Power, Patronage, and the Local State in Ghana

by Barry Driscoll

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896803279
• ISBN13: 9780896803275
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 272 Pages