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Author Tapscott, Rebecca, author.

Title Arbitrary states : social control and modern authoritarianism in Museveni's Uganda / Rebecca Tapscott.

Publication Info. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2021.

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations.
Series Oxford studies in African politics & international relations
Oxford studies in African politics and international relations.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary This book places literature on the post-colonial African state in conversation with literature on modern authoritarianism. The book presents an original framework, 'institutionalized arbitrariness', to explain how modern authoritarian rulers project arbitrary power, even in environments of relatively functional state institutions and rule of law.
Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed July 1, 2021).
Subject Authoritarianism -- Uganda.
Power (Social sciences) -- Uganda.
Social control -- Uganda.
Uganda -- Politics and government -- 1979-
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Tapscott, Rebecca. Arbitrary States. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021 9780198856474
ISBN 9780192598462 (electronic book)
0192598465 (electronic book)
9780192598479
0192598473
0198856474
9780198856474
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