Uganda : the dynamics of neoliberal transformation

Uganda : the dynamics of neoliberal transformation / edied by Jorg Wiegratz, Giuliano Martiniello and Elisa Greco.

For the last three decades, Uganda has been one of the fastest growing economies in Africa. Globally praised as an `African success story' and heavily backed by international financial institutions, development agencies and bilateral donors, the country has become an exemplar of economic and po...

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Other Authors: Wiegratz, Jörg (Editor), Martiniello, Giuliano (Editor), Greco, Elisa (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Zed Books, 2018.
Series:Politics and development in contemporary Africa.
Subjects:
Neoliberalism.
Political economy.
HISTORY > Africa > Central.
Economic history
Neoliberalism
Politics and government
Uganda > Politics and government.
Uganda > Economic conditions.
Uganda
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; About the book; About the editors; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; About the contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: interpreting change in neoliberal uganda; Neoliberal Uganda: explanans and explanandum; Restructuring Uganda; Embedding neoliberalism in Uganda; The narrative structure of the book; Note; References; Part I. The state, donors and development aid; 1. Donor-driven state formation: friction in the World Bank-Uganda partnership; Introduction; A donor darling meets the new aid architecture; Rolling out the PRSP in Uganda: the formation of PEAP.
  • Indirect governance through 'prior actions'Coda: developmentality in the World Bank-Uganda partnership; Note; References; 2. Our friends at the bank? The adverse effects of neoliberalism in Acholi; Neoliberalism and Acholi, 1987-1996; Neoliberalism and Acholi, 1996-2005; Our Friends at the Bank?; Neoliberalism and Acholi, 2006-2017; Conclusion; References; 3. Neoliberal discipline and violence in northern Uganda; War and neoliberalism in Uganda; Neoliberalism under internment; Post-conflict peacebuilding: pharmaceutical governance; Conclusions; References.
  • 4. 'Movement legacy' and neoliberalism as political settlement in Uganda's political economyIntroduction; The historical antecedents of the movement legacy; Movement legacy as frame for Uganda's political settlement; The legacy-neoliberal dialectic in the era of Pax Musevenica; The political settlement in neoliberal perspective; Conclusion; References; 5. More is less? Decentralisation and regime control in neoliberal Uganda; Introduction; Neoliberalisation, patronage and decentralisation; The evolution of decentralisation in Uganda.
  • Recentralisation and decentralisation: two sides of the same coinAutonomy of local governments; Conclusion; References; 6. Neoliberal neverland: the Millennium Villages Project in Uganda; The staging of a development fantasy; The Millennium Villages Project in Uganda; Not the end of poverty; 'A shining example to the entire world'; References; Part II. Economic restructuring and social services; 7. The impact of neoliberal reforms on Uganda's socio-economic landscape; Introduction; Aid and growth; Imbalanced trade; Declining production; Entrepreneurs in the neoliberal arena.
  • Growth against widening inequality and povertyThe health and education sectors; Conclusion; References; 8. Social service provision and social security in Uganda: entrenched inequality under a neoliberal regime; Neoliberalism in relation to social service provision and social security in Uganda; Primary and secondary education; Primary healthcare; Social security; Personal and family-based social safety nets; Concluding discussion; Notes; References; 9. Neoliberal health reforms and citizenship in Uganda; Introduction; Citizenship rights and neoliberal health sector reforms in Uganda.

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