Arbitrary states : social control and modern authoritarianism in Museveni's Uganda / Rebecca Tapscott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tapscott, Rebecca, author.

Series:

Oxford studies in African politics and international relations.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford studies in African politics and international relations

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authoritarianism--Uganda.

Authoritarianism.

Power (Social sciences)--Uganda.

Power (Social sciences).

Social control--Uganda.

Social control.

Uganda--Politics and government--1979-.

Uganda.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations (colour), map (black and white).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title places literature on the post-colonial African state in conversation with literature on modern authoritarianism. It presents an original framework, 'institutionalized arbitrariness', to explain how modern authoritarian rulers project arbitrary power, even in environments of relatively functional state institutions and rule of law.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

"This is an open access publication, available online and distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)"--Home page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 20, 2021).

ISBN:

0-19-259846-5

0-19-188974-1

0-19-259847-3

9780198856474

9780192598479

OCLC:

1255224344

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access