Women and Politics in Uganda.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (319 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Tables -- Maps & -- Photos -- Acronyms & -- Luganda Terms -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Women's Mobilization & -- Societal Autonomy: In Comparative African Perspective -- 2. A Foot in the Door: Historical Dimensions of the Women's Movement in Uganda -- 3. The National Resistance Movement: Closing Political Space -- 4. The Political Impact of the Women's Movement under the NRM -- 5. Why the Women's Movement Expanded Under the NRM -- 6. Going Against the Grain: Women's Challenges to the Politicization of Ethnicity & -- Religion -- 7. Reconfiguring the Political: The Story of a Jinja Health Clinic -- 8. The Practical & -- the Political: A Battle for Market Stalls & -- Power -- 9. Resisting Patronage Politics: The Case of Kawaala Housing Project -- 10. Anatomy of a Deception: "Something is Fishy in Kamuli -- 11. Gender & -- Institutional Analysis: The Limits of Political Representation -- Appendix A. Survey Methods -- Appendix B. List of Interviews -- Appendix C. Constitution of Ekikwenza Omubi Women's Project, 1990 -- Appendix D. Developing Kawaala Through Self Help Participation: "The Proposed Kawaala Land Development Project" drawn up by Kawaala Residents -- References -- Index.