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Neoliberalism, urban development and Accra's (Ghana) shopping malls as new spaces of urban consumption

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Urban development and shopping malls in Accra, Ghana
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This study is focused on urban transformation of Accra, the capital city of Ghana, under neoliberalism. Situated within the field of urban geography, and drawing from Harvey’s (1989b) urban entrepreneurialism thesis and consumption theorists, such as Bourdieu (1984), as well as attention to the literature on the middle class, the study investigates how urban governance transformation in the neoliberal era have led to the proliferation of western-style shopping malls and their consequent im...

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University of Oxford
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SSD
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SOGE
Sub department:
Geography
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University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SOGE
Sub department:
Geography
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DPhil
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Doctoral
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University of Oxford
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English Language
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2019-07-16

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