Democracy and Dictatorship in Ghana and Tanzania

Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Deication -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Why democracy? -- Why Ghana? Why Tanzania? -- The art and science of comparative politics -- 2 Democracy in a Hot Climate -- The varied forms of democracy -- Who wants democracy? -- Democratic prospects -- An end to authoritarianism or a beginning of democracy? -- 3 Ghana: Pluralist Democracy, Socialism, Populism and Democracy -- A socialist experiment? -- A liberal restoration? -- The emergence of populism -- Could any political system be made to work? -- Economic constraints -- Cultural constraints -- Behavioural weaknesses -- Populists into democrats? -- 4 Ghana: Political Structures, Civil Society and Democracy -- The state and civil society -- The Civil Service -- The army -- Constitutional checks and balances: the legislature and the judiciary -- Local government -- Conclusion -- 5 Tanzania: the Search for Socialism and Pluralism -- The making of a socialist ideology7 -- A party of the revolution? -- Theory into practice? -- Socialism and pluralism: allies or enemies? -- 6 Tanzania: Political Structures, Civil Society and Democracy -- The state and civil society -- Civil and military bureaucracies -- Constitutional checks and balances: the legislature and the judiciary -- Local government -- Trade unions and industrial relations -- Conclusion -- 7 The Politics of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Some Preliminary Thoughts -- The elements in a transition -- The seeds of challenge to authoritarianism -- The configuration of interests -- The resolution of conflicts and the consolidation of democracy -- 8 Ghana: Democratic Transition and Consolidation -- A long march or trench warfare? -- The seeds of challenge to authoritarianism -- The configuration of interests -- The resolution of conflicts.