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When revolutionaries grow old: the Museveni babies and the slow death of the liberation

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  • Anna Reuss
  • Kristof Titeca

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The liberation struggle plays a crucial role in providing legitimacy for post-liberation regimes. This was the case for the Museveni regime, for whom the liberation argument provided strong moral authority, and a legitimising foundation for its patronage and coercion strategies. But what happens when the liberation argument ‘grows old’, i.e. when the liberation generation elite starts to die or defect, and the young population is no longer impressed by the liberation argument? This article argues that in response to this changing situation, the Museveni regime almost exclusively relies on patronage and coercion, yet is increasingly devoid of the legitimising liberation foundation.

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  • Anna Reuss & Kristof Titeca, 2017. "When revolutionaries grow old: the Museveni babies and the slow death of the liberation," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(10), pages 2347-2366, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:38:y:2017:i:10:p:2347-2366
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2017.1350101
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    1. Brett, E.A., 2022. "Rebuilding public authority in Uganda dualist theory, hybrid social orders and democratic statehood," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 159(C).

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