CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CONTEMPORARY CHANGE
SERIES II, AFRICA, VOLUME 5
GHANA: CHANGING VALUES/
CHANGING TECHNOLOGIES
Ghanian Philosophical Studies, II
edited by
Helen Lauer
Legon, Ghana
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
George F. McLean
Introduction
PART I. CULTURE AND CHANGE
Chapter I. Culture: the Human Factor in African Development
Kofi Anyidoho
Chapter II. Modern Technology, Traditional Mysticism and Ethics in Akan Culture
George P. Hagan
Chapter III. Traditional Ga and Dangme Attitudes towards Change and Modernization
Joshua N. Kudadjie
PART II. SOCIETY AND CHANGES OF VALUES
Chapter IV. Counterproductive Socioeconomic Management in Ghana
A.O. Abudu
Chapter V. Informalization and Ghanaian Politics
Kwame A. Ninsin
Chapter VI. Manipulation of the Mass Media in Ghana’s Recent Political Experience
Joseph Osei
PART III. TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN CHANGE
Chapter VII. Plant Biodiversity, Herbal Medicine, Intellectual Property Rights and Industrially Developing Countries: Socio-economic, Ethical and Legal Implications
Ivan Addae-Mensah
Chapter VIII. High-technology, Individual Copyrights and Ghanaian Music
John Collins
Chapter IX. The Impact of New Medical Technology upon Attitudes towards Euthanasia among Akans
Kwasi Agyeman
Chapter X. Population Growth and Ecological Degradation in Northern Ghana: the Complex Reality
Jacob Songsore
PART IV. TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
Chapter XI. Participatory Integrated Pest Management: IPM Training Methodology in Ghana
Kwame Afreh-Nuamah
Chapter XII. Gold: the Link between Ancient and Modern Ghana
William A. Asomaning
Chapter XIII. The Effect of the Volta Dam on Sociocultural Changes for the People Living in the Mangrove Economy of the Lower Volta Basin
Kwadwo Tutu
Chapter XIV. The Nuclear Option for Ghana
Josef K.A. Amuzu
EPILOGUE Some Thoughts on the Future of Ghanaian Universities
J.S. Djangmah
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements