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Negotiating power and inequality in Ghana : elctricity and citizenship as reciprocity / Lauren M. MacLean.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacLean, Lauren M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social contract.
- Equality--Ghana.
- Equality.
- Electric power--Ghana.
- Electric power.
- Electric power failures--Political aspects--Ghana.
- Electric power failures.
- Ghana--Politics and government.
- Ghana.
- Ghana--Politics and government--2001-.
- Ghana--Politics and government--1979-2001.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2026]
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments
- List of Acronyms
- Introduction
- Part I: The Historical Construction of the State Role in Providing Unequal Electricity to Citizens and Subjects
- 1. The History of Electricity as a Right of Citizenship: From Colonial Subjects to Neoliberal Consumers in the Fourth Republic
- 2. New Pressures on Ghana's Emerging Democracy: Climate Change and Increasing Frustrations by Citizens as Consumers
- 3. Desperate Efforts to End the Electricity Crisis: The Cost of Foreign Non-State Providers and Promise of Green Energy
- Part II: The Unequal Experience of the Electricity Crisis and Negotiation of Citizenship as Reciprocity
- 4. The Unequal Citizen Experience of the Electricity Crisis
- 5. The Emotional Stress of Disconnection for the Youth: Images and Lyrics from Contemporary Ghanaian Artists and Musicians
- 6. Inequalities of Citizen Protest: From #Dumsormuststop to Harassment
- 7. Inequalities of Citizen Exit: From Solar Generators to Illegal Connections
- 8. The Right to Electricity and the Strain on Citizenship as Reciprocity
- Conclusion: Inequality and the Decline of the National Grid
- Appendix: Interview Guides
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 16, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: MacLean, Lauren M. Negotiating Power and Inequality in Ghana
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9780253074782
- 0253074770
- 9780253074775
- 0253074789
- Publisher Number:
- 40033058205
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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