| Abstract: | After independence the new power of the former colonies to establish contact with whichever country they desired influenced them profoundly, not least in their administrative systems, both because it required them to develop structures capable of dealing with their newly-acquired external affairs, and because it brought them into contact with different ways of doing things. This article examines, by reference to Ghana and the Soviet bloc, the extent to which a policy of 'new lamps for old' was adopted and its degree of success. The conclusion is that a country has only little freedom to alter its institutions: those it already has will have developed to suit the unique conditions in which they operate. Sections: The colonial system - Post-independence administrative changes - The new structures in action. Notes. |
AfricaBib 
Periodical article
Leiden University catalogue
WorldCat