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Record Nr.

UNINA9910490030703321

Autore

Tapscott Rebecca

Titolo

Arbitrary states : social control and modern authoritarianism in Museveni's Uganda / / Rebecca Tapscott [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2021

ISBN

0-19-259846-5

0-19-188974-1

0-19-259847-3

9780198856474

9780192598479

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

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

Collana

Oxford studies in African politics and international relations

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

320.96761

Soggetti

Authoritarianism - Uganda

Power (Social sciences) - Uganda

Social control - Uganda

Uganda Politics and government 1979-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.