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.)

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.

Table of Contents

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