Recognising Left and Right in Ghanaian Politics
A Reply to Ahiakpor
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11522360 |
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| Authors | Kwame A Ninsin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 137-139 |
| Publication date | 1988-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-3968 • E-ISSN: 1923-3051 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00083968.1988.10804181 |
| OpenAlex | W396501698 |
| Language | EN |
If theories or concepts of the classical social science scholars were to be accepted as dogma, academic discussion as well as intellectual creativity would cease. This caution should apply to the definition of concepts like the Left and Right in politics. Otherwise, we cannot today talk of Left and Right in any of the major North American and Western European political parties. Neither would the existence of such tendencies be conceivable in either the
Left and right · Political science · Politics · African cultural and philosophical studies · Engineering · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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