Managing Election- Relation Violence for Democratic Stability in Ghana In Chapter 7, Tietaah examines the use of abusive Language in Ghanaian politics. The author focuses on the hypothesised link between media malaise and political efficacy and suggests that the use of indecorous language in the media could threaten Ghana's standing as an oasis of electoral peace and democratic stability in West Africa. He uses concrete examples from recent African cases to establish his point. In Chapter 8, Aubyn, discusses the nexus between election observation and the prevention of election-related violence.While the author projects election observation as a critical tool for the prevention of electoral violence in Ghana, he also acknowledges that election observation comes with its own challenges. He proposes policy orientated actions for dealing with the challenges. In Chapter 9, Darkwa discusses the issues of gender, elections and violence with particular focus on the barriers women encounter when they seek access to the political centre. The author uses case studies as well as primary data to analyze some incidents of election-related violence against women in Ghana. She concludes that women face peculiar challenges, most of which are steeped in gender rather than physiology. On this basis, she recommends that women's experiences of election­related violence be analysed through gendered lenses so as to be able to locate violence in the different contexts in which they occur. In Chapter 10, Abdallah and Osei-Afful explore the involvement of the youth in contemporary Ghanaian politics. They perceive the youth as an active player not only in the political and electoral 30