Power, Patronage, and the Local State in Ghana

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English | ISBN: 0896803279 | 2023 | 272 pages | PDF | 2 MB
How have the waves of democracy and decentralization that swept the developing world in recent decades affected states-among the most important drivers of poverty and prosperity-at national and local levels in Ghana and beyond?

State actors beneath the national level-what Barry Driscoll calls the local state-have considerable responsibility for carrying out state functions, but they are also forced to compete for these local state offices. How does a local state actually work in poor twentieth-century countries?
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