This final chapter returns to the theory and practice of institutional reform. Drawing from the various reform efforts in the last three chapters, it narrates additional efforts at institutional reform of the police in the twenty-first century and the limited successes garnered. The chapter underlines the theory that it is critical to consider the nearly two centuries old history of the Police Force in order to understand the true character of the institution, as a prerequisite for identifying alternative forms of institutional ordering for that institution. It strongly postulates that historical institutional analysis is a sine qua non for resolving the quagmire of institutional dysfunction resulting from the political, economic and social systems of colonialism that still live on in Africa today and which reflect the political economy of postmodern colonialism. Thus, a reform of the Police in Ghana will have to be grounded in the reform of the political economy that the Police are called upon to police. The chapter concludes that the reform of any institution in post-colonial Africa may only proceed intelligently if crucial knowledge gaps and information deficits on the institution sought to be transformed are filled; and if, with this superior knowledge and information, the exact DNA of the institution is laid bare, so that it can be deconstructed and then reconstructed for progressive and productive ends.

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The Reform Game and Its Players

  • Raymond A. Atuguba

摘要

This final chapter returns to the theory and practice of institutional reform. Drawing from the various reform efforts in the last three chapters, it narrates additional efforts at institutional reform of the police in the twenty-first century and the limited successes garnered. The chapter underlines the theory that it is critical to consider the nearly two centuries old history of the Police Force in order to understand the true character of the institution, as a prerequisite for identifying alternative forms of institutional ordering for that institution. It strongly postulates that historical institutional analysis is a sine qua non for resolving the quagmire of institutional dysfunction resulting from the political, economic and social systems of colonialism that still live on in Africa today and which reflect the political economy of postmodern colonialism. Thus, a reform of the Police in Ghana will have to be grounded in the reform of the political economy that the Police are called upon to police. The chapter concludes that the reform of any institution in post-colonial Africa may only proceed intelligently if crucial knowledge gaps and information deficits on the institution sought to be transformed are filled; and if, with this superior knowledge and information, the exact DNA of the institution is laid bare, so that it can be deconstructed and then reconstructed for progressive and productive ends.