Chapter 1 panellists/discussants, and serial callers- who make frequent use of intemperate language and the manner in which their actions give rise to needless friction, controversies,(mis)interpretations and disputes that also undermine the conduct of peaceful elections and the consolidation of democracy in Ghana. In Chapter 5, Pokoo examines the issue of inter- and intra-party conflict within the broader context of democratic development and consolidation in Ghana. He focuses on party politics in Ghana as part of a wider process of political development. He contends that the central pillars of successful political development are the nature, interest and values of political elites; the relationship between the elites and the general public; and the legal-historical context of the society in question. And that advances in any of these pillars must necessarily be accompanied by corresponding advances in the other pillars in order to forestall political disharmony and violence. In Chaper 6, Lamptey and Naila Salihu interrogate the relationship between the politics of patronage and electoral violence in Ghana. They note that the adoption of democratic political systems in Ghana and elsewhere in Africa did not necessarily remove the influence of patronage on the conduct of politics in these countries. They argue that the conflict between resource monopolization, skewed distribution and outright deprivation which mark patronage politics constitute a major source of violence during elections in Ghana as actors mobilize to go the full hog in order to secure power and to gain access to and control over state resources. 29