Sovereignty, the ‘resource curse’ and the limits of good governance: a political economy of oil in Ghana

Review of African Political Economy

Volumn 43, Issue 147, 2016, Pages 26-42

  Phillips, Jon ^a   Hailwood, Elena ^a   Brooks, Andrew ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ghana; good governance; oil; political economy; resource curse; sovereignty

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; OIL PRODUCTION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOVEREIGNTY;

GHANA;

EID: 84939124097     PISSN: 03056244     EISSN: 17401720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2015.1049520     Document Type: Article

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