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Item Bullying Victimisation Among Deaf Adolescents: A School-Based Self-Report Survey in Ghana(Taylor & Francis Group, 2021) Fobi, D.; Quarshie, E.N.; Fobi, J.; Appau, O.; Honu-Mensah, C.M.; Acheampong, E.K.; Abu –Sadat, R.Regional and national level data on bullying victimisation and its associated factors among deaf adolescents are still lacking, particularly, in Africa. We conducted a cross-sectional self-report anonymous survey involving a nationally representative random sample of 450 school-going deaf adolescents in Ghana. Bivariate and multivariate analyses of the data showed the overall 12-month prevalence estimate of bullying victimisation to be 55 · 1% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 50% – 60%), but the estimates were com parable between females (52 · 0%) and males (57 · 0%). Whereas deaf adolescents with schoolwork problems were likely to report bullying victimisation, most of the key factors associated with bullying victimisation were adverse social events – break-up, conflict with friends, and parental divorce. These findings underscore the need for further studies, and school-based intervention and prevention efforts.Item The Politics of International Institutions: A Path-Dependent Analysis of the ICC-AU Interface(University of Ghana, 2021-09) Acheampong, E.K.After many unsuccessful years of deliberating the establishment of a permanent ICC, the end of the Cold war critical juncture would foster processes, as liberal ideological principles took center stage in international politics. Not only that, but this specific juncture also triggered a declining state of inter-state wars and an increase in intra-state conflict, posing a threat to the global order. This necessitated the adoption of new institutional measures (ICC) to combat the increasing levels of intra-state wars, the impunity associated with it, and further deter future occurrences. As positive as the role of the ICC in global governance may be, translating from theory into practice has been marred with turbulence, as Africa, the continent with the highest number of signatories; in different phases, has declared a non-cooperation policy with the Court through the AU until now. This leads to a range of theoretical and practical issues that need to be explored to explain why the AU-ICC interface has been plagued with turbulence over time. As a result, this research work has examined the historical narrative of the ICC-AU interface through the Path dependent to explicate the temporal events and dynamics of politics in this interface. The results of the study showed that the reasons behind the AU’s move to not cooperate with the ICC until today is because of series of causatively connected events, which is best explained through the reactive path-dependent model. Through the lens of this research tradition, it emerged that the popular narrative of ‘Africa is against the ICC’ is false, that it is only a few powerful African countries who used their privileged asymmetrical power relations and historical locked-in advantages to shape the ICC-AU interface to their interest. At the other end of the spectrum, the study also identified that the institutional design of the ICC emitted certain unintended consequences on the ICC-AU interface through the lens of increasing path-dependent dynamics. Whilst the ICC is a fully-fledged court with full legal responsibilities, through this research tradition, certain dynamics of politics were explored in the ICC-AU-UNSC relations.Item The Politics Of International Institutions: A Path-Dependent Analysis Of The Icc-Au Interface.(University of Ghana, 2021-09) Acheampong, E.K.After many unsuccessful years of deliberating the establishment of a permanent ICC, the end of the Cold war critical juncture would foster processes, as liberal ideological principles took center stage in international politics. Not only that, but this specific juncture also triggered a declining state of inter-state wars and an increase in intra-state conflict, posing a threat to the global order. This necessitated the adoption of new institutional measures (ICC) to combat the increasing levels of intra-state wars, the impunity associated with it, and further deter future occurrences. As positive as the role of the ICC in global governance may be, translating from theory into practice has been marred with turbulence, as Africa, the continent with the highest number of signatories; in different phases, has declared a non-cooperation policy with the Court through the AU until now. This leads to a range of theoretical and practical issues that need to be explored to explain why the AU-ICC interface has been plagued with turbulence over time. As a result, this research work has examined the historical narrative of the ICC-AU interface through the Path dependent to explicate the temporal events and dynamics of politics in this interface. The results of the study showed that the reasons behind the AU’s move to not cooperate with the ICC until today is because of series of causatively connected events, which is best explained through the reactive path-dependent model. Through the lens of this research tradition, it emerged that the popular narrative of ‘Africa is against the ICC’ is false, that it is only a few powerful African countries who used their privileged asymmetrical power relations and historical locked-in advantages to shape the ICC-AU interface to their interest. At the other end of the spectrum, the study also identified that the institutional design of the ICC emitted certain unintended consequences on the ICC-AU interface through the lens of increasing path-dependent dynamics. Whilst the ICC is a fully-fledged court with full legal responsibilities, through this research tradition, certain dynamics of politics were explored in the ICC-AU-UNSC relations.Item Students’ Use of Electronic Resources in University of Professional Studies, Accra(University of Ghana, 2016-09) Acheampong, E.K.; Ankrah, E.; Markwei, E.; University of Ghana, College of Humanities, School of Information and Communication StudiesThis study investigated students‟ awareness of the availability of e-resources in UPSA, their extent of use of these e-resources, reasons for use, usefulness of e-resources for students‟ academic performances, challenges with use, and the relationship between “students‟ computer literacy skills” and “use of electronic resources”. This study is beneficial to three (3) main categories of people within a university community, and includes university administrators, library information professionals, and students. It also adds to knowledge in its area of study. A survey methodology was used in this study, and the study has a population size of 2,850 (level 400 students of UPSA). A sample size of 570 (which is 20% of the population of 2,850) was used. A convenience sampling technique was adopted for data collection. SPSS was used to analyze data that were collected via questionnaires, whereas an interview schedule was analyzed according to themes. The findings revealed that UPSA students are fairly aware of electronic resources, and they fairly used electronic resources to conduct their researches and to answer their assignments. It was further discovered that comparatively, electronic resources‟ significance quite outweigh that of paper-form documents. Some challenges such as overcrowding of the library‟s electronic resources section by students due to inadequate number of computers and inadequate training on how to use e-resources were discovered. A Chi-square test revealed the direction of relationship between “students‟ computer literacy skills” and their “extent of use of electronic resources”. It was discovered that “students‟ computer literacy skills” affect their “extent of use of electronic resources”. Recommendations to improve the situation were made