African Journal of
Political Science and International Relations

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Pol. Sci. Int. Relat.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0832
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJPSIR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 402

Full Length Research Paper

Neopatrimonial logic and national programmatic policies in Ghana: A case of rice importation and production policies under the administrations of J.A. Kufuor and J.E.A. Mills

Collins Adu-Bempah Brobbey
  • Collins Adu-Bempah Brobbey
  • Ghana Institute of Journalism, 32nd Gamel Abdul Nasser RD. Osu, P.O.Box GP 677, Accra, Ghana.
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  •  Accepted: 04 October 2013
  •  Published: 31 March 2014

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