New Institutionalisms and the Resurgence of Traditional Authority in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Buganda Case Study

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dc.contributor.advisorRay, Donald
dc.contributor.authorMachacek, Mark Jeffrey
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-02T21:00:50Z
dc.date.available2013-11-12T08:00:20Z
dc.date.issued2013-10-02
dc.date.submitted2013en
dc.description.abstractThe last two decades have witnessed a ‘resurgence’ of pre-colonially rooted authorities and institutions in the politics of Sub-Saharan Africa. What were once thought to be irrelevant and unfavorable traditional institutions are now a principal dynamic in contemporary Africa’s governance and development. What factors can be attributed to this traditional resurgence across the continent? Using data collected from fieldwork in Uganda, three causal factors were identified. The social entrenchment of the traditional institution, a collective sense of disillusionment with the central state and the formulation of new, contextually-based ideas played primary causal roles in the resurgence of the Buganda Kingdom. Three new institutionalist approaches – historical, sociological and discursive institutionalism – were employed in the identification, analysis and explanation of these causal factors. Therefore, this research also took on a methodological effort to reconcile the differences between often competing new institutionalist approaches and to demonstrate how they may be complimentary to each other.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMachacek, M. J. (2013). New Institutionalisms and the Resurgence of Traditional Authority in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Buganda Case Study (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27093en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27093
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/1092
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
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dc.subject.classificationAfricaen_US
dc.subject.classificationAuthorityen_US
dc.subject.classificationInstitutionalismen_US
dc.subject.classificationDevelopmenten_US
dc.subject.classificationGovernanceen_US
dc.subject.classificationTraditionalen_US
dc.titleNew Institutionalisms and the Resurgence of Traditional Authority in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Buganda Case Study
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thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Science
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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