ABSTRACT
The structural, institutional, and personal components of the Ghanaian political scene set the stage for the substantive interactions that took place in the post-Nkrumah phase. The specific elements embodied in the ruling coalitions of this period put in motion a dual set of processes. 1940s has revolved around two seemingly opposing poles: the liberal western-oriented one espoused first by J. B. Danquah and later by K. A. Busia, and the socialist-nonaligned pole put forth by Kwame Nkrumah and later elaborated by his self-proclaimed apostles. Political ideas and ideologies have not been the exclusive domain of ruling coalitions in Ghana. Ghanaians in all walks of life have absorbed, adapted, reacted to, and rejected many of the notions put forth by regimes. They have projected values, outlooks, and norms drawn from their local or specific group environments to the national scene, and have applied ideas current at the state level to their own specific context.
