TY - BOOK AU - Fordwor, Kantinka K. Donkoh TI - The Danquah-Busia tradition in the politics of Ghana: the origins,mission and achievements of the New Patriotic Party. SN - 9789988044954 AV - JQ3039.A544F67 PY - 2010/// CY - Accra PB - Unimax Macmillan N1 - Includes index; Contents:The historical antecedents -- The united gold coast convention(UGCC) -- The break up of the UGCC and the emergence of the convention people party(CPP) -- Nkrumah and the CPP achieve political power -- The unification of the opposition to the CPP -- Independence and the rise and fall of the united party -- The fall of nkrumah -- Return to constitutional rule and the second republic -- The progress party in the wilderness(1927-1992) -- The PNDC and the fourth republic -- The NPP in opposition -- The NPP in the role of official opposition(1996-2000) -- Political power at last -- The contribution of the danquah-busia tradition to the political development of ghana-an evaluation -- The way forward ER -