Title: ‘Making democracy a reality’? : the politics of decentralisation and the limits to local democracy in Ghana

Authors: Crawford, Gordon

Place: London

Publisher: Routledge

Year: 2009

Journal: Journal of contemporary African studies

Volume: vol. 27, no. 1

PAGE: 57--83

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, democracy, political conditions, accountability, ghana

Abstract: Decentralization in Ghana has not led to increased political participation at the local level or to downwardly accountable local government, because downward accountability mechanisms are lacking, while structural obstacles to devolved government at the national level persist.

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Document type: Portal