Title:
Attribution and accountability : voting for roads in Ghana
Authors:
Harding, Robin
Place:
[New York, NY
Publisher:
New York university (NYU)]
Year:
2013
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Subject:
Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
Keywords:
public services, rural areas, democracy, infrastructure, education, roads, elections, ghana
Abstract:
The thesis argues that democracy makes African governments more responsive to the rural majority, thereby generating dissatisfaction among urban voters. A distinction is made between attributable inputs (roads) and non-attributable inputs (education material) in Ghana.
URL:
http://robinharding.org/Harding_Roads_August2014.pdf
Document type:
Thesis/dissertation