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Consolidating democracy in Ghana: progress and prospects?

Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM), University of Manchester, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Gordon Crawford School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, UK
Pages 26-67 | Received 21 May 2009, Published online: 15 Jan 2010

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