Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-259) and index.
Machine generated contents note: PART I -- ECONOMIC CRISIS & BACKGROUND TO ADJUSTMENT -- 1. The Making of the Crisis: From Nkrumah to Limann -- 2. The Social & Political Dimensions of the Crisis -- 3. The Origins of the Programme -- PART II -- ADJUSTMENT POLICIES & PERFORMANCE -- 4. Macroeconomic Policy & Performance -- 5. Sector Policy -- 6. Reforming the Public Sector -- 7. Social Dimensions of Adjustment -- PART III -- THE POLITICS OF ADJUSTMENT -- 8. Institutional and Political Dimensions -- 9. The Politics of Adjustment: Social Forces -- PART IV -- FROM ADJUSTMENT TO DEMOCRACY -- 10. The Challenge of Political Liberalization: Reconfiguring -- the Landscape -- 11. The Fourth Republic: Adjustment Aborted?