Country profile of Ghana. Sport, politics and nation-building.

Autor/inn/en	Charway, Derrick; Houlihan, Barrie
Titel	Country profile of Ghana. Sport, politics and nation-building. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Länderprofil von Ghana. Sport, Politik und Nation Building.
Quelle	In: International journal of sport policy and politics, 12 (2020) 3, S. 497-512 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1940-6940; 1940-6959
DOI	10.1080/19406940.2020.1775677
Schlagwörter	Gleichberechtigung; Migration; Nachhaltigkeit; Nation; Politik; Regierung; Sport; Sportpolitik; Finanzierung; Behinderung; Entwicklung; Strategie; Bevölkerung; Afrika; Ghana
Abstract	The profile gives an overview of the changing trends of sport policies adopted in Ghana and highlights how past political upheavals made it difficult to have stable sport development strategies. Currently, the emergence of different actors within the sport policy sub-system of Ghana is apparent however the reliance on government for the development of sport makes it difficult to decouple party politics from sport development strategy. The profile begins with a detailed account of the emergence of sport from pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial traditions in the history of Ghana. This is followed by an analysis of the current structure of sport and funding patterns and trends. The dominance of football and contemporary issues such as migration, gender equality and disability are also discussed in terms of their impact on policy. The final part highlights the nascent 'sport for development' sector in relation to the United Nation's MDGs and SDGs and how they have influenced sport policy and development in Ghana. (Autor).
Erfasst von	Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft, Bonn
Update	2021/1