Autocratization in Contemporary Uganda

Autocratization in Contemporary Uganda is an essential reference for all those interested in contemporary and future politicsin Uganda. * Journal of Development Studies * This compilation of insightful essays charts the autocratization of Uganda since President Yower Museveni’s takeover in 1986, effectively demonstrating how the regime has become increasingly personalized and institutionally fragmented. The book shows how the longevity of the regime is a result of cooptation and coercion. Each chapter examines a different set of institutions to uncover mechanisms of institutional adaptability, pervasive clientelism, and legal manipulation. Taken as a whole, the book provides a significant contribution to our understanding of how autocracy operates today in Africa. * Aili Mari Tripp, Vilas Research Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA * In theorizing Uganda's politics, this book propels the prevailing research agenda beyond current parameters, while its empirical underpinnings provide a scholarly tone for practical future inquiry. * Joshua B. Rubongoya, Professor, Roanoke College, USA * There has been a welcome recent spate of books on the Yoweri Museveni/NRM regime in Uganda, but the breadth and depth of this anthology is quite significant and refreshing; it is also quite timely. * Joe Oloka-Onyango, Professor of Law, Makerere University, Uganda, * Autocratization in Contemporary Uganda: Clientelism, Coercion and Social Control offers a comprehensive, nuanced and insightful analysis of the complex factors behind regime resilience and autocratic deepening in Uganda and its implications. The group of authors´ collective grasp of autocratic theory and historic and contemporary debates in Ugandan politics has produced a “must read” volume for scholars and students interested in autocratization and the political and economic factors underpinning Uganda’s political trajectory under President Museveni. * Lise Rakner, Professor, Department of Government, University of Bergen, Norway * The current National Resistance Movement government in Uganda rests on a puzzling combination of the stability and resilience of President Museveni’s rule on the one hand, and an increasingly personalized and vulnerable system on the other. In this volume, a collective of Uganda-experts offers important and insightful perspectives on this puzzle. A must read to help us understand not only the Ugandan path but processes of autocratization on the African continent and elsewhere. * Anne Mette Kjaer, Aarhus University, Denmark *