Ghana’s Encouraging Elections: A Major Step Forward

Issue Date April 1997
Volume 8
Issue 2
Page Numbers 65-77
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About the Author

Terrence Lyons, associate professor of conflict resolution and director of the PhD program at George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, is the author of The Puzzle of Ethiopia: From Rebel Victory to Authoritarian Politics, 1991–2015.

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A Peaceful Turnover in Ghana

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Volume 21, Issue 4

African Elections as Vehicles for Change

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