Ghana in Search of Development : The Challange of Governance, Economic Management and Institution Building

by Dzorgbo, Dan-Bright S.

• ISBN13: 9780754612117
• ISBN10: 0754612112
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co

Summary

Why did Ghana fail to promote and sustain development in the postcolonial era? Ghana in Search of Development offers a much needed self-assessment of the postcolonial development experience and contends that governance, economic management and institution building are basic challenges without which the search for development may falter.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
List of Abbreviations	xi
Map of Ghana	xiv
The Paradox of Ghana's Postcolonial Development	1	(41)
Bringing the State Back In: State-Development Nexus	42	(65)
Historical Background of Modern Ghana	107	(40)
Nkrumah and the Great Transformation (1951-1966)	147	(40)
The Search for a New Socioeconomic and Political Order (1966-1969)	187	(29)
The Failure of the Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and the Resurgence of Nkrumahism (1969-1979)	216	(40)
From Populist Revolution to Neoliberalism (1979-1999): An End to Ideology?	256	(51)
Summary, Conclusions and Policy Implications	307	(37)
Appendix	344	(5)
Bibliography	349	(20)
Index	369