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Crisis of Legitimacy and Political Violence in Uganda, 1890 to 1979

Part of the African Histories and Modernities Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33156-0

ISBN: 978-3-319-33155-3

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Dec 27, 2016

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Introduction

Otunnu, Ogenga

Pages: 1 –30

[Uganda, as an imagined territorial state and a tragic human drama, was the “child” of the late nineteenth-century European expansionist violence. This child came into imperial “existence” in 1890, following the Anglo-German Agreement. Since that time, it has experienced intense political...
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Background: Legitimacy and Political Violence in Pre-Colonial Societies

Otunnu, Ogenga

Pages: 31 –70

[T. Nardin noted that: A good place to begin a discussion of political violence in terms of the context of social interaction within which it occurs is with the concept of authority. For authority in the eyes of many is what the conflict is about–whether it is the evils of authority that are...
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Crises of Legitimacy and Political Violence in Colonial Uganda, 1890–1962

Otunnu, Ogenga

Pages: 71 –155

[K.W. Grundy and M.A. Weinstein noted how imperialism normalizes and justifies political violence against the target population: Beyond the double-morality…is the idea that one’s own group has a civilizing mission with respect to other groups. This civilizing mission involves the notion that...
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The Obote Regime and Political Violence, 1962–1971

Otunnu, Ogenga

Pages: 157 –235

[When Obote received the instruments of judicial legitimacy on October 9, 1962, he faced more problems than other leaders in the region. Similarly, K. Ingham observed that “Obote began the run-up to independence with greater political problems than were faced by most of the leaders of other...
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The Amin Regime and Political Violence, 1971–1979

Otunnu, Ogenga

Pages: 237 –320

[On January 25, 1971, a group of soldiers, led by the Army Commander, Major General Amin, toppled the Obote regime. Thereafter, it presented 18 reasons to justify the coup. These included the need to protect and enhance human rights, restore democratic rule and accountability, eradicate nepotism...
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Conclusion

Otunnu, Ogenga

Pages: 321 –330

[This study has established that the most significant factor that accounted for the persistence of intense political violence in Uganda was the severe crisis of legitimacy of the state, its institutions, the incumbents and their challengers. It has also been shown that the crisis, which is shaped...

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