Personalizing Power in Uganda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6288085 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew M Mwenda (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 23-37 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of democracy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jod.2007.0048 |
| OpenAlex | W2084162606 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 49 |
| References cited | 4 |
A dozen years after the adoption of Uganda's new constitution, the democratization process has been thrown into reverse. Uganda today is sliding backward toward a system of one-man rule engineered by the recently reelected President Yoweri Museveni, who has now been in power for more than two decades. Due to Museveni's use of force and intimindation on the one hand, and his manipulation of patronage on the other, the stakeholders whom one would naturally expect to denounce the backsliding have been silent
Constitution · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Dozen · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law
Big Man Rule in Africa
Democratic Backsliding in Africa?
Uganda’s Emerging Urban Policy Environment
Third-Term Politics and the De-Institutionalisation of Power in Africa
Carbon markets and the new ‘Carbon Violence’
Arbitrary States
The Role of Social and Symbolic Capital in Electoral Politics
Competitive authoritarianism in Uganda
Media Accountability and Political Interest in East Africa
Agenda building and the politics of regime legitimacy in East Africa
The ambiguities of the ‘partnership’ between civil society and the state in Uganda's Aids response during the 1990s and 2000s as demonstrated in the development of Taso
Populism, post-truth politics and the failure to deceive the public in Uganda’s energy debate
Sexualizing politics
Neoliberalism and the state in the African city
Making sense of the state amid the uncertainty of the Covid-19 pandemic in Kampala, Uganda
Elite Corruption and Politics in Uganda
Legacies of Victors’ Rebel Governance
Who votes after a coup? Theory and evidence from Egypt
What Motivates Young African Leaders for Public Engagement? Lessons from Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda
Presidential intervention and the changing ‘politics of survival’ in Kampala’s informal economy
President Museveni and the politics of presidential tenure in Uganda
The Origins of Transnational Alliances
Patronage, District Creation, and Reform in Uganda
The Impact of Culture on Performance Appraisal Reforms in Africa
Charcoal power
Karamojan politics
Fake capitalism? The dynamics of neoliberal moral restructuring and pseudo-development
Populism, Competitive Authoritarianism, and Foreign Policy
Leader Turnover, Regime Type, and Growth Volatility
Naked Bodies and Collective Action
The struggle for identity among Black professional women who are widowed
Turnaround
Progress and Retreat in Africa
Progress and Retreat in Africa
The Institutionalization of Political Power in Africa
Supporting the opposition or the ruling party
Personnel management, institutional engineering, and coercion
Democratization in Africa 1990–2010
Can democratization undermine democracy? Economic and political reform in Uganda
The Politics of Legislative Expansion in Africa
Election Ink and Turnout in a Partial Democracy
Legal Manoeuvres and Violence
Democratic Subversion
Neoliberalism and the revival of agricultural cooperatives
Populism-in-state-practice under neoliberalism
Change and continuity in the politics of government-business relations in Museveni's Uganda
Primaries, patronage, and political personalities in South-western Uganda
Doing business out of war. An analysis of the UPDF's presence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Civil society in Uganda
| Unique citing works | 49 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,58 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 48 |