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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      18 February 2019
      07 March 2019
      ISBN:
      9781108578721
      9781316513309
      9781108466431
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108578721
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.59kg, 328 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.49kg, 332 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, African Studies, Politics and International Relations, African Government, Politics and Policy
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    Area Studies, African Studies, Politics and International Relations, African Government, Politics and Policy
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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.

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