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Kojo Opoku Aidoo

Kojo Opoku Aidoo
Name Kojo Opoku Aidoo
Affiliation Visiting Professor, African Studies Center - TUFS, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana
HP https://ias.ug.edu.gh/content/dr-kojo-opoku-aidoo
Key Words political science
Academic Career July 1999 - August 2003 University of Ghana (PhD in Political Science)
July 1990 - June 1992 University of Ghana (Master of Philosophy (Political Science)
August 1985 - July 1986 Institute of Social Science, Russia (Graduate Diploma in Management of National Economy)
August 1978 - June 1981 University of Ghana (Bachelor of Arts in Political Science)
Degree PhD in Political Science at University of Ghana (2003)
Professional Career October 2012 - Present Senior Research Fellow, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana
January 2107 - April 2017 Flying Faculty, Faculty of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts, University of Cape Verde, Cape Verde
August 2014 - July 2016 Senior Research Fellow on sabbatical leave, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
September 2012 - November 2012 Visiting Senior Scholar, Institute of African Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, China
January 2004 - August 2012 Research Fellow, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana
June 1992 - August 1998 Case Worker, Refugee Advice Centre, England
August 1986 - March 1992 Senior Lecturer, Ghana Institute of Journalism, Ghana
August 1983 - July 1985 Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Ghana
September 1981 - August 1982 National Service, Department of Political Science, University of Ghana
Major Works

【Books/Monographs】

  • Aidoo, Kojo Opoku 2018. Collection of Essays. Chisinau: Lambert Academic Publishing.
  • Aidoo, Thomas Maxwell 2008a. Political Stability in Ghana: Since the 1992 Re-democratization Wave. Saarbrucken: VDM Verlag.
  • Aidoo, Thomas Maxwell 2008b. Political Participation, Governance, and Neopatrimonial Rule in Africa: The Case of Ghana - (1990 - 2000). Saarbrucken: VDM Verlag.

【Book Chapters】

  • Aidoo, Kojo Opoku 2014. "Beyond neo liberalism: Towards democratic development trajectory". In Nzongo Samba Sylla (ed.) Rethinking Development. Scotts Valley: CreateSpace Independent.
  • Aidoo, Kojo Opoku 2014. "Neo-liberal globalisation and social movements in Ghana: The case of Ashaiman". In Nzongo Samba Sylla (ed.) Rethinking Development. Scotts Valley: CreateSpace Independent.

【Major peer-reviewed articles】

  • Aidoo, Kojo Opoku 2010. "L'Histoire du mouvement panafricaniste de 1900 à la fondation de l'Organisation de l'unité africaine en 1963". Revue Africaine des Sciences Sociales et de la Sante Publique 0: 11 - 21.
  • Aidoo, Kojo Opoku 2009. "Music and the Challenge of Democracy". Journal of Intra-African Studies 2: 231- 50.
  • Aidoo, Kojo Opoku and P. DeMarco 2009. "The Neopatrimonial Framework and Military Coup d'état in Africa: Reflections". Research Review 25(2): 47 - 62.