Autocratization in Contemporary Uganda

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

• 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

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