A major step forward

Journal of Democracy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Lyons, Terrence ^a  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 18744421434     PISSN: 10455736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jod.1997.0019     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Michael Holman and Michela Wrong, "Ghana 1996: African Trailblazer Begins to Falter," Financial Times (London), 9 July 1996.
2. For a recent political history, see Albert Adu Boahen, "Ghana: Conflict Reoriented," in I. William Zartman, ed., Governance as Conflict Management: Politics and Violence in West Africa (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1996).
3. Naomi Chazan, "The Anomalies of Continuity: Perspectives on Ghanaian Elections Since Independence," in Fred M. Hayward, ed., Elections in Independent Africa (Boulder, Colo.: Westview, 1987), 61.
4. Naomi Chazan, "The Political Transformation of Ghana Under the PNDC," in Donald Rothchild, ed., Ghana: The Political Economy of Recovery (Boulder, Colo: Lynne Rienner, 1991), 22. For more on the collapse of Ghana prior to 1981, see Donald Rothchild, "Rawlings and the Engineering of Legitimacy in Ghana," in I. William Zartman, ed., Collapsed States: The Disintegration and Restoration of Legitimate Authority (Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner, 1995).
5. Naomi Chazan, "The Political Transformation of Ghana Under the PNDC," in Donald Rothchild, ed., Ghana: The Political Economy of Recovery (Boulder, Colo: Lynne Rienner, 1991), 22. For more on the collapse of Ghana prior to 1981, see Donald Rothchild, "Rawlings and the Engineering of Legitimacy in Ghana," in I. William Zartman, ed., Collapsed States: The Disintegration and Restoration of Legitimate Authority (Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner, 1995).
6. Donald Rothchild and E. Gyimah-Boadi, "Populism in Ghana and Burkina Faso," Current History 28 (May 1988): 538.
7. Matthew Martin, "Negotiating Adjustment and External Finance: Ghana and the International Community, 1982-1989," in Rothchild, ed,. Ghana, 251.
8. Jeffrey Herbst, The Politics of Reform in Ghana, 1982-1991 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993); Richard Jeffries, "Leadership Commitment and Political Opposition to Structural Adjustment in Ghana," in Rothchild, ed., Ghana, 157-71.
9. Jeffrey Herbst, The Politics of Reform in Ghana, 1982-1991 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993); Richard Jeffries, "Leadership Commitment and Political Opposition to Structural Adjustment in Ghana," in Rothchild, ed., Ghana, 157-71.
10. Albert Adu Boahen, The Ghanaian Sphinx: Reflections on the Contemporary History of Ghana, 1972-1987 (Accra: Academy of Arts and Sciences Press, 1989), 51-52.
11. Jerry Rawlings as quoted in Colleen Lowe Morna, "A Grassroots Democracy," Africa Report 34 (July-August 1989): 20.
12. See Kwame A. Ninsin, "Strategies of Mobilisation Under the PNDC Government," in E. Gyimah-Boadi, ed., Ghana Under PNDC Rule (Dakar, Senegal: CODESRIA, 1993).
13. Quoted in Kwasi Afriyic Badu and John Larvie, Elections in Ghana 1996, Part 1 (Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, 1996), 72.
14. Richard Jeffries and Clarc Thomas, "The Ghanaian Elections of 1992," African Affairs 92 (July 1993): 335-37.
15. E. Gyimah-Boadi, "Ghana's Uncertain Political Opening," Journal of Democracy 5 (April 1994): 82; and "Ghana: Elections and the Rawlings Factor," Africa Confidential, 20 November 1992, 5-6.
16. E. Gyimah-Boadi, "Ghana's Uncertain Political Opening," Journal of Democracy 5 (April 1994): 82; and "Ghana: Elections and the Rawlings Factor," Africa Confidential, 20 November 1992, 5-6.
17. Collen Lowe Morna, "Interview: Kwesi Botchwey, Ghana's Finance Minister," Africa Report 40 (March-April 1995): 38. See also Todd J. Moss and David G. Williams, "Can Ghana's Economic Reform Survive the 1996 Elections?" CSIS Africa Notes, No. 175, August 1995.
18. Collen Lowe Morna, "Interview: Kwesi Botchwey, Ghana's Finance Minister," Africa Report 40 (March-April 1995): 38. See also Todd J. Moss and David G. Williams, "Can Ghana's Economic Reform Survive the 1996 Elections?" CSIS Africa Notes, No. 175, August 1995.
19. Jeffries and Thomas, "Ghanaian Elections of 1992," 356.
20. Carter Center, "Ghana Election Mission - Executive Summary," 6 November 1992.
21. Jeffries and Thomas, "The Ghanaian Elections of 1992," 354.
22. "Ghana: Last Chance Alliance," Africa Confidential, 29 March 1996, 6-7; Michela Wrang, "Ghana 1996: Rawlings Faces Tougher Test," Financial Times, 9 July 1996.
23. "Ghana: Last Chance Alliance," Africa Confidential, 29 March 1996, 6-7; Michela Wrang, "Ghana 1996: Rawlings Faces Tougher Test," Financial Times, 9 July 1996.
24. Richard Soudriette, "Ghana's Democracy Is a Good Model for Africa," Washington Times, 26 December 1996, A15.
25. See Larry Garber and Glenn Cowan, "The Virtues of Parallel Vote Tabulations," Journal of Democracy 4 (April 1993): 95-107.
26. On the fight for the nomination, see "Ghana: Last Chance Alliance," Africa Confidential, 29 March 1996, 6-7; and "Ghana: Together Against Jerry," Africa Confidential, 21 June 1996, 4-5.
27. On the fight for the nomination, see "Ghana: Last Chance Alliance," Africa Confidential, 29 March 1996, 6-7; and "Ghana: Together Against Jerry," Africa Confidential, 21 June 1996, 4-5.
28. National Democratic Institute, "Preliminary Statement by the NDI International Observer Delegation to the December 7 Elections in Ghana," 10 December 1996. Commonwealth Observer Group, "Interim Statement by the Chairperson, Sir Paul Reeves," 8 December 1996.
29. National Democratic Institute, "Preliminary Statement by the NDI International Observer Delegation to the December 7 Elections in Ghana," 10 December 1996. Commonwealth Observer Group, "Interim Statement by the Chairperson, Sir Paul Reeves," 8 December 1996.