Changing Uganda: Dilemmas of Structural Adjustment (Eastern African Studies) - Softcover

Hansen, Hölger Bernt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0821410059 ISBN 13: 9780821410059

Publisher: Ohio University Press, 1992

Synopsis

Yoweri Museveni battled to power in 1986. His government has impressed many observers as Uganda's most innovative since it gained independence from Britain in 1962. The Economist recommended it as a model for other African states struggling to develop their resources in the best interests of their peoples.

But where was change to start? At the bottom in building resistance committees, or at the top in tough negotiations with the IMF? How was it to continue? Was it in the restructuring of the national army, in increasing respect for human rights, in the reform of education, in tackling AIDS, or in getting Ugandans to speak a common language? Was it in building more viable survival strategies for the poorest Ugandans or in restructuring the national constitution? The last five years have shown a radical approach to Uganda's dilemmas.

Holger Bernt Hansen and Michael Twaddle previously edited Uganda Now. It was brought together at a significant moment just as President Museveni was gaining power in 1985-6. It was so much in demand that it even entered the magendo market on the streets of Kampala. The book, which is still in print, was described by The Canadian Journal of African Studies as &;virtually a mini-encyclopedia of Uganda&; and by The African Studies Review as &;the best overview of Uganda's trauma in the last two decades.&;

The editors have assembled another team of Ugandan and international scholars to review the dilemmas of introducing revolutionary changes in an African country deeply affected by structural adjustment plans which have been imposed from outside.

About this title

About the Author

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).

Edition details

• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0821410059
• ISBN 13: 9780821410059
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Hansen Hölger Bernt, Twaddle Michael