What accountability pressures do MPs in Africa face and how do they respond? Evidence from Ghana

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-142

  Lindberg, Staffan I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; AUTONOMY; CLIENTELISM; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

GHANA;

EID: 77951822205     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X09990243     Document Type: Article

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