Socio-cultural diversity and political issue deliberation in northern Ghana (completed)

Elena Gadjanova

In a completed fieldwork project on socio-cultural diversity and the deliberation of political issues in northern Ghana, Elena examined how cross-cutting social cleavages affect voting patterns and salient political issues in the context of rising competitiveness in Africa. The project relied on interviews and focus-group discussions with local politicians and opinion leaders, as well as an original voter survey in two highly diverse rural districts in Ghana’s Upper East Region.