Power, Patronage, and the Local State in Ghana
By Barry Driscoll
This quantitative and qualitative account of Ghanaian development shows how closely fought elections drive subnational local state institutions to patronize party volunteers. Extrapolating from Ghana’s example, the author shows how locally salient varieties of patronage shape political competition in a variety of contexts.
Political Science | Political Process · Business & Economics | Development Studies · Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social · History | Africa | West · Ghana · African Studies
That’s it for July. If you’re curious about what’s coming out next month, you can get a sneak peek at August.
