00915nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000008000190001710000210003624501000005726000610015730000220021852005340024058300190077420260716043241.0  a04.04.02 F3535  aFerguson, Tyrone  aTo survive sensibly or to court heroic death : management of Guyana's political economy 1965-85  bPublic Affairs Consulting EnterpriseaGeorgetownGYc1999  a[6], xvii, 443 p.  aPresents an account of the stewardship of Forbes Burnham as Premier, Prime Minister and ultimately Executive President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.  Recounts the performances and failures of the authoritarian government he led, and highlights the conflicts between Burnham's People's National Congress Party (P.N.C.) and Cheddi Jagan's People's Progressive Party (P.P.P.). Looks at the effort to chart a sovereign non-aligned course for the emergent nation.  Records Guyana's decolonization and development up to 1985.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR