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SETTING THE RECORDS STRAIGHT
Was the Rawlings regime legitimate? Who defines legitimacy? The ruler or the ruled? The introductory literature compels the reader to look at regime legitimacy with panoramic lenses. It looks at societal conflict model where "powerful, local groups overwhelm the center and undermine its ability to offer effective leadership" and the state contraction model, where, "the weak state, plagued by incapacity and 'immobilisme' may deteriorate from within". It was the state contraction model that ushered in the June 4th Revolution because; the state could not offer effective leadership; losing credibility as a political and economic manager.
Compiled By: Hon. E.T. Mensah