Regime Hegemony in Musevenis Uganda Pax Musevenica [Paperback]

This is a study of the struggle for the restoration of legitimate power in Uganda following the 1986 National Resistance Army/Movement (NRA/M) liberation battle led by President Yoweri Museveni. It addresses the empirical consequences of legitimacy on power relations and how this affects democratization and economic progress.Part I Introduction: Conceptualizing Political Legitimacy Continuities in Delegitimation: Post Colonial Tyranny and Anarchy (1962-1986) Part II Reconstructing the State: Challenges of Legitimacy and Power Consolidation Institutional Change and Democratization Political Legitimacy Threatened: The Return of Presidentialism Convergence Not Fundamental Change Conclusion

Rubongoya has written the most thorough and penetrating analysis of the regime of Yoweri Museveni in Uganda to date. The study ably chornicles the rise and decline of the regime, measured in terms of its public legitimacy, since its advent in 1986... Recommended. - CHOICE

This is, unequivocally, an important book. It is rich in detail on the twists and turns of Uganda politics under Museveni. - International Journal of African Historical Studies

This is a refreshing review and excelleent analysis of Yoweri Museveni's regime in Uganda since its inception in 1986. The author traces the pattern of Uganda's political development through Museveni's successes and failures, advances and declines, gains and disappointments, as well as the subsequent consequences for citizens who were denied access to rewards of the system. Basing his research on careful gathering and assesssment of historial events and a variation of systems analysis, Rubongoya guides readers through this era and addresses the wider issue of governance in Africa.

- Marion E. Doro, Lucy Marsh Haskell Professor Emerita of Government, Connecticut College

Joshua Rubongoya provides us with the full sweep of the Museveni regime to date. His comlã