Democratic decentralization and disempowerment of traditional authorities under Ghana’s local governance and development system: a spatio-temporal review

摘要: In this paper, we argue that democratic decentralization defined as the transfer of power and resources from central government to lower units deliver downwardly accountable responsive local representation does not entirely produce stronger institutions for mass participation, good governance community development. This is supported with selected cases Ghana demonstrate how in name effective governance, spaces have been created subvert disempower traditional authorities their thereby affecting relevance active participation development through time across space.