When the chalks are down: the political economy of teachers’ unions protest actions under Ghana’s Fourth Republic

Abstract

This article examines teachers’ unions protest actions under Ghana’s Fourth Republic. Situating the analysis within Ghana’s evolving political economy, I show how constraints in Ghana’s political economy as well as its often-faltering macro-economy have influenced and shaped teachers protest actions as well as conditioned governments’ responses to teachers’ unions’ demands.

Keywords

• teachers’ protest actions
• economy
• Ghana’s Fourth Republic.