016, he received his PhD in Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Currently, the author is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Amsterdam.