Autocratization in Contemporary Uganda

Clientelism, Coercion and Social Control

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Autocratization in Contemporary Uganda analyses two interrelated outcomes: autocratisation, manifest in the deepening of personalist rule or Musevenism, and the regime resilience that has made Museveni one of Africa's current-longest surviving rulers. How has this feat been possible, and what has been the trajectory of Museveni’s increasingly autocratic rule?Surveying that trajectory since 1986, the book takes as its primary focus the years since 2005; bringing to the fore the ‘autocratic turn’, placing it within a broader comparative lens, and enriching it with comparative references to cases outside of Uganda. While positing the notion of 'autocratic adaptability' as a defining hallmark of Museveni’s rule, the book examines the factors and forces that have made that adaptability possible, analysing the dynamics around three keys themes: institutions, resources, and coalitions. Through empirical research, each chapter seeks to demonstrate how either one or two of these three variables have functioned in propelling autocratization and assuring regime resilience - producing theoretical and and comparative implications that reach beyond Uganda.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-08-21
Mått:154 x 232 x 20 mm
Vikt:480 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350323544

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Moses Khisa is Associate Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies, North Carolina State University, USA.

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Autocratization in Contemporary Uganda is an essential reference for all those interested in contemporary and future politicsin Uganda.

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PREFACEACKNOWLEDGEMENTSINTRODUCTION: Theory and Trajectory of Autocratization in Contemporary UgandaMoses Khisa, North Carolina State University, USAPart I: CLIENTELISM AND RESOURCESChapter 1: Political Clientelism and Museveni’s AuthoritarianismNelson Kasfir, Dartmouth College, USAChapter 2: “The one and only Revolutionary President”: Heritage, Memory and the Personalisation of NRM RuleJonathan Fisher, University of Birmingham, UK, and Stephanie Cawood, University of the Free State, South AfricaChapter 3: Museveni and Government-Foreign Business Relations in the Electricity SectorRoger Tangri and Andrew M. MwendaPart II: CO-OPTATION, COERCION & SOCIAL CONTROLChapter 4: State Co-optation of Feminism: Unpacking the Paradoxes of Political RepresentationTabitha Mulyampiti, Makerere University, UgandaChapter 5: Obstructing Civil Society: State Backlash, Co-optation and Coping MechanismsMesharch W. Katusiimeh, Kabale University, UgandaChapter 6: Uncertainty, Militarism and the Politics of Regime SurvivalSabastian Rwengabo, Centre for Basic Research, UgandaChapter 7: The Military as an Instrument of Regime SurvivalGerald Bareebe, York University, CanadaChapter 8: Institutionalized Arbitrariness as Autocratic AdaptabilityRebecca Tapscott, University of York, UKPart III: INSTITUTIONS AND COALITION POLITICSChapter 9: Between Change and Continuity in the Ruling CoalitionMoses Khisa, North Carolina State University, USAChapter 10: Autocratization by ElectionsAnders Sjögren, Uppsala University, SwedenChapter 11: From Movement to Multiparty: The State and the Role of Political PartiesFrederick Golooba-Mutebi, Uganda Martyrs University, Uganda, and Mesharch W. Katusiimeh, Kabale University, UgandaCONCLUSION: Uganda at Political Crossroads?Moses Khisa, North Carolina State University, USA, and Sabastiano Rwengabo, Centre for Basic Research, UgandaIndex