Ghana - A Country Study

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Table A. Chronology of Important Events COUNTRY PROFILE Geography SOCIETY ECONOMY TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS NATIONAL SECURITY Introduction Chapter 1. Historical Setting THE PRECOLONIAL PERIOD ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS Britain and the Gold Coast: The Early Years THE COLONIAL ERA: BRITISH RULE OF THE GOLD COAST Colonial Administration Economic and Social Development THE GROWTH OF NATIONALISM AND THE END OF COLONIAL RULE Early Manifestations of Nationalism The Politics of the Independence Movements INDEPENDENT GHANA Nkrumah, Ghana, and Africa The Growth of Opposition to Nkrumah THE FALL OF THE NKRUMAH REGIME AND ITS AFTERMATH The National Liberation Council and the Busia Years, 1966-71 The National Redemption Council Years, 1972-79 GHANA AND THE RAWLINGS ERA The Second Coming of Rawlings: The First Six Years, 1982- 87 The District Assemblies Chapter 2. Society and Its Environment PHYSICAL SETTING Geographical Regions The Low Plains Ashanti Uplands Akwapim-Togo Ranges Volta Basin The High Plains Rivers and Lakes Climate POPULATION Population Distribution Urban-Rural Disparities Family Planning ETHNIC GROUPS AND LANGUAGES Language Diversity Major Ethnic Groups The Ewe The Guan The Peoples of the North The Ga-Adangbe The Central Togo SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE Traditional Patterns of Social Relations Social Change Urban Society The Position of Women RELIGION AND SOCIETY Christianity and Islam in Ghana Traditional Religion Syncretic Religion HEALTH AND WELFARE Health Care Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) SOCIAL WELFARE EDUCATION The Education System Problems in Education Adult Education Chapter 3. The Economy HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT ECONOMY STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY Gross Domestic Product Debt and Inflation Trade ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT The Economic Recovery Program State Enterprises Budgets BANKING AND CURRENCY Banking Currency LABOR FORCE National Requirements Income and Wages AGRICULTURE Cocoa Other Commercial Crops Food Crops and Livestock Forestry Fishing MINING AND PETROLEUM INDUSTRIES Gold Diamonds Manganese Petroleum Exploration MANUFACTURING AND TOURISM Electrical Power Tourism TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS Roads and Railroads Ports and Shipping Civil Aviation Telecommunications FOREIGN INVESTMENTS AND ASSISTANCE Foreign Assistance and Loans Balance of Trade and Payments GROWTH TRENDS AND POTENTIAL Chapter 4. Government and Politics THE PROVISIONAL NATIONAL DEFENCE COUNCIL The Political Scene Under the PNDC Revolutionary Organs THE TRANSITION FROM MILITARY RULE TO DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT Interest Groups and National Politics District Assembly Elections Charting the Political Transition Presidential Elections Parliamentary Elections THE FOURTH REPUBLIC The Judiciary The Civil Service The Media Regional and Local Government POLITICAL DYNAMICS UNDER THE FOURTH REPUBLIC Developing Democratic Institutions FOREIGN RELATIONS Relations with Immediate African Neighbors Burkina Nigeria The Organization of African Unity and the Rest of Africa Britain and the Commonwealth The United States Other Countries International Organizations FUTURE DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS Chapter 5. National Security INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS INTERNAL SECURITY CONCERNS THE ARMED FORCES IN NATIONAL LIFE The Armed Forces in the Past The Asante Wars World War I World War II The Development of the Modern Army THE MILITARY AND THE GOVERNMENT The Acheampong Regime, 1972-78 The Akuffo Coup, 1978 The 1979 Coup and the First Rawlings Government The 1981 Coup and the Second Rawlings Government THE MILITARY AND THE ECONOMY ARMED FORCES' MISSION, ORGANIZATION, AND STRENGTH MILITARY MANPOWER, TRAINING, AND MORALE Training Morale Uniforms, Ranks, and Insignia FOREIGN MILITARY ASSISTANCE Britain Canada Soviet Union German Democratic Republic China Israel Italy STATE SECURITY SERVICES CRIMINAL JUSTICE Criminal Code and Courts Prison System HUMAN RIGHTS MILITARY TRENDS

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