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Representative Bureaucracy in the Public Service? A Critical Analysis of the Challenges Confronting Women in the Civil Service of Ghana

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  • Augustina Adusah-Karikari
  • Frank Louis Kwaku Ohemeng

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In the public administration literature, the debate concerning the representation of minorities in the public bureaucracy continues to attract attention. The idea is that passive representation may lead to active representation with the later helping to develop policies and programs that will benefit minorities. Consequently, a number of governments have been implementing policies to enhance the involvement of minorities in public services. The Ghana government has not been left out in this endeavor. Since 1957, it has continued to institute measures to ensure a fair gender representation in the bureaucracy. This notwithstanding, the upper echelons of the bureaucracy continue to be dominated by males despite the over representation of women at the lower levels. What are the challenges confronting women in the public sector that make it difficult to achieve active representation? In this article, we examine the challenges confronting women to achieve active representation from a representative bureaucracy perspective.

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  • Augustina Adusah-Karikari & Frank Louis Kwaku Ohemeng, 2014. "Representative Bureaucracy in the Public Service? A Critical Analysis of the Challenges Confronting Women in the Civil Service of Ghana," International Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(9), pages 568-580, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:lpadxx:v:37:y:2014:i:9:p:568-580
    DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2013.879882
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