Ghana's political parties: How ethno/regional variations sustain the national two-party system

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 623-647

  Morrison, Minion K C ^a   Woo Hong, Jae ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Center for Comparative Democratic Studies   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; ETHNOPOLITICS; PARTY POLITICS;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33750532093     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X06002114     Document Type: Article

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