Making a liberal state: 'good governance' in Ghana

Review of African Political Economy

Volumn 37, Issue 126, 2010, Pages 403-419

  Williams, David ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil society; Ghana; Liberalism; State; World bank

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; CIVIL SOCIETY; CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LIBERALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL POWER; STATE ROLE; WORLD BANK;

GHANA;

EID: 78650259100     PISSN: 03056244     EISSN: 17401720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2010.530940     Document Type: Article

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