In recent years, scholars of authoritarianism have noted a trend in which institutions
designed to check arbitrary power have been hollowed out to facilitate its exercise. As they …

Current understandings of regime survival in Uganda tend to over-emphasise the role of
'semi-authoritarian'and 'neopatrimonial'politics and neglect the extent to which the regime …

This paper draws on the notion of “coercive power” as developed by Levitsky and Way
(Competitive authoritarianism: hybrid regimes after the cold war, Cambridge University …

Aili Mari Tripp takes a close, clear-sighted look at Ugandan politics since 1986, when Yoweri
Museveni became the country's president. Museveni's exercise of power has been replete …

This article examines the relationship between the state security apparatus and local
security initiatives in Gulu District, northern Uganda. It draws from more than 200 interviews …

This is a study of the struggle for the restoration of legitimate power in Uganda following the
1986 National Resistance Army/Movement (NRA/M) liberation battle led by President …

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 …

As African countries moved toward electoral democratization in the 1990s, many countries
remained basically authoritarian, but incorporated some democratic innovations to one …

1 Uganda's post-independence period, like in other African states, was afflicted by
authoritarian rule, 1 which led to a development crisis. 2 In desperate search for remedies …

Uganda enjoys the reputation of a fairly stable nation amidst the chaos of the Great Lakes
Region. President Museveni has been hailed as leader among a “new breed” of African …