Beyond the nation: global democratisation in Uganda and the politics of dispensation

Sabina S. Singh

Third World Quarterly, 2017, vol. 38, issue 1, 235-251

Abstract: Global frameworks for democratic development today tend to remain within a comparative lens where each country is treated as a sovereign capsule. This portrait eludes the political structures that accompany contemporary globalisation and set the conditions for domestic development. Notably, the comparative perspective eschews the hierarchical nature of states and influential non-state actors that impact democracy movements. Merging international relations theory and comparative politics and using the example of Uganda to illustrate, I create ‘the politics of dispensation.’ Like a doctor dispensing a pill to a patient, Uganda shows how susceptible a country can be to forces beyond democratic control.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2016.1159126

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