| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 259 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-241) and index. |
| Contents |
No-party democracy -- Building a no-party state in Uganda -- The political economy of support for the new regime -- Museveni's political trajectory -- The movement : a partisan organization in disguise -- The state of the old parties in a no-party state -- The electoral politics of no-partyism -- The parliamentary politics of no-partyism -- The demise of a democratic model. |
| Summary |
Are political parties an essential element of democracy? Or can a no-party system constitute a viable democratic alternative? Giovanni Carbone examines the politics of Museveniʹs Uganda to illustrate the achievements, contradictions, and limitations of participatory politics in the absence of partisan organizations. At a time when multiparty reforms were sweeping the globe, Uganda opted for a controversial, no-party democratic model. The countryʹs politics over the past two decades thus provide the perfect opportunity for addressing the many questions -- theoretical, empirical, and comparative -- that the notion of a no-party system of elected government raises. Carboneʹs analysis of how a no-party electoral regime actually works (or doesnʹt) in Uganda fills a gap in both democracy studies and the study of African politics. -- Publisher description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Political parties -- Uganda.
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Political parties. |
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Uganda. |
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One-party systems -- Uganda.
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One-party systems. |
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Democracy -- Uganda.
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Democracy. |
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Uganda -- Politics and government -- 1979-
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1979- |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Carbone, Giovanni M. No-party democracy? 9781588266309 (DLC) 2008009264 (OCoLC)213080411 |
| ISBN |
9781626371170 (electronic book) |
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1626371172 (electronic book) |
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9781588266309 |
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1588266303 |
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