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No-Party Democracy?: Ugandan Politics in Comparative Perspective
Giovanni Carbone
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Description for No-Party Democracy?: Ugandan Politics in Comparative Perspective
Hardcover. Are political parties an essential element of democracy? Or can a no-party system constitute a viable democratic alternative? This book examines the politics of Museveni's Uganda to illustrate the achievements, contradictions, and limitations of participatory politics in the absence of partisan organizations. Num Pages: 260 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Are political parties an essential element of democracy? Or can a no-party system constitute a viable democratic alternative? Giovanni Carbone examines the politics of Museveni's Uganda to illustrate the achievements, contradictions, and limitations of participatory politics in the absence of partisan organizations. At a time when multiparty reforms were sweeping the globe, Uganda opted for a controversial, no-party democratic model. The country's politics over the past two decades thus provide an extraordinary opportunity for addressing the many questions - theoretical, empirical, and comparative - that the notion of a no-party system of elected government raises. Carbone's analysis of how a ... Read more
Are political parties an essential element of democracy? Or can a no-party system constitute a viable democratic alternative? Giovanni Carbone examines the politics of Museveni's Uganda to illustrate the achievements, contradictions, and limitations of participatory politics in the absence of partisan organizations. At a time when multiparty reforms were sweeping the globe, Uganda opted for a controversial, no-party democratic model. The country's politics over the past two decades thus provide an extraordinary opportunity for addressing the many questions - theoretical, empirical, and comparative - that the notion of a no-party system of elected government raises. Carbone's analysis of how a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Pub
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Boulder, CO, United States
ISBN
9781588266309
SKU
V9781588266309
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99-3
About Giovanni Carbone
Giovanni Carbone is lecturer in political science in the Dipartimento di Studi Sociali e Politici of the Universita degli Studi di Milano, as well as visiting fellow in the Development Research Centre of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Reviews for No-Party Democracy?: Ugandan Politics in Comparative Perspective
This fair and lively appraisal offers a comprehensive review of President Museveni's attempt to replace political parties in Uganda with a 'no party' system. - Oliver Furley, Coventry University