Are political parties an essential element of democracy? Or can a no-party system constitute a viable democratic alternative? The book 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. This analysis of how a no-party electoral regime actually works (or doesn’t) in Uganda fills a gap in both democracy studies and the study of African politics.
No-party democracy? : Ugandan politics in comparative perspective / G. Carbone. - Boulder : Lynne Rienner, 2008. - ISBN 9781588266309.
No-party democracy? : Ugandan politics in comparative perspective
G. CarbonePrimo
2008
Abstract
Are political parties an essential element of democracy? Or can a no-party system constitute a viable democratic alternative? The book 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. This analysis of how a no-party electoral regime actually works (or doesn’t) in Uganda fills a gap in both democracy studies and the study of African politics.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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