Political competition and party patronage: Public appointments in Ghana and South Africa

Political Studies

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 713-732

  Kopecký, Petr ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ghana; New democracies; Party competition; Party patronage; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052572925     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: 14679248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2011.00887.x     Document Type: Article

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