Abstract
Uganda is a study in the reconstruction of a collapsed state, the resuscitation of measurable levels of legitimacy, and the costly political mistakes that empty political institutions of their capacity to make binding and authoritative decisions. The reconstruction of the state ontologically precedes considerations of power distribution and legitimacy (Ngethe 1995:253). It is a process that
deals with rejuvenating institutional mechanisms that formerly gave consistency to state action, legitimized power, and established social trust, returning the state to the center of political life. In Uganda, when the new state managers began to restore statehood, they did so in a climate of diminished popular faith in the capacity of the state to provide security.1
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David Easton, A Systems Analysis of Political Life ( New York: John Wiley, 1965 ), p. 288.
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Rubongoya, J.B. (2007). Conclusion. In: Regime Hegemony in Museveni’s Uganda. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230603363_7
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