1st Edition

Politicians and Soldiers in Ghana 1966-1972

By Dennis Austin, Robin Luckham Copyright 1975
336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1975. Legatee of a vast empire, the Commonwealth still carries the imprint of its past, and in doing so it may be said to have a collective identity which, in a very varying degree, each of its members exhibits. This can sustain a collective inquiry into the political history and institutions of countries which were once governed within the British Empire. The present series of... Read more
Introduction 1. Military and Police Rule 2. Economic Policies 3. The Constitutional Commission 4. The Constituent Assembly 5. The Electoral Commission V. C. R. 6. The 1969 Election Yaw Twumasi 7. Politics in Asunafo 8. Politics in Abuakwa 9. Politics in Swedru 10. Politics in Sekyere. Epilogue: Malcontents in Uniform

Biography

Dennis Austin, Victoria University of Manchester, Robin Luckham Institute of Development Studies, Sussex.