To Speak and Be Heard : Seeking Good Government in Uganda, ca. 1500-2015 /

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"Through detailed archival research, Hanson reveals the origins of Uganda's strategies for good government-assembly, assent, and powerful gifts-and explains why East African party politics often fail"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hanson, Holly Elisabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politics and government.
Political participation.
Participation politique > Ouganda > Histoire.
Political participation > Uganda > History.
Uganda.
Ouganda > Politique et gouvernement.
Uganda > Politics and government.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: A Long History of Political Voice
  • Building Polities through Assent, Assembly and Voice in Ancient East Africa
  • Incorporating Strangers in the Time of Two Lukikos
  • Seeking Justice at the Palace and the Lake
  • The Modernity that Might Have Been: How Ugandans Lost Mechanisms of Accountability in the Transition to Independence
  • The Pretence of Assent and the Power of Assembly in the Time of Amin
  • Conclusion: The Shape of the Present.

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