Developing Uganda (Eastern African Studies) - Hardcover

Hansen, Hölger Bernt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0821412086 ISBN 13: 9780821412084

Publisher: Ohio University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Uganda's recovery since Museveni came to power in 1986 has been one of the heartening achievements in a continent where the media have given intense coverage to disasters. This book assesses the question of whether the reality lives up to the image that has so impressed the supporters of its recovery. What has actually happened? How successful have the reforms been thus far? What are the prospects for Uganda's future?

Essays by the top scholars in the Weld span the breadth of the issue, from Uganda's growth out of poverty to development at the grass roots level. Developing Uganda replaces the myth and misinformation the last decade has witnessed with a realistic scrutiny by those who have studied it with care and caution.

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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).

Review

This timely collection of twenty chapters presents revisionist insights into both African studies in general and scholarship on Uganda in particular... it not only offers the newcomer to Uganda a good introduction to topical issues, but also engages readers who are more familiar with the country in argument. - Jan Kees van Donge in AFRICAN AFFAIRS ...a good picture of the current status of Uganda - CHOICE Par la richesse et la diversite de leurs analyses, ces ... livres collectifs s'etaient rapidement imposes comme ouvrages de reference... Developing Uganda ajoute une pierre a cet ambitieux edifice scientifique. - POLITIQUE AFRICAINE

About this edition

• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0821412086
• ISBN 13: 9780821412084
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 302