Adjustment and decentralization in Ghana: A case of diminished sovereignty

Political Geography

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-94

  Mohan, Giles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALISATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL POWER; SOVEREIGNTY; STATE RESTRUCTURING; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;

GHANA;

EID: 0029750095     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0962-6298(95)00009-7     Document Type: Article

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