Ghana : coping with uncertainty /

Ghana : coping with uncertainty /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Pellow, Deborah, 1945-
Imprint:	Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1986.
Description:	xiv, 238 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Series:	Profiles. Nations of contemporary Africa Profiles. Nations of contemporary Africa.
Subject:	Socioeconomic Factors. History. Economic history. Politics and government. Social conditions. Ghana -- Politics and government -- 1957-1979. Ghana -- Politics and government -- 1979-2001. Ghana -- Economic conditions -- 1957-1979. Ghana -- Economic conditions -- 1979- Ghana -- Social conditions. Ghana. Ghana.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/762234

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Other authors / contributors:	Chazan, Naomi, 1946-
ISBN:	0865313695 9780865313699 0566007762 9780566007767
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-230) and index.
Other form:	Online version: Pellow, Deborah, 1945- Ghana. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1986 Online version: Pellow, Deborah, 1945- Ghana. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1986

Table of Contents:

1. Historical background
States, trade, and Islam
European contact
Political responses to british colonialism
2. The pendukum of Ghanaian politics
Nkrumah's vision and failure, 1957-1966
An era of decline, 1966-1981
The rawlings revolution, 1981-
The regressive cycle of Ghanaian politics
3. Society and culture
Sociocultural structures
Social policy
Communications and culture
Special groups
Social life
Implications for social change
4. The economy
Ghana's natural resources
Ghana's economic structure
Ghana's economic decline
Strategies for economic survival
5. Ghana and the international order
Fluctuations in Ghana's foreign policy
Shifts in Ghana's external alliances
Changes in Ghana's place in the international order
6. Ghana's future
Ghana's past: continuity and instability
Ghana's choices
Implications for Africa.