The negative legacy of the British empire is often thought of in terms of war and economic exploitation, while the positive contribution is associated with the establishment of good governance and effective, modern institutions. In this new analysis of the end of empire in Uganda, Spencer Mawby chal...

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1. Verfasser:	Mawby, Spencer 1968- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney Bloomsbury Academic [2020]
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1945-1979 Entkolonialisierung Uganda Uganda / Politics and government Uganda / History Uganda / Foreign relations / Great Britain Great Britain / Foreign relations / Uganda Diplomatic relations Politics and government Great Britain Politique et gouvernement / Ouganda / 1945-1990 Relations extérieures / Grande-Bretagne / Ouganda / 1945-1990 Décolonisation / Ouganda History
Zusammenfassung:	The negative legacy of the British empire is often thought of in terms of war and economic exploitation, while the positive contribution is associated with the establishment of good governance and effective, modern institutions. In this new analysis of the end of empire in Uganda, Spencer Mawby challenges these preconceptions by explaining the many difficulties which arose when the British attempted to impose western institutional models on Ugandan society. Ranging from international institutions, including the Commonwealth, to state organisations, like the parliament and army, and to civic institutions such as trade unions, the press and the Anglican church, Mawby uncovers a wealth of new material about the way in which the British sought to consolidate their influence in the years prior to independence. The book also investigates how Ugandans responded to institutional reform and innovation both before and after independence, and in doing so sheds new light on the emergence of the notorious military dictatorship of Idi Amin. By unpicking historical orthodoxies about 20th-century imperial history, this institutional history of the end of empire and the early years of independence offers an opportunity to think afresh about the nature of the colonial impact on Africa and the development of authoritarian rule on the continent
Beschreibung:	ix, 262 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:	9781350051799