Ghana's Foreign Policy, 1957-1966

Ghana's Foreign Policy, 1957-1966
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 489
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ISBN-10 : 9781400876303
ISBN-13 : 1400876303
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis Ghana's Foreign Policy, 1957-1966 by : Willard Scott Thompson

A systematic and thorough analysis of a small, determined and comparatively wealthy "new" state's attempts to enlarge its influence and augment its power. Originally published in 1969. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Ghana 1957-1966

Ghana 1957-1966
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 9781000866346
ISBN-13 : 1000866343
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Ghana 1957-1966 by : Benjamin Amonoo

First Published in 1981, Ghana 1957-1966 presents a comprehensive overview of the period when the Convention People’s Party (CPP) ruled Ghana under a one party system. It covers the intricate relationship which grew up between CPP and the Civil Service in Ghana at national, regional, district and local levels. Dr Amonoo argues that the process of adapting the civil service institutions to the purposes and orientation of the CPP leadership was never completed, and that the result was a duality of institutions in the governmental administrative machinery. One was politically conditioned and orientated to serve the purposes of the CPP leadership, while the other remained rigidly bureaucratic and distant from the party. Both arrangements created problems for the CPP regime and thus it was that Ghanaian government and politics during this period lacked a single sense of purpose. The author stresses that the empirical realities need to be fully accounted in any attempt to explain government and politics of the CPP period. This book is a must read for scholars and researchers of African studies, African history, and African politics.

Coups, Rivals, and the Modern State

Coups, Rivals, and the Modern State
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 331
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ISBN-10 : 9781108420464
ISBN-13 : 110842046X
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis Coups, Rivals, and the Modern State by : Beth Rabinowitz

Using extensive research, this book argues that successful African leaders consolidate their rule by developing strategic rural coalitions.

An Economic History of Ghana

An Economic History of Ghana
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Publisher : Ayebia Clarke Publishing
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015082677439
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis An Economic History of Ghana by : Ivor Agyeman-Duah

"This is one of the best books reflecting on Ghana's half-a-century of often tumultuous transformation. Ivor Agyeman-Duah has gathered together a group of scholars, educators and government, business and civil society leaders to debate the trajectory of Ghana's economic history. Their views centre on three fundamental themes: structures and institutions in a postcolonial economy, the role of public policy, stimulus and innovation." "A timely volume as Ghana celebrated its 50th Anniversary of Independence in 2007 under President Kufuor's 2-terms of eight-years of relatively peaceful democratic rule. Contributors include: Jeffrey D. Sachs, Anthony Akoto-Osei., Richard Anane, Joyce Aryee, Ellen Bortei-Doku Aryeetey, Ernest Aryeetey, Moses Asaga, Ken Ofori-Atta, Gareth Austin, Annan Arkyin Cato, Mary Chinery-Hesse, T. Oteng-Gyasi, E. Gyimah-Boadi, Dirk-Jan Omtzigt, D.K. Osei, Isaac Osei, Nii Moi Thompson and Charles Wereko-Brobbey, et al." "This is unquestionably one of the best contemporary economic history books about Ghana drawing on the expertise and knowledge of Ghanaians as well as international experts and leading lights to reflect on 50 years of Ghana's economic challenges and achievements." "Contributors include leading economists such as Jeffrey D. Sachs, Earth Institute, Columbia University and Advisor to the UN Secretary General; eminent Ghanaian scholars such as Professor Ernest Aryeetey of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana; and Mary Chinery-Hesse, Chief Advisor to the President of Ghana. The contributors focus on three aspects: Structures and Institutions in a Postcolonial Economy: A Vampire Economy with a Silver Lining and Crossing the Jordon: Stimulation and Innovation with a Foreword by Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka." "This volume will be a valuable tool for studies on African Economic History with specific emphasis on Ghana but could also double as a yardstick for comparing the economic histories of other well performing African economies such as Botswana, Mauritius, Cape Verde, Namibia and South Africa - according to the World Bank annual good governance rankings released in 2006."--BOOK JACKET.

The Anticolonial Front

The Anticolonial Front
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 347
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ISBN-10 : 9781316990643
ISBN-13 : 1316990648
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis The Anticolonial Front by : John Munro

This is a transnational history of the activist and intellectual network that connected the Black freedom struggle in the United States to liberation movements across the globe in the aftermath of World War II. John Munro charts the emergence of an anticolonial front within the postwar Black liberation movement comprising organisations such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Council on African Affairs and the American Society for African Culture and leading figures such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Claudia Jones, Alphaeus Hunton, George Padmore, Richard Wright, Esther Cooper Jackson, Jack O'Dell and C. L. R. James. Drawing on a diverse array of personal papers, organisational records, novels, newspapers and scholarly literatures, the book follows the fortunes of this political formation, recasting the Cold War in light of decolonisation and racial capitalism and the postwar history of the United States in light of global developments.

A voyage to Africa

A voyage to Africa
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 530
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ISBN-10 : BSB:BSB10467093
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis A voyage to Africa by : William Hutton

American Africans in Ghana

American Africans in Ghana
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Publisher : UNC Press Books
Total Pages : 359
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ISBN-10 : 9780807867822
ISBN-13 : 0807867829
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis American Africans in Ghana by : Kevin K. Gaines

In 1957 Ghana became one of the first sub-Saharan African nations to gain independence from colonial rule. Over the next decade, hundreds of African Americans--including Martin Luther King Jr., George Padmore, Malcolm X, Maya Angelou, Richard Wright, Pauli Murray, and Muhammad Ali--visited or settled in Ghana. Kevin K. Gaines explains what attracted these Americans to Ghana and how their new community was shaped by the convergence of the Cold War, the rise of the U.S. civil rights movement, and the decolonization of Africa. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's president, posed a direct challenge to U.S. hegemony by promoting a vision of African liberation, continental unity, and West Indian federation. Although the number of African American expatriates in Ghana was small, in espousing a transnational American citizenship defined by solidarities with African peoples, these activists along with their allies in the United States waged a fundamental, if largely forgotten, struggle over the meaning and content of the cornerstone of American citizenship--the right to vote--conferred on African Americans by civil rights reform legislation.

Building the Ghanaian Nation-State

Building the Ghanaian Nation-State
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 277
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ISBN-10 : 9781137448583
ISBN-13 : 113744858X
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Building the Ghanaian Nation-State by : H. Fuller

Ghana has always held a position of primacy in the African political and historical imagination, due in no small part to the indelible impression left president Kwame Nkrumah. This study examines the symbolic strategies he used to construct the Ghanaian state through currency, stamps, museums, flags, and other public icons.

Dark Days in Ghana

Dark Days in Ghana
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Publisher : Zed Books
Total Pages : 223
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ISBN-10 : 0901787094
ISBN-13 : 9780901787095
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Dark Days in Ghana by : Kwame Nkrumah

Dark Days in Ghana Kwame Nkrumah Kwame Nkrumah, foremost exponent of African Unity and socialism never saw Ghana in isolation from the rest of Africa or from the world revolutionary struggle.