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Klappentext This study analyses the political history and sociology of one particular group - the railway workers of Ghana's third city! Sekondi-Takoradi. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. A political history of Ghanaian railway unionism: 1. The railway and harbour workers of Sekondi-Takoradi: a sociological profile; 2. The origins and dynamics of Railway Union development; 3. The railway workers in the nationalist movement - the meaning of political commitment; 4. The politics of TUC reorganisation under the CPP regime; 5. The railway workers' response to CPP socialism: the strike of 1961; 6. The development of an independent and democratic trade union movement; 7. The railway workers divided: the sources and structure of political conflict in the Railway Union; Part II. Class, power and ideology: 8. Class formation in Ghana; 9. Power and organisation; 10. The political culture of the railway workers; Conclusion.
