Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Introduction: How do you control consent? / J. Oloka-Onya ngo and Josephine Ahikire -- Part II. Political parties, candidates and strategies -- Political party primaries: was there method to the madness? / David Mugambe Mpiima -- Beyond legal reform in unders tanding opposition underperformance / Moses Khisa & Sabastiano Rweng abo -- Unpacking the politics of opposition political party partners hips: the Democratic Alliance (TDA) / Sallie Simba Kayunga -- Ent er the dragon, exit the myths: the contested candidacy of John Patrick Amama Mbabazi / J. Oloka-Onyango -- Committing suicide or voting wisely? Service delivery politics in the 2016 elections / Phiona Muh wezi-Mpanga -- Do party strategies really matter in an electoral aut ocracy? / Sabiti Makara -- Part III. Gender, inclusion and rights -- Inclusion and exclusion: the case of gender equality in the 2016 elections / Aramanzan Madanda -- "Please 'Daddy' ... give us som e more": recognition politics and the language of special interest grou ps / Josephine Ahikire -- Manifestations of electoral violence ag ainst women as a tool of political exclusion / Veronica Nakijoba -- Citizens or inhabitants? Deconstructing youth participation in Ugan da's electoral politics / Andrew Karamagi -- The right of prisoners to vote: historical and contemporary concerns / Jamil Ddamulira Mujuzi -- A political coming of age for Ugandan NGOs? The campaign for free and fair elections / Maria Nassali -- Part IV. The media, commun ications and literature -- "Verbal duels" and election violence repo rtage in Uganda's print media / Levis Mugumya -- Enjoying electio ns: the place of the editorial cartoon / Richard Ssewakiryanga -- A discourse analysis of gender portrayals in the electoral speeches of presidential candidates / Sarah Ssali -- Electoral violence i n post-colonial Ugandan literature / Danson Sylvester Kahyana -- Part V. The place of state institutions and systems -- Of "yellow" p olice, a cadre army and the liberation war psychosis: the question of e lectoral security / James Nkuubi -- "Courts did not come from god ": judicial power and electoral competition in Uganda / Ben Kiromba Twinomugisha -- Personal identity systems and the role of the state in democratic national elections / Elisam Magara -- How do you so lve a problem like "substantiality?" The Supreme Court and presidential election petitions / Busingye Kabumba -- Part VI. Afterword: tow ards 2021 -- "Broad and complicated": on donor politics and the "new " NRM regime / Sylvia Tamale.