Civil society as idea and civil society as process: The case of Ghana

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 379-400

  Whitfield, Lindsay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; DECISION MAKING; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

GHANA;

EID: 0242349661     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360081032000111751     Document Type: Article

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