Consolidating democracy in Ghana: Progress and prospects?

Democratization

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-67

  Abdulai, Abdul Gafaru ^a   Crawford, Gordon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Democratic consolidation; Elections; Ghana; Inequality; Political violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349096237     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510340903453674     Document Type: Article

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