The Shrinking Political Arena: Participation and Ethnicity in African Politics, with a Case Study of Uganda

Nelson Kasfir

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The Shrinking Political Arena

Participation and Ethnicity in African Politics, with a Case Study of Uganda

Nelson Kasfir

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2023

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
PART I. PARTICIPATION AND ETHNICITY
ONE. PARTICIPATION, DEPARTICIPATION, AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
1. POLITICAL PARTICIPATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	5
2. DEPARTICIPATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	14
3. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT AND DEPARTICIPATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	18
4. CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	25
TWO. ETHNICITY 1. THE PROBLEM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	28
2. INADEQUATE CRITERIA OF ETHNICITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	32
3. PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	39
4. CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	46
THREE. ETHNICITY AND AFRICAN POLITICS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	47
1. ANALYSIS OF ETHNICITY IN AFRICAN POLITICS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	48
2. MODERNIZATION AND ETHNICITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	53
3. CLASS AND ETHNICITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	66
4. CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	83
PART II. ETHNIC POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN UGANDA: GROWTH AND CONTRACTION
FOUR. GROWTH OF ETHNIC POLITICAL PARTICIPATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	91
1. PRECOLONIAL MIGRATIONS AND MILITARY CONFLICTS CREATED RIVALRIES THAT ARE REFLECTED IN CONTEMPORARY POLITICS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	95
2. BRITISH COLONIAL POLICY OF INDIRECT RULE INCREASED ETHNIC IDENTIFICATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	96
3. COLONIAL ADMINISTRATIVE TECHNIQUES OFTEN STRENGTHENED ETHNIC IDENTITIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	99
4. INTRODUCTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BASED ON DISTRICTS AND KINGDOMS INCREASED COMPETITIVE ETHNIC POLITICAL PARTICIPATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	101
5. CONSEQUENCES OF DIFFERENTIAL MODERNIZATION, PARTICULARLY IN BUGANDA, AROUSED FRUSTRATIONS AND CONSEQUENTLY INTENSIFIED FEELINGS OF ETHNIC DEPRIVATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	104
6. DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONALIST PARTIES AS COALITIONS OF DISTRICT POLITICAL NOTABLES STIMULATED ETHNIC POLITICAL COMPETITION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	113
7. FEAR AMONG SMALLER ETHNIC UNITS THAT THE DEPARTURE OF THE BRITISH WOULD LEAVE THEM UNPROTECTED CAUSED THEM TO ENTER THE POLITICAL ARENA JUST BEFORE INDEPENDENCE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	116
8. CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	117
FIVE. SIX CASE STUDIES IN ETHNIC POLITICAL PARTICIPATION 1. KABAKA YEKKA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	119
2. SEBEI Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	126
3. RWENZURURU Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	130
4. "LOST COUNTIES" CONTROVERSY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	136
5. MBALECONTROVERSY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	139
6. ANTI-BAGANDA COALITIONS AND BANTU AND NILOTIC "BLOCS" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	141
7. COMPONENTS OF ETHNIC POLITICAL PARTICIPATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	143
8. CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	151
SIX. VARIATIONS IN ETHNIC POLITICAL LINKAGE TO GOVERNMENT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	153
1. STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS INFLUENCING ETHNIC POLITICAL PARTICIPATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	155
2. VARIATIONS IN THE RESPONSE OF THE CENTER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	160
3. POLITICAL MIDDLEMEN AND THE LINKAGE ROLE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	165
4. CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	171
SEVEN. ETHNIC CRITERIA IN THE SELECTION OF LEADERS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	173
1. MINISTERS AND DEPUTY MINISTERS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	178
2. PUBLIC SERVANTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	181
3. UNIVERSITY STUDENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	188
4. CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	193
EIGHT. GOVERNMENT POLICIES TOWARD ETHNICITY: OBOTE AND AMIN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	195
1. ETHNIC DEPARTICIPATION UNDER THE OBOTE GOVERNMENT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	196
2. EXPERIMENTS DISTURBED: AMIN'S APPROACH TO ETHNICITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	214
3. CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	220
PART III DEPARTING POLITICS IN AFRICA
NINE. PERVASIVE SPREAD OF DEPARTICIPATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	227
1. STRENGTHENING CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	230
2. GROWING DESUETUDE OF PARTICIPATORY STRUCTURES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	237
3. TANZANIA: THE DEVIANT CASE? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	251
4. LIMITS OF DEPARTICIPATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	263
5. CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	267
TEN. ACHIEVING POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT: CAUSES AND DESIRABILITY OF DEPARTICIPATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	269
1. CAUSES OF DEPARTICIPATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	270
2. IS DEPARTICIPATION DESIRABLE? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	278
3. CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	286
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	291
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	311

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