Nkrumah and the Chiefs

Politics of Chieftaincy in Ghana 1951-1960

AvRichard Rathbone

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

Del i serien Western African Studies

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Beskrivning

Charts the governments frustrated attempts to democratize local government and the long campaigns by many southern chiefs to resist being marginalized.A study of a radical nationalist government's attempts to destroy chieftaincy in Ghana. It shows how chiefly resistance to their destruction forced the government to seek control over rural areas by redefining chieftaincy. It should provide a context for understanding Ghana's political topography.North America: Ohio U Press

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-01-01
Mått:156 x 234 x 11 mm
Vikt:316 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Western African Studies
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:James Currey
ISBN:9780852557709

Utforska kategorier

Nationalism inom Samhälle och politik
Afrikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik

Recensioner i media

... very distinguished scholarship, the writing is not only clear but stylishly crafted, and the story it tells is about a major aspect of modern Ghanaian political history... - , Professor of Modern History of Africa in the University of London

Innehållsförteckning

Colonial rule and the chiefs; the politics of modernizing local government; the erosion of chiefly juridiction; the fusion of local and national politics; the politics of polarization; independence and the chiefs; crushing the chiefs; controlling the chiefs; making and unmaking the chiefs; "Loyal co-operation with the government".