Neo-liberalism and Resistance in Ghana: Understanding the Political Agency of the Subalterns in Social-historical Context

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dc.contributor.advisorKannae, Lawrence
dc.contributor.authorAyelazuno, Jasper
dc.contributor.departmentYork University Political Science
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-21T15:39:44Z
dc.date.available2012-06-21T15:39:44Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionThe table of contents for this item can be shared with the requester. The requester may then choose one chapter, up to 10% of the item, as per the Fair Dealing provision of the Canadian Copyright Acten
dc.description.abstractThe dissertation documents distinct elements of the social and historical contexts of Bolivia and Ghana, focusing on underpinnings of differences in political behaviour of the subalterns in an era of neo-liberalism. Unlike their Bolivian counterparts, Ghanaians have not independently resisted the free market policies of a neo-liberal state. The key finding is that a materialist framework of agency in anti-neoliberalism literature does not capture the complexity of subaltern agency and their contradictory political behaviour in the way that a social-historical framework does. In critical theory the term subaltern designates the populations who are outside the hegemonic power structure of the colony.en
dc.description.degreeDoctor of Philosophy
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dc.format.extent1 digital file (594 p. : ill.)en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/49582
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dc.subjectGHANAen
dc.subjectPOLITICAL BEHAVIOURen
dc.subjectRESISTANCEen
dc.subjectPROTEST MOVEMENTSen
dc.subjectPOLITICAL OPPOSITIONen
dc.subjectELECTORAL SYSTEMSen
dc.subjectNEOLIBERALISMen
dc.subjectMARKET ECONOMYen
dc.subjectECONOMIC DOCTRINESen
dc.subjectCIVIL DISOBEDIENCEen
dc.subjectECONOMIC BEHAVIOURen
dc.subjectBOLIVIAen
dc.titleNeo-liberalism and Resistance in Ghana: Understanding the Political Agency of the Subalterns in Social-historical Contexten
dc.typeThesisen
idrc.dspace.accessLimited Accessen
idrc.project.componentnumber105407011
idrc.project.number105407
idrc.project.titleIDRC Corporate Awards 2008-2009en
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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