Controlling consent :
Controlling consent : Uganda's 2016 elections /
J. Oloka-Onyango & Josephine Ahikire.
- pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Introduction: How do you control consent? / J. Oloka-Onyango and Josephine Ahikire -- Political party primaries: was there method to the madness? / Beyond legal reform in understanding opposition underperformance / Unpacking the politics of opposition political party partnerships: the Democratic Alliance (TDA) / Enter the dragon, exit the myths: the contested candidacy of John Patrick Amama Mbabazi / Committing suicide or voting wisely? Service delivery politics in the 2016 elections / Do party strategies really matter in an electoral autocracy? / Inclusion and exclusion: the case of gender equality in the 2016 elections / "Please 'Daddy' ... give us some more": recognition politics and the language of special interest groups / Manifestations of electoral violence against women as a tool of political exclusion / Citizens or inhabitants? Deconstructing youth participation in Uganda's electoral politics / A political coming of age for Ugandan NGOs? The campaign for free and fair elections / "Verbal duels" and election violence reportage in Uganda's print media / Enjoying elections: the place of the editorial cartoon / A discourse analysis of gender portrayals in the electoral speeches of presidential candidates / Electoral violence in post-colonial Ugandan literature / Of "yellow" police, a cadre army and the liberation war psychosis: the question of electoral security / "Courts did not come from god": judicial power and electoral competition in Uganda / Personal identity systems and the role of the state in democratic national elections / How do you solve a problem like "substantiality?" The Supreme Court and presidential election petitions / "Broad and complicated": on donor politics and the "new" NRM regime / David Mugambe Mpiima -- Moses Khisa & Sabastiano Rwengabo -- Sallie Simba Kayunga -- J. Oloka-Onyango -- Phiona Muhwezi-Mpanga -- Sabiti Makara -- Aramanzan Madanda -- Josephine Ahikire -- Veronica Nakijoba -- Andrew Karamagi -- The right of prisoners to vote: historical and contemporary concerns / Jamil Ddamulira Mujuzi -- Maria Nassali -- Levis Mugumya -- Richard Ssewakiryanga -- Sarah Ssali -- Danson Sylvester Kahyana -- James Nkuubi -- Ben Kiromba Twinomugisha -- Elisam Magara -- Busingye Kabumba -- Sylvia Tamale. Part II. Political parties, candidates and strategies -- Part III. Gender, inclusion and rights -- Part IV. The media, communications and literature -- Part V. The place of state institutions and systems -- Part VI. Afterword: towards 2021 --
9781569025017 (hb : alk. paper) 9781569025024 (pb : alk. paper)
2016044516
Elections--Uganda.
Democracy--Uganda.
Uganda--Politics and government--21st century.
JQ2951.A95 / .C65 2016
324.96761044
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Introduction: How do you control consent? / J. Oloka-Onyango and Josephine Ahikire -- Political party primaries: was there method to the madness? / Beyond legal reform in understanding opposition underperformance / Unpacking the politics of opposition political party partnerships: the Democratic Alliance (TDA) / Enter the dragon, exit the myths: the contested candidacy of John Patrick Amama Mbabazi / Committing suicide or voting wisely? Service delivery politics in the 2016 elections / Do party strategies really matter in an electoral autocracy? / Inclusion and exclusion: the case of gender equality in the 2016 elections / "Please 'Daddy' ... give us some more": recognition politics and the language of special interest groups / Manifestations of electoral violence against women as a tool of political exclusion / Citizens or inhabitants? Deconstructing youth participation in Uganda's electoral politics / A political coming of age for Ugandan NGOs? The campaign for free and fair elections / "Verbal duels" and election violence reportage in Uganda's print media / Enjoying elections: the place of the editorial cartoon / A discourse analysis of gender portrayals in the electoral speeches of presidential candidates / Electoral violence in post-colonial Ugandan literature / Of "yellow" police, a cadre army and the liberation war psychosis: the question of electoral security / "Courts did not come from god": judicial power and electoral competition in Uganda / Personal identity systems and the role of the state in democratic national elections / How do you solve a problem like "substantiality?" The Supreme Court and presidential election petitions / "Broad and complicated": on donor politics and the "new" NRM regime / David Mugambe Mpiima -- Moses Khisa & Sabastiano Rwengabo -- Sallie Simba Kayunga -- J. Oloka-Onyango -- Phiona Muhwezi-Mpanga -- Sabiti Makara -- Aramanzan Madanda -- Josephine Ahikire -- Veronica Nakijoba -- Andrew Karamagi -- The right of prisoners to vote: historical and contemporary concerns / Jamil Ddamulira Mujuzi -- Maria Nassali -- Levis Mugumya -- Richard Ssewakiryanga -- Sarah Ssali -- Danson Sylvester Kahyana -- James Nkuubi -- Ben Kiromba Twinomugisha -- Elisam Magara -- Busingye Kabumba -- Sylvia Tamale. Part II. Political parties, candidates and strategies -- Part III. Gender, inclusion and rights -- Part IV. The media, communications and literature -- Part V. The place of state institutions and systems -- Part VI. Afterword: towards 2021 --
9781569025017 (hb : alk. paper) 9781569025024 (pb : alk. paper)
2016044516
Elections--Uganda.
Democracy--Uganda.
Uganda--Politics and government--21st century.
JQ2951.A95 / .C65 2016
324.96761044