Revolution and Democracy in Ghana

This book analyses Flight-Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings' plans for radical democratisation in Ghana, involving ordinary people directly in the country's political and economic decision-making processes.

Jeffrey Haynes is Emeritus Professor at London Metropolitan University, UK, where he was formerly Associate Dean (Research) and Head of the School of Social Sciences

1. Revolutionary populism and democracy in Ghana 2. The Armed Forces Revolutionary Council and 'housecleaning' 3. Rawlings and populist revolution 4. 'Popular power' and authoritarian populism 5. Economic recovery and popular discontent 6. Return of multi-party democracy 7. Rawlings' Presidency and Democratisation 8. Jerry John Rawlings: personal, political, and institutional legacies