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Measuring and Comparing Party Ideology in Nonindustrialized Societies: Taking Party Manifesto Research to Africa
Elischer, Sebastian - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2010
Despite a growing interest in African political parties, no comparative analyses of political ideology in Africa have been undertaken to date. This study addresses this shortcoming by applying the Manifesto Research Group’s (MRG) coding scheme to a complete set of African party manifestos in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008741023
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The Successful Ghana Election of 2008 – a Convenient Myth? Ethnicity in Ghana’s Elections Revisited
Jockers, Heinz; Kohnert, Dirk; Nugent, Paul - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2009
Ghana’s 2008 elections have been hailed by national and international observers as a model for Africa. This perception … rigging along ethnic lines in Ghana’s virtual two-party system could regain decisive importance as a “third force” that could …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008459762
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Savings, Credit and Insurance: Household Demand for Formal Financial Services in Rural Ghana
Bendig, Mirko; Giesbert, Lena; Steiner, Susan - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2009
demand for savings, loans and insurances by applying a multivariate probit model on household survey data from rural Ghana …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005688706
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Political Discourse in Football Coverage – The Cases of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana
Mehler, Andreas - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2006
Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, two neighbouring countries in very different conditions (particularly with regard to their … Ghana patriotism is, when football comes in, quickly merged with pan-africanism, the Ivorian team renewed the heated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005688712
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Subjective Risk and Participation in Micro Life Insurance in Ghana
Giesbert, Lena - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2012
least investigated type of microinsurance. It uses household survey data collected in southern Ghana in 2009. Insurance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010680424
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When Voicelessness Meets Speechlessness – Struggling for Equity in Chinese-Ghanaian Employment Relations
Giese, Karsten; Thiel, Alena - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2012
contract, equity, and cross-cultural communication. Based on a qualitative study conducted in Accra, Ghana, we discuss the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010627709
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Perceptions of (Micro)Insurance in Southern Ghana: The Role of Information and Peer Effects
Giesbert, Lena; Steiner, Susan - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2011
Ghana, using evidence from four focus group discussions. It analyzes how the focus group participants think about various …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010627711