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Democracy in Ghana : Everyday Politics in Urban Africa by Jeffrey W. Paller is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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 Democracy, As Well As Providing Novel Explanations For Good Governance And Development In Poor Urban Neighborhoods, The Book Transcends The Narrative Of A Failing And Corrupt Africa And Charts A New Way Forward For The Study Of Democracy And Development. Democracy, Development, And Daily Life -- The Roots Of Urban Politics In Africa -- Leadership And Civic Life In Urban Africa -- The Political History Of Urbanization In Ghana -- Everyday Politics In

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Author

Jeffrey W. Paller

Publisher

University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations; Cambridge University Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781108466431

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Social_sciences