Moses Khisa - Böcker

This informative Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of the key political concepts, ideas, institutions and processes in Africa. Leading scholars define core terms, trace the evolution of debates and discuss the ongoing relevance of these topics in contemporary academic and policy contexts.Entries explore diverse areas of study including apartheid, Chinese migration, land tenure reform, military mutinies, pan-Africanism, pre-colonial organisations and truth commissions. They outline analytical insights that connect the past and present as well as theory and practice, and direct readers towards fundamental literature references for deeper engagement with the topic.Scholars and students of politics and public policy, development studies, international relations and regulation and governance, particularly within the field of African politics, will benefit from the foundations and depth presented by this Encyclopedia.Key Features:Contains over 90 concise, analytical entriesWritten by specialists from across the globeAddresses the entire spectrum of the political systemEngages with ongoing debates on decolonising political science

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.