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From the electoral battleground to the parliamentary arena: understanding intra-elite bargaining in Uganda's National Resistance Movement

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Following Uganda’s 2005 multiparty transition, observers expected the country’s legislature – an unusually assertive body by regional standards – to lose its bite, muzzled due to newly re-instated party disciplinary measures. This article explains why – contrary to these expectations – executive-legislative tensions persist and, more fundamentally, what this tells us about the nature of one-party and executive dominance in Uganda. Inspired by a comparative politics literature on parties as we...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1080/17531055.2016.1272279

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
College Only
Department:
New College
Oxford college:
New College
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis Publisher's website
Journal:
Journal of Eastern African Studies Journal website
Volume:
10
Issue:
4
Pages:
639–659
Publication date:
2017-01-02
Acceptance date:
2016-12-02
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EISSN:
1753-1063
ISSN:
1753-1055
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pubs:1038553
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uuid:836d7f72-30a1-4fc3-9786-65ede3e064be
Local pid:
pubs:1038553
Source identifiers:
1038553
Deposit date:
2019-09-02

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