| ID | 082075 |
| Title Proper | Are African Voters really ethnic or clientelistic? survey evidence from Ghana |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Lindberg, Staffan I ; Morrison, Minion K C |
| Publication | 2008. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Staffan I. Lindberg and Minion K. C. Morrison look at voting rationales in Ghana's 1996 and 2000 elections and find that citizens in a new democracy like Ghana are more "mature" democratic voters than the literature would have us to expect. While voting is no doubt patterned along ethnic and tribal lines, it appears that voting behavior is also explained at the individual level by rational policy calculations constrained by classic information problems |
| `In' analytical Note | Political Science Quarterly Vol. 123, No.1; Spring 2008: p95-122 |
| Journal Source | Political Science Quarterly Vol. 123, No.1; Spring 2008: p95-122 |
| Key Words | Ghana ; Politics and Government ; Elections ; Democracy ; Ethnic Conflict ; Africa |