Controlling consent : Uganda's 2016 elections /
J. Oloka-Onyan go & Josephine Ahikire.
- ix, 540 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Introduction: How do you control consent? / J. Oloka-Onya ngo and Josephine Ahikire -- Political party primaries: was there method to the madness? / Beyond legal reform in unders tanding opposition underperformance / Unpacking the politics of opposition political party partners hips: the Democratic Alliance (TDA) / Ent er the dragon, exit the myths: the contested candidacy of John Patrick Amama Mbabazi / Committing suicide or voting wisely? Service delivery politics in the 2016 elections / Do party strategies really matter in an electoral aut ocracy? / Inclusion and exclusion: the case of gender equality in the 2016 elections / "Please 'Daddy' ... give us som e more": recognition politics and the language of special interest grou ps / Manifestations of electoral violence ag ainst women as a tool of political exclusion / Citizens or inhabitants? Deconstructing youth participation in Ugan da's electoral politics / A political coming of age for Ugandan NGOs? The campaign for free and fair elections / "Verbal duels" and election violence repo rtage in Uganda's print media / Enjoying electio ns: the place of the editorial cartoon / A discourse analysis of gender portrayals in the electoral speeches of presidential candidates / Electoral violence i n post-colonial Ugandan literature / Of "yellow" p olice, a cadre army and the liberation war psychosis: the question of e lectoral security / "Courts did not come from god ": judicial power and electoral competition in Uganda / Personal identity systems and the role of the state in democratic national elections / How do you so lve a problem like "substantiality?" The Supreme Court and presidential election petitions / "Broad and complicated": on donor politics and the "new " NRM regime / David Mugambe Mpiima -- Moses Khisa & Sabastiano Rweng abo -- Sallie Simba Kayunga -- J. Oloka-Onyango -- Phiona Muh wezi-Mpanga -- Sabiti Makara -- Aramanzan Madanda -- Josephine Ahikire -- Veronica Nakijoba -- Andrew Karamagi -- The right of prisoners to vote: historical and contemporary concerns / Jamil Ddamulira Mujuzi -- Maria Nassali -- Levis Mugumya -- Richard Ssewakiryanga -- Sarah Ssali -- Danson Sylvester Kahyana -- James Nkuubi -- Ben Kiromba Twinomugisha -- Elisam Magara -- Busingye Kabumba -- Sylvia Tamale. Part II. Political parties, candidates and strategies -- Part III. Gender, inclusion and rights -- Part IV. The media, commun ications and literature -- Part V. The place of state institutions and systems -- Part VI. Afterword: tow ards 2021 --