Peter Arthur
Associate Professor / Chair EDIA Committee & EDIA Student Mentor
Email: peter.arthur@dal.ca
Phone: (902) 494-6630
Mailing Address:
Department of Political Science Rm 301, 3rd Floor, Henry Hicks Bldg Dalhousie University, 6283 Alumni Crescent, PO Box 15000 Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
Research Topics:- African Politics and development
- Conflict and cooperation in extractive sectors
- Global development
- Post-conflict reconstruction and transitional justice
Education:
- University of Ghana (B.A.)
- London School of Economics and Political Science (M.Sc.)
- Wilfrid Laurier University (M.A.)
- Queen’s University (Ph.D.)
Research Interests:
Dr. Peter Arthur is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Development Studies. His research interests focuses on sub-Saharan Africa, with emphasis on the contribution of small-scale enterprises, electoral politics in Ghana, capacity development and post-conflict reconstruction, the governance of oil, and natural resources management.
Dr. Arthur's work has been published in a number of edited volumes and journals, including Africa Today, African Studies Review, Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, and Journal of Contemporary African Studies. He may be contacted by email at: pathur@dal.ca
Selected Publications:
Book
- Peter Arthur, Korbla P. Puplampu, & Kobena T. Hanson (2020) (eds), Disruptive Technologies, Innovation and Development in Africa, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Book chapters
- Korbla Puplampu, Korbla, Hanson, & Peter Arthur (2020), “Disruptive Technologies, Innovation and Transformation in Africa: The Present and Future,” In Peter Arthur, Korbla Puplampu, & Kobena Hanson (eds), Disruptive Technologies, Innovation and Development in Africa, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 3-13.
- Peter Arthur (2020), “Disruptive Technologies, Democracy, Governance, and National Elections in Africa: Back to the Future?” in Peter Arthur, Korbla P. Puplampu, & Kobena T. Hanson (eds), Disruptive Technologies, Innovation and Development in Africa, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 17-38.
- Peter Arthur (2020), “SMEs, Industrialization and Disruptive Technologies in Africa: Enabling or Constraining?” in Peter Arthur, Korbla P. Puplampu, & Kobena T. Hanson, (eds), Disruptive Technologies, Innovation and Development in Africa, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 205-226.
- Kobena T. Hanson, Tim Shaw, Korbla P. Puplampu, and Peter Arthur (2020), “Digital Transformation - a connected and ‘disrupted’ Africa,” in Peter Arthur, Korbla P. Puplampu, & Kobena T. Hanson (eds), Disruptive Technologies, Innovation and Development in Africa, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 295-305.
- Peter Arthur (2017), “The African State and Development Initiatives: The role of good governance and the realization of the MDGs and SDGs,” in Kobena Hanson, Korbla Puplampu & Tim Shaw (Editors), From MDGs to SDGs: Rethinking African Development, London & New York: Routledge, pp. 11-31.
- Peter Arthur (2015), “New Regionalisms in Africa: Approach, progress, challenges, opportunities and implications,” in Kobena Hanson (Editor), Contemporary Regional Development in Africa, London: Ashgate, pp. 47-69.
Journal articles
- Peter Arthur, Kobena Hanson & Korbla Puplampu (2021), “Revenue Mobilization, Taxation and The Digital Economy in Post Covid-19 Africa,” Journal of African Political Economy and Development, 01:1–11.
- Peter Arthur (2019), “ECOWAS, Regional Security and the Implementation of Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P): Rhetoric or Reality?” Insight on Africa, 11 (2): 162-183.
- Peter Arthur & Emmanuel Arthur (2017), “Advent of Mobile Telecommunications in Ghana: Their Role and Contribution to the Business Activities of Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises (SMEs),” Journal of African Political Economy and Development, 2: 26-51.
- Peter Arthur, (2017), “Promoting security in Africa through RECs and Africa Union’s Africa Peace and Security Architecture,” (APSA),” Insight on Africa, 9 (1): 1-21.
- Peter Arthur (2016), “Political Parties’ Campaign Financing in Ghana’s Fourth Republic: A Contribution to the Discourse,” Journal of Asian and African Studies, 51 (4): 1-17.
- Peter Arthur & Arthur, Emmanuel (2016), “Tertiary institutions and capacity building in Ghana: Challenges and the Way Forward,” Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 54 (3): 387-408.
- Peter Arthur (2015), “The state, infrastructure and capacity development as instruments for promoting socioeconomic development in contemporary Africa,” Global Development Studies, 7 (3-4): 33-67.
- Peter Arthur & Emmanuel Arthur (2014), “Local content and private sector participation in Ghana's oil industry: An economic and strategic imperative,” Africa Today, 61, 2, 57-77.