Arbitrary States: Social Control and Modern Authoritarianism in Museveni's Uganda

ISBN-13: 9780198856474 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 256 str.

Rebecca Tapscott

Recenzje

Arbitrary States is a compelling book. It draws on extensive and original field research. It is well-written and provides a new way of understanding the institutional contours of Museveni's long rule.

O autorze

Rebecca Tapscott is an Ambizione Research Fellow at the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, and a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics' Centre on Africa. Her research focuses on authoritarianism, violence, and state formation in developing countries. She has over a decade of experience working on development and governance in sub-Saharan Africa. Her internationally-recognized research appears in numerous academic journals including Development and Change, African Affairs, and Disasters.