Governing offshore oil: Mapping maritime political space in ghana and the western gulf of Guinea

South Atlantic Quarterly

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 101-118

  Chalfin, Brenda ^a  

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EID: 84920531624     PISSN: 00382876     EISSN: 15278026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00382876-2831312     Document Type: Review

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