No-party democracy? : Ugandan politics in comparative perspective

✍ Scribed by Giovanni Carbone

• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 273
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Book Title
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
1- No-Party Democracy
Political Parties and Democratic Politics
The Argument for No-Party Democracy: Ethnicity, Exclusion, and Political Instability
The Emergence of Modern Politics and Political Parties in Uganda During the 1960s
The Second Attempt: Elections, Parties, and Conflict in the 1980s
The Dawn of a New Democratic Model?
Plan of the Book
2-Building a No-Party State in Uganda
Successes and Limits in Rebuilding the Ugandan State
3-The Political Economy of Support for the New Regime
From Economic Renewal to Regional Imbalances
Turning a Blind Eye: International Support for the Regime
Domestic Constituencies: Ethnic Favoritism, Political Access and Corruption
Losing Out: The Marginalization of the Northern Regions
4-Museveni’s Political Trajectory
Antipolitics as a Legitimizing Strategy: The Making of a Political Outsider
Museveni’s Governing Practice: Plebiscitarian Drifts and Institutional Clashes
Political Leadership and Institutional Constraints in an African Country
5-The Movement: A Partisan Organization in Disguise
From the NRM “in the Bush” to a Constitutionalized Movement
Neither Monopoly nor Pluralism: Uganda’s Hegemonic Party System
6-The State of the Old Parties in a No-Party State
The Organizational Strategies of Opposition Parties
Continuity and Lack of Formalization in the Democratic Party
Conflict over “Working Methods” Within the Uganda People’s Congress
The Fragile Survival of Organized Opposition Forces Within a Hegemonic System
7-The Electoral Politics of No-Partyism
Who Decides Who Is to Run?
Setting Up a No-Party Electoral Campaign
Electoral Organization Under a No-Party System
8-The Parliamentary Politics of No-Partyism
The Resurgence and Evolution of Parliament in a New Political Age
The True Extent of MPs’ Independence
Balance Sheet of Organized Parliamentary Action
9-The Demise of a Democratic Model
The Transition to Multipartyism: Opening a New Era or Holding the Lid on Real Competition?
Uganda and the Democratization of Politics in Africa
Acronyms
Notes
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
References
Index
About the Book