No-party democracy? : Ugandan politics in comparative perspective

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    • Carbone, Giovanni

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No-party democracy? : Ugandan politics in comparative perspective

Giovanni Carbone

Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2008

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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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 Museveni's 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 country's politics over the past two decades thus provide an extraordinary opportunity for addressing the many questions - theoretical, empirical, and comparative - that the notion of a no-party system of elected government raises. Carbone's analysis of how a no-party electoral regime actually works (or doesn't) in Uganda fills a gap in both democracy studies and the study of African politics. This book draws on the Ugandan experience to illustrate the achievements, contradictions, and limitations of a no-party system of elected government.

Table of 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.

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