Rapid urbanization and political liberalization is changing the nature of African politics and societies. This book develops a framework for the study of democracy and development that emphasizes informal institutions and the politics of belonging in the context of daily life, in contrast to the formal and electoral paradigms that dominate the social sciences. Based on fifteen months of field research including ethnographic observation, focus group interviews, and original quantitative survey analysis in Ghana, this book intervenes in major debates about public goods provision, civic participation, ethnic politics and democratization, and the future of urban sustainability in a rapidly changing world. By developing new understandings of dem...
In the years preceding the Third Wave of democracy, the prevailing belief was that democracy in Afri...
Africa is rapidly urbanizing. With so many African voters now living in cities, understanding Africa...
Student activism has been pivotal in Ghana’s political and democratic history. Prior toGhana’s Fourt...
Rapid urbanization and political liberalization is changing the nature of African politics and socie...
Research on the bi-directional relationship between political regimes and economic development has i...
Ghana\u27s democracy has been hailed by scholars, practitioners, and the international community in ...
The last three decades have seen states in Africa, alongside states around the world, experiment wit...
br>In the last decade and half, a consensus emerged that the difficulties that have slowed down Afri...
The volume of empirical literature on Ghana’s democratization is overwhelming. Two contrasting posit...
The ‘Third Wave\u27of democracy resulted in transition galore in Africa. Authoritarian governments a...
Ghana was the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to gain independence and played a critical role in...
Political governance in Tamale, Northern Ghana, is complicated by the conflict between the two royal...
This study examined the philosophical foundations ofwestern democracy and the observable political t...
This book shows that democratization in sub-Saharan Africa can be successful, even if the government...
This research examines the impact of formal democracy on the construction of an effective civil soci...
In the years preceding the Third Wave of democracy, the prevailing belief was that democracy in Afri...
Africa is rapidly urbanizing. With so many African voters now living in cities, understanding Africa...
Student activism has been pivotal in Ghana’s political and democratic history. Prior toGhana’s Fourt...
Rapid urbanization and political liberalization is changing the nature of African politics and socie...
Research on the bi-directional relationship between political regimes and economic development has i...
Ghana\u27s democracy has been hailed by scholars, practitioners, and the international community in ...
The last three decades have seen states in Africa, alongside states around the world, experiment wit...
br>In the last decade and half, a consensus emerged that the difficulties that have slowed down Afri...
The volume of empirical literature on Ghana’s democratization is overwhelming. Two contrasting posit...
The ‘Third Wave\u27of democracy resulted in transition galore in Africa. Authoritarian governments a...
Ghana was the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to gain independence and played a critical role in...
Political governance in Tamale, Northern Ghana, is complicated by the conflict between the two royal...
This study examined the philosophical foundations ofwestern democracy and the observable political t...
This book shows that democratization in sub-Saharan Africa can be successful, even if the government...
This research examines the impact of formal democracy on the construction of an effective civil soci...
In the years preceding the Third Wave of democracy, the prevailing belief was that democracy in Afri...
Africa is rapidly urbanizing. With so many African voters now living in cities, understanding Africa...
Student activism has been pivotal in Ghana’s political and democratic history. Prior toGhana’s Fourt...
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