The politics of ethnicity and post-conflict reconstruction: The case of Northern Ghana

Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-200

  Kaye, Julie ^a   Béland, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conflict; Development; Ethnicity; Ghana; Peacebuilding; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC CONFLICT; ETHNICITY; PEACE PROCESS; VIOLENCE;

AFRICA; GHANA; NORTHERN REGION [GHANA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 70450255128     PISSN: 02589001     EISSN: 14699397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02589000902867253     Document Type: Article

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