Emplacing Funsi: Antinomies of a District Capital and Transformation in Rural Ghana

IF 1.1 Q3 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

FORUM FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES Pub Date : 2022-07-08 DOI:10.1080/08039410.2022.2096481

Matthew Sabbi

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Abstract

Abstract Following ongoing debates on rural transformation, developing countries give priority to district capitals for their market viability and geographical centrality to empowering peripheral populations. Critics point out inherent electoral largesse in redistricting projects all the while ignoring hidden incentives from these exercises. Drawing on empirical data and local debates on decision dilemmas over a district capital in rural Ghana, the article raises two key points of interest. Rural district capitals undergird neither economic performance nor political participation of districts. A focus on their mundane governance processes, however, reveals hidden political incentives for local party buildout and individual political advancement. The insights enrich our understanding of in-built preferences in redistricting decisions beyond the widely perceived politico-economic attributes.

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安置富士:加纳农村地区资本的矛盾与转型

摘要在关于农村转型的持续辩论之后，发展中国家优先考虑地区首府的市场可行性和赋予周边人口权力的地理中心地位。批评者指出，在重新划分选区的项目中，固有的选举慷慨一直忽视了这些活动中隐藏的激励因素。根据经验数据和当地关于加纳农村地区首府决策困境的辩论，文章提出了两个关键的兴趣点。农村地区首府既不支持经济表现，也不支持地区的政治参与。然而，关注他们平凡的治理过程，揭示了地方政党建设和个人政治进步的隐藏政治动机。这些见解丰富了我们对重新划分选区决策中固有偏好的理解，超越了人们普遍认为的政治经济属性。

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1.80

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14.30%

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期刊介绍： Forum for Development Studies was established in 1974, and soon became the leading Norwegian journal for development research. While this position has been consolidated, Forum has gradually become an international journal, with its main constituency in the Nordic countries. The journal is owned by the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and the Norwegian Association for Development Research. Forum aims to be a platform for development research broadly defined – including the social sciences, economics, history and law. All articles are double-blind peer-reviewed. In order to maintain the journal as a meeting place for different disciplines, we encourage authors to communicate across disciplinary boundaries. Contributions that limit the use of exclusive terminology and frame the questions explored in ways that are accessible to the whole range of the Journal''s readership will be given priority.