Democracy, the state and conflict in Africa

Session 2: DEMOCRATIZATION IN AFRICA: FROM AUTHORITARIAN RULE TO A CONTINENT OF “DEFECTIVE DEMOCRACIES”


Group work assignment:

President Yoweri Museveni from Uganda is often regarded as a „Big Men”. Please start with some information on the political history of Uganda. Would you understand the role of President Museveni as a dictator? thief? mediator? consensus-builder? 

Drážovská, Dominika

Hadamčíková, Natálie

Hasalová, Veronika

Klička, Ondřej

 

Reading:

Walle, Nicolas van de, 2015: Electoral authoritarianism and multi-party politics, in: Cheesemann, Nic eds., 2015: Routledge Handbook of African Politics, Oxford, pp. 227-238.

Driscoll, Barry, 2020 Big Man or Boogey Man? The concept of the Big Man in political science, in: Journal of Modern African Studies, 58, 4, pp. 521-550.



Prof. Schmidt's presentation:

Students presentation: