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ABSTRACTGhana's 2008 election has been hailed by national and international observers as a model for Africa. The perception of success has prevailed despite persistent concerns about an inflated voters' register and electoral fraud perpetrated by the two major parties, the NPP and NDC, in their strongholds in the Ashanti and Volta Regions respectively. Electoral malpractice in Ghana's virtual two-party system could acquire a decisive importance as a 'third force', representing an even more important factor than the smaller opposition parties. Unfortunate diplomatic and technocratic biases in election monitoring, combined with a reluctance on the part of the responsible authorities to investigate what appears to be a long history of fraudulent voting, amounts to a dangerous time bomb of unresolved conflict which could detonate in future elections.

Scholars generally agree that highly effective organizations require the cultivation of personal relationships that are high in trust. However, although most conceptualizations of relational trust stress the roles of intention and choice, few explain how these are socially constructed in discrete interactions. To this end, the authors introduce the concept of consideration. Consideration entails a mode of interaction in which (a) a resource is bestowed to a recipient, (b) under a context of choice, (c) involving little sacrifice on the part of the giver, and (d) implying that the recipient's situation is present in the giver's thoughts and feelings. Consideration was observed to be central to trust formation and maintenance in a large defense company. Collegial relationships high in trust are characterized by the consistent application of consideration where there are perceived opportunities. These findings have useful implications for management, network theory, social capital, economic sociology, and friendship in the workplace.

En dépit d'estimations augurant une large victoire du parti au pouvoir (NPP), le principal parti d'opposition (NDC) ghanéen a obtenu de meilleurs résultats qu'escompté. Lors de la présidentielle de 2004, J. Kufuor réussit à éviter de peu un second tour, alors que les pertes de l'opposition aux législatives furent contrebalancées par un sursaut ailleurs, notamment dans le Grand Accra. La prestation du NDC, eu égard aux piètres résultats des petits partis, souligne la structuration de la vie politique autour d'un système bipartisan. Cet article étudie les stratégies électorales et les résultats en fonction des allégeances historiques, du rôle de l'ethnicité et des perceptions de l'action passée du NPP.

Preliminary Material -- Ghana in 2004 /Paul Nugent -- Ghana in 2005 /Paul Nugent -- Ghana in 2006 /Paul Nugent -- Ghana in 2007 /Paul Nugent -- Ghana in 2008 /Paul Nugent -- Ghana in 2009 /Michael Amoah -- Ghana in 2010 /Michael Amoah -- Ghana in 2011 /Michael Amoah -- Ghana in 2012 /Kwesi Aning and Nancy Annan -- Ghana in 2013 /Kwesi Aning and Nancy Annan.