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Start Over Topic ghanaian politics & government Topic northern ghana Publication Year Range Last 10 years Journal journal of asian & african studies (sage publications, ltd.) Region ghana
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1. “They Vote Like Their Kindred”: Regional Citizenship, Electoral Politics, and Discourses of Belonging in Brong Ahafo, Ghana.

Author

Lobnibe, Isidore

Subjects
ELECTIONS, SOCIAL belonging, GHANAIAN politics & government
Abstract

This paper explores reactions to election results in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana from the perspectives of the politics of belonging debates – the distinction citizens of the same nation-state make between those who belong and those who belong less in one of Ghana’s highly competitive electoral regions. It argues that multi-party democracy has intensified or given rise to social and political tensions or conflicts in some local communities rather than enhance democratic ideals and peaceful coexistence [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2017
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