Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; Part I The economics of 'black gold'; 1 Africa's oil wealth and crude interpretations of its ramifications; 2 Oil in orthodox theory: repudiation and riposte; 3 Ghan…
This book presents a critical analysis of the 'resource curse' doctrine and a review of the international evidence on oil and urban development to examine the role of oil on property development and rights in West Africa's new oil metropolis - Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana. It seeks a…
This book examines the evolution of democracy in Ghana and Tanzania, following long periods of single-party and military rule, and looks at the current and potential obstacles to democratic development. After discussing the nature of democracy, the author goes on to consider the…
Assembling Export Markets explores the origins of global agrifood chains through an examination of the new frontier regions of the global fresh produce market that has emerged in the West African Republic of Ghana over the past decade"
Assembling Export Markets explores the new frontier regions of the global fresh produce market that has emerged in Ghana over the past decade. Represents a major and empirically rich contribution to the emerging field of the social studies of economization and marketization. Off…
