الاكاديمية للدراسات الاجتماعية و الانسانية
Volume 12, Numéro 5, Pages 15-25
2020-07-24
Demilitarizing Politics In Ghana: Which Civil Reconstruction After The 1979 Elections?
Authors : Djebaili Walida .
Abstract
There is considerable evidence to assert that Ghana had undergone not only rapid but spectacular transformations since independence from Britain in 1957. It emerged as a young independent country exhibiting significant economic potential, recorded political achievements, an efficient civil service and rather inconsequential ethnic frictions for national unity. But the post-independence era was tinged with political and economic turbulences. This article attempts to shed light on the mainsprings of this long-lasting political turmoil and the repercussions it had on the political stability and the socio-economic life of Ghana after the 1979 elections. An attempt is made to answer the following key questions: Why, despite such a great potential, did the country run towards political chaos? Did the People’s National Party (PNP) achieve political stability and economic salvation as promised? Or was the civil reconstruction a deep illusion? A combination of internal (particularly frequent military interventions) as well as external factors tightened the stranglehold on President Hilla Limann. With neither drive nor goal, the PNP ill-conceived policy aborted a return of democracy to Ghanaian politics.
Keywords
political reconstruction ; economic crisis ; civilian government ; military intervention
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