Confrontation, co-operation or co-optation: NGOs and the Ghanaian state during structural adjustment

Review of African Political Economy

Volumn , Issue 68, 1996, Pages 149-168

  Gary, Ian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; NEOLIBERALISM; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION; POLITICAL CLIMATE; STATE-NGO RELATIONS; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;

GHANA;

EID: 0030449861     PISSN: 03056244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03056249608704193     Document Type: Article

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