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020			_a9780198856474 _q(hardback)
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100	1		_aTapscott, Rebecca, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aArbitrary states : _bsocial control and modern authoritarianism in Museveni's Uganda / _cRebecca Tapscott.
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264		1	_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2021.
300			_apages cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"In recent years, scholars of authoritarianism have noted a trend in which institutions designed to check arbitrary power have been hollowed out to facilitate its exercise. As they grapple with how to understand the disjunct between state institutions and enforcement power, scholars of sub-Saharan African states have been doing so for decades. Based on in-depth field research on local security in Museveni's Uganda, Tapscott offers an innovative and provocative contribution to studies of authoritarianism and state consolidation: rulers maintain control by creating unpredictability in the everyday lives of local authorities and ordinary citizens. In this type of modern authoritarian regime, rulers institutionalise arbitrariness to limit the space for political action, while keeping citizens marginally engaged in the democratic process. By showing not just that unpredictability matters for governance, but also how it is manufactured and sustained, this book challenges and extends cutting-edge scholarship on authoritarianism, the state, and governance"-- _cProvided by publisher.
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