Oil, politics, and Ghana's democracy

Journal of Democracy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 94-108

  Gyimah Boadi, E ^a   Kwasi Prempeh, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84864062072     PISSN: 10455736     EISSN: 10863214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jod.2012.0042     Document Type: Article

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2. Hazel M. McFerson, "Extractive Industries and African Democracy: Can the 'Resource Curse' Be Exorcised?" International Studies Perspectives 11 (October 2010): 335-53.
3. See also Nathan Jensen and Leonard Wantchekon, "Resource Wealth and Political Regimes in Africa, " Comparative Political Studies 37 (September 2004): 816-41.
4. Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), 42.
5. Anthony Tsekpo and Alan Hudson, "Parliamentary Strengthening and the Paris Principles: Ghana Case Study, " Overseas Development Institute, January 2009, 11-12.
6. Petr Kopecký, "Political Competition and Party Patronage: Public Appointments in Ghana and South Africa, " Political Studies 59 (October 2011): 713-32.
7. See Lindsay Whitfield, "Competitive Clientelism, Easy Financing and Weak Capitalists: The Contemporary Political Settlement in Ghana, " Working Paper 27, Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, 2011.
8. Heinz Jockers et al., "The Successful Ghana Election of 2008: A Convenient Myth?" Journal of Modern African Studies 48 (March 2010): 95-115.
9. also E. Gyimah-Boadi, "Another Step Forward for Ghana, " Journal of Democracy 20 (April 2009): 138-52.
10. See Whitfield, "Competitive Clientelism, Easy Financing and Weak Capitalists. "
11. See Ghana Center for Democratic Development, "Preventing Election Violence Through Legal Enforcement and Political Tolerance, " in Proceedings of CDD/CODEO Roundtable Conference held on 3 November 2009 (Accra, 2010).
12. See also CDD-Ghana, Democracy Watch 9 (June 2011).
13. Arthur Kobina Kennedy, "Violence and Intimidation in Our Politics, " Ghanaian Chronicle, 25 February 2011.
14. In response to a string of court decisions opposed by the ruling party, NDC chairman Kwabena Adyei declared at 2011 press conference that the judiciary would be subjected to a "purge" if the chief justice failed to initiate certain measures. When pressed to detail how the threat would be enforced, he said "There are many ways to kill a cat. " See Nathan Gadugah, "Under Fire NDC Chair Says His Comments Sought to Strengthen Judiciary, " Myjoyonline News, 14 September 2011, http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/ news/201008/50911.php.
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