Uganda Now: Between Decay and Development (Eastern African Studies)

Hansen, HÃ lger Bernt

ISBN 10: 0821408968 / ISBN 13: 9780821408964

Edité par Ohio University Press, 1988

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• Titre: Uganda Now: Between Decay and Development (Eastern African Studies)
• Éditeur: Ohio University Press
• Date de parution: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0821408968
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780821408964
• Reliure: hardcover
• État de l'article: Very Good

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Synopsis

Can the revolutionary government of Yoweri Museveni&;s National Resistance Movement put Uganda back on the road from decay to development?

These informed assessments put the present situation in context. The contributors assembled as Museveni&;s guerrillas were launching their final bid for power. They have finalized their contributions in the light of the Museveni government&;s initial period of power.

Contributions by Ugandan academics and politicians interlock with those by scholars from across the world who have a concern for Uganda. Historians examine the period of colonialism. There are political studies of the quarter century since independence. There are detailed analyses of the economic realities for the Ugandan government in the period of international debt. The central role of education in national development is given due prominence.

Ali A. Mazrui ends the book by asking &;Is Africa Decaying?&; The editors have put the consideration of the case of Uganda&;s recent history within the context of Africa&;s development crisis. Uganda has presented in an aggravated form the crisis common to many other African countries: infrastructural breakdown, mounting foreign debt, military regimes and waves of refugees.

À propos de l?auteur

Hölger Bernt Hansen is director of the African Studies Center at the University of Copenhagen.

Michael Twaddle teaches politics and history at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. Hansen and Twaddle are the editors of two renowned books, Uganda Now (1988) and Changing Uganda (1991).