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Book SynopsisContents: PART I:1. The African Challenge to Democracy. PART II: 2. Historical Background. 3. The Physical and Economic Environment. PART III: 4. The Traditionally Oriented System. 5. Political Organization Among the Akan. 6. Patterns of Indirect Rule. 7. The Politics of Indirect Rule. 8. Towards Autonomy Within the Commonwealth. 9. The Structures
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*PREFACE, pg. vii*PREFACE TO FIRST REVISED EDITION, pg. xiv*PREFACE TO SECOND REVISED EDITION, pg. xxi*CONTENTS, pg. xxvii*CHAPTER 1. THE AFRICAN CHALLENGE TO DEMOCRACY, pg. 3*CHAPTER 2. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, pg. 21*CHAPTER 3. THE PHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, pg. 39*CHAPTER 4. THE TRADITIONALLY ORIENTED SYSTEM, pg. 80*CHAPTER 5. POLITICAL ORGANIZATION AMONG THE AKANS, pg. 99*CHAPTER 6. PATTERNS OF INDIRECT RULE, pg. 119*CHAPTER 7. THE POLITICS OF INDIRECT RULE, pg. 131*CHAPTER 8. TOWARDS AUTONOMY WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH, pg. 159*CHAPTER 9. THE STRUCTURES OF SECULAR GOVERNMENT, pg. 175*CHAPTER 10. THE PATTERNS OF GOLD COAST POLITICS, pg. 199*CHAPTER 11. THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY IN ACTION, pg. 234*CHAPTER 12. NATIONAL ISSUES AND LOCAL POLITICS, pg. 257*CHAPTER 13. CONTROL FACTORS IN INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFER, pg. 273*CHAPTER 14. PROSPECTS OF GOLD COAST DEMOCRACY, pg. 291*CHAPTER 15. GHANA AS A NEW NATION, pg. 325*CHAPTER 16. GHANA IN TRANSITION: A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW, pg. 362*APPENDIX. A NOTE ON METHODOLOGY, pg. 415*INDEX, pg. 425
