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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822774103321

Autore

Kasozi A. B. K (Abdu Basajabaka Kawalya), <1942->

Titolo

The social origins of violence in Uganda, 1964-1985 / / A.B.K. Kasozi ; with the assistance and collaboration of Nakanyike Musisi and James Mukooza Sejjengo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Buffalo, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1994

ISBN

1-282-85705-3

9786612857058

0-7735-6487-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 347 pages) : illustrations, maps

Altri autori (Persone)

MusisiNakanyike

SejjengoJames Mukooza <1954->

Disciplina

967.6104

Soggetti

Violence - Uganda - History - 20th century

Social conflict - Uganda - History - 20th century

Uganda Social conditions 1971-1979

Uganda Social conditions 1979-

Uganda Politics and government 1962-1971

Uganda Politics and government 1971-1979

Uganda Politics and government 1979-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Errata slip tipped in.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [288]-338) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Maps -- Abbreviations and Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Legacy of Violence -- Precolonial and Colonial Uganda -- Inequality and Violence in Uganda -- From Nakulabye to Namugongo -- From a Negotiated to an Imposed Constitution, 1962–66 -- From a Civilian to a Military Dictatorship, 1966–71 -- Idi Amin and the Politics of Survival, 1971–79 -- Weak Governments and Social Chaos, 1979–85 -- Four and One-Half Years of Brute Violence, 1980–85 -- Civil War, 1981–85 -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- The Language Debate -- Buwunga Subcounty: A Case Study of the Impact of Violence on a Local Community -- Some of the Massacres under the Military Commission and Obote’s Regime, 1980–84 -- Some of the Victims of Amin’s Years



of Terror, 1971-79 -- A Few of Those Reported Killed during Obote’s Second Regime, 1981–85* -- Some of the Detainees at Luzira Gazetted by Ugandan Authorities -- Memorandum of Uganda’s Religious Leaders to Obote, August 1981* -- Letter of the Leader of the Opposition to the President of Atrocities* -- Memorandum from the Chairman of the National Resistance Movement to the Commonwealth Prime Ministers and Haeads of Government* -- Public Statement by Uganda’s Ambassador to the Scandinavian Countries, Ibrahim Mukiibi -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Using a convincing causal model of violence, Kasozi attributes the major causes of violence in Uganda to social inequality, the failure to develop legitimate conflict resolution mechanisms, and factors that have influenced the domain and patterns of conflict in that society (such as lack of a common language, religious sectarianism, vigilante justice, and gender inequality). He concludes the study by drawing comparisons with neighbouring countries and offering some prescriptions for alleviating the violence. Kasozi was assisted by Nakanyike Musisi and James Mukooza Sejjengo, who participated in the research on this book. The Social Origins of Violence in Uganda is one of the most thorough and comprehensive analyses of the causes, levels, and incidence of more than two decades of violence in Uganda.