Author: Andrew M. Mwenda | Journal of Democracy

Andrew M. Mwenda is currently a John Knight Fellow at Stanford University. He has been political editor of Uganda’sDaily Monitorand host of a prime-time radio talk show. He is a founding fellow at the Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE), a public-policy research group in Kampala.

July 2007, Volume 18, Issue 3

Personalizing Power in Uganda

Andrew M. Mwenda

For more than two decades, President Yoweri Museveni has been building an authoritarian regime that answers closely to his personal will.

Democratization in Africa: Progress and Retreat

Marc F. Plattner
Larry Diamond

At a time when democracy seems to be in retreat in many parts of the world, Africa presents a more mixed picture. Democratization in Africa: Progress and Retreat brings into focus the complex landscape of African politics by pairing broad analytical surveys with country-specific case studies.