An urban twist to politics in Ghana

Habitat International

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 392-399

  Obeng Odoom, Franklin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ghana; Inequality; Policy; Political economy; Poverty; Urban

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POVERTY DETERMINANT; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN SOCIETY;

GHANA;

EID: 77953536470     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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