From Bullies to Officers and Gentlemen: How Notions of Professionalism and Civility Transformed the Ghana Armed Forces
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From Bullies to Officers and Gentlemen: How Notions of Professionalism and Civility Transformed the Ghana Armed Forces. / Agyekum, Humphrey Asamoah.
Oxford; New York : Berghahn Books, 2019. 252 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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TY - BOOK
T1 - From Bullies to Officers and Gentlemen:
T2 - How Notions of Professionalism and Civility Transformed the Ghana Armed Forces
AU - Agyekum, Humphrey Asamoah
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Ghana, Ghana Armed Forces, Transformation, Coups, Professionalism, Peacekeeping
KW - Civility
M3 - Book
SN - 9781789202946
BT - From Bullies to Officers and Gentlemen:
PB - Berghahn Books
CY - Oxford; New York
ER -
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