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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463304503321

Autore

Tripp Aili Mari

Titolo

Women & politics in Uganda [[electronic resource] /] / Aili Mari Tripp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2000

ISBN

0-299-16483-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Disciplina

305.42/096761

Soggetti

Women - Political activity - Uganda

Feminism - Uganda

Women - Uganda - Societies and clubs

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Tables""; ""Maps & Photos""; ""Acronyms & Luganda Terms""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1. Women's Mobilization & Societal Autonomy: In Comparative African Perspective""; ""2. A Foot in the Door: Historical Dimensions of the Women's Movement in Uganda""; ""3. The National Resistance Movement: Closing Political Space""; ""4. The Political Impact of the Women's Movement under the NRM ""; ""5. Why the Women's Movement Expanded Under the NRM""; ""6. Going Against the Grain: Women's Challenges to the Politicization of Ethnicity & Religion""

""7. Reconfiguring the Political: The Story of a Jinja Health Clinic""""8. The Practical & the Political: A Battle for Market Stalls & Power""; ""9. Resisting Patronage Politics: The Case of Kawaala Housing Project""; ""10. Anatomy of a Deception: ""Something is Fishy in Kamuli""""; ""11. Gender & Institutional Analysis: The Limits of Political Representation""; ""Appendix A. Survey Methods""; ""Appendix B. List of Interviews""; ""Appendix C. Constitution of Ekikwenza Omubi Women's Project, 1990""

""Appendix D. Developing Kawaala Through Self Help Participation: ""The Proposed Kawaala Land Development Project"" drawn up by Kawaala Residents""""References""; ""Index""