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  The Rawlings'Factor in Ghana's Politics: An Appraisal of Some Secondary and Primary Data
  Author(s): Brenya E, Adu-Gyamfi S, Afful I, Darkwa B, Richmond MB, Korkor SO, Boakye ES and Turkson GKBrenya E, Adu-Gyamfi S, Afful I, Darkwa B, Richmond MB, Korkor SO, Boakye ES and Turkson GK
  
  Global concern for good leadership and democracy necessitates an examination of how good governance impacts the growth and development of a country. Since independence, Ghana has made giant strides towards good governance and democracy. Jerry John Rawlings has ruled the country for significant period of the three decades. Rawlings emerged on the political scene in 1979 through coup d’état as a junior officer who led the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) and eventually consolidated his rule as a legitimate democratically elected President of Ghana under the fourth republican constitution in 1992. Therefore, Ghana’s political history cannot be complete without a thorough examination of the role of the Rawlings in the developmental/democratic process of Ghana. However, there are different contentions about the impact of Rawlings on the developmental and democra.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2332-0761.1000S1.004

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