No-Party Democracy? : : Ugandan Politics in Comparative Perspective / / Giovanni Carbone.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Carbone, Giovanni,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (259 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Illustrations --; Acknowledgments --; 1 No-Party Democracy --; 2 Building a No-Party State in Uganda --; 3 The Political Economy of Support for the New Regime --; 4 Museveni’s Political Trajectory --; 5 The Movement: A Partisan Organization in Disguise --; 6 The State of the Old Parties in a No-Party State --; 7 The Electoral Politics of No-Partyism --; 8 The Parliamentary Politics of No-Partyism --; 9 The Demise of a Democratic Model --; List of Acronyms --; Notes --; References --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781626371170; 9783110784251
• DOI: 10.1515/9781626371170
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Giovanni Carbone.

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 the perfect 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.