Controlling consent : Uganda's 2016 elections / edited by J. Oloka-Onyango & Josephine Ahikire.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oloka-Onyango, Joseph, editor, author.

Ahikire, Josephine, editor, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--Uganda.

Elections.

Democracy--Uganda.

Democracy.

Politics and government.

Uganda.

Uganda--Politics and government--21st century.

Physical Description:

ix, 540 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Trenton, New Jersey : Africa World Press, [2017]

Contents:

Part I. Introduction: How do you control consent? / J. Oloka-Onyango and Josephine Ahikire

Part II. Political parties, candidates and strategies

Political party primaries: was there method to the madness? / David Mugambe Mpiima

Beyond legal reform in understanding opposition underperformance / Moses Khisa & Sabastiano Rwengabo

Unpacking the politics of opposition political party partnerships: the Democratic Alliance (TDA) / Sallie Simba Kayunga

Enter the dragon, exit the myths: the contested candidacy of John Patrick Amama Mbabazi / J. Oloka-Onyango

Committing suicide or voting wisely? Service delivery politics in the 2016 elections / Phiona Muhwezi-Mpanga

Do party strategies really matter in an electoral autocracy? / Sabiti Makara

Part III. Gender, inclusion and rights

Inclusion and exclusion: the case of gender equality in the 2016 elections / Aramanzan Madanda

"Please 'Daddy' ... give us some more": recognition politics and the language of special interest groups / Josephine Ahikire

Manifestations of electoral violence against women as a tool of political exclusion / Veronica Nakijoba

Citizens or inhabitants? Deconstructing youth participation in Uganda's electoral politics / Andrew Karamagi

The right of prisoners to vote: historical and contemporary concerns / Jamil Ddamulira Mujuzi

A political coming of age for Ugandan NGOs? The campaign for free and fair elections / Maria Nassali

Part IV. The media, communications and literature

"Verbal duels" and election violence reportage in Uganda's print media / Levis Mugumya

Enjoying elections: the place of the editorial cartoon / Richard Ssewakiryanga

A discourse analysis of gender portrayals in the electoral speeches of presidential candidates / Sarah Ssali

Electoral violence in post-colonial Ugandan literature / Danson Sylvester Kahyana

Part V. The place of state institutions and systems

Of "yellow" police, a cadre army and the liberation war psychosis: the question of electoral security / James Nkuubi

"Courts did not come from god": judicial power and electoral competition in Uganda / Ben Kiromba Twinomugisha

Personal identity systems and the role of the state in democratic national elections / Elisam Magara

How do you solve a problem like "substantiality?" The Supreme Court and presidential election petitions / Busingye Kabumba

Part VI. Afterword: towards 2021

"Broad and complicated": on donor politics and the "new" NRM regime / Sylvia Tamale.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781569025017

1569025010

9781569025024

1569025029

OCLC:

967713084