Actor Network Theory, globalised assemblages and the impact of oil on agriculture and industry in Ghana

Extractive Industries and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 462-472

  Siakwah, Pius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Actor Network Theory (ANT); Agriculture; Assemblages; Ghana; Industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019384251     PISSN: 2214790X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2017.04.007     Document Type: Article

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