Arbitrary states : social control and modern authoritarianism in Museveni's Uganda / Rebecca Tapscott
- Author
- Tapscott, Rebecca
- Published
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations (colour), map (black and white).
Access Online
- Oxford scholarship online: ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Series
- Restrictions on Access
- Open access.
- Summary
- This title places literature on the post-colonial African state in conversation with literature on modern authoritarianism. It presents an original framework, 'institutionalized arbitrariness', to explain how modern authoritarian rulers project arbitrary power, even in environments of relatively functional state institutions and rule of law.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780191889745 (ebook)
- Audience Notes
- Specialized.
- Note
- This edition also issued in print: 2021.
"This is an open access publication, available online and distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)"--Home page. - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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