Capturing ambiguities: Communal conflict management alternative in Ghana

World Development

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 951-965

  Fred Mensah, Ben K ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LAND RIGHTS; LAND USE CONFLICT;

GHANA;

EID: 0032788482     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00043-1     Document Type: Article

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