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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      September 2009
      November 1978
      ISBN:
      9780511558863
      9780521100168
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511558863
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      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.39kg, 264 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, African Studies, Politics and International Relations, Comparative Politics, African Government, Politics and Policy, African History
      Series:
      African Studies (22)
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, African Studies, Politics and International Relations, Comparative Politics, African Government, Politics and Policy, African History
    Series:
    African Studies (22)
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    Although there is a growing body of literature on the process and potential political consequences of class-formation in Africa, there are virtually no detailed studies of the political attitudes and behaviour of African industrial workers. First published in 1978, this study analyses the political history and sociology of one particular group - the railway workers of Ghana's third city, Sekondi-Takoradi, who are renowned for their leading role in the Ghanaian nationalist movement and for their sustained opposition to the elitism and authoritarianism of post-Independence governments. In seeking to explain the ideological consistency which has informed the political activities of the railway workers, Richard Jeffries shows how, within a close-knit and relatively stable community, a keen sense of their own history has provided the basis for a shared political culture.

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