Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR): Recent submissions
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Local finances system and the feasibility of its decentralization
(1993-08)This paper is aiming to analyse the financial system of the cities and the feasibility of its decentralization, to demonstrate how the adoption of an autonomous financial system can lead, on one hand, to the solution of ... -
Local finances system and the feasibility of its decentralization
(1993-08)This paper is aiming to analyse the financial system of the cities and the feasibility of its decentralization, to demonstrate how the adoption of an autonomous financial system can lead, on one hand, to the solution of ... -
The sources and consequences of economic instability in Africa
(1983-06-13)In terms of a more recent history instability in Africa is represented by the strife in the Congo from the early 1960s; the civil war in Nigeria, numerous military coups d'etat and political assassinations, the civil war ... -
The sources and consequences of economic instability in Africa
(1983-06-13)In terms of a more recent history instability in Africa is represented by the strife in the Congo from the early 1960s; the civil war in Nigeria, numerous military coups d'etat and political assassinations, the civil war ... -
Structural Adjustment in Africa: How Can We Do it Better, How Can We Improve It?
(1994-06-12)Economic Structural Adjustment Programmes (ESAPs) have generated hot debate since they commenced. In most cases they started in mid-1980s. There has been a tendency by some observers to associate ESAPs with the International ... -
Structural Adjustment in Africa: How Can We Do it Better, How Can We Improve It?
(1994-06-12)Economic Structural Adjustment Programmes (ESAPs) have generated hot debate since they commenced. In most cases they started in mid-1980s. There has been a tendency by some observers to associate ESAPs with the International ... -
Traditional birth attendants in rural Gambia: Beyond health to social cohesion.
(Women's Health and Action Research Center, 2007)Studies of traditional birth attendants over-emphasise the health dimension. Based on ethnographic fieldwork (utilising participant observation, individual interviews, group discussions, participatory rapid appraisal, and ... -
'African sex is dangerous!' Renegotiating 'ritual sex' in contemporary Masaka district.
(Cambridge University Press, 2008)The sexual culture of sub-Saharan African peoples is variously utilized as an explanation for the high incidence of HIV in Africa. Thus it has been the target of behaviour change campaigns championed by massive public ... -
The widow, the will, and widow-inheritance in Kampala: Revisiting victimisation arguments.
(Taylor and Francis, 2009)Widows are often presented as victims of patriarchal sexual dictates in analyses of widow-inheritance. Our study explored experiences of widowhood in Kampala. Ethnographic fieldwork combined participant observation, ... -
Male promiscuity: The negotiation of masculinities by motorbike taxi-riders in Masaka, Uganda.
(Sage Publications, 2009)Understanding contemporary sociocultural constructions of masculinity and sexuality is crucial in the struggle against HIV/AIDS. This article discusses lay conceptualizations and enactments of manhood, in interaction with ... -
Widowed mama-grannies buffering HIV/AIDS-affected households in a city slum of Kampala, Uganda.
(Taylor and Francis, 2009)This article explores the experiences, challenges and coping strategies of urban elderly residents in Kasubi-Kawaala, a slum on the margins of Kampala city, Uganda. The city is mainly stereotyped as a space for able-bodied ... -
"I never thought that this baby would survive; I thought that it would die any time'; perceptions and care for preterm babies in Eastern Uganda.
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2010)Objective To explore the current care for and perceptions about preterm babies among community members in eastern Uganda. Methods A neonatal midwife observed care of preterm babies in one general hospital and 15 health ... -
Ambivalence surrounding elderly widows’ sexuality in urban Uganda.
(Springer, 2011)The elderly are commonly stereotyped as asexual beings. Alternatively mainly negative images abound about the sexual activities of elderly people. Based on ethnographic data this article explores diverse sexualities of ... -
Dismantling reified African culture through localised homosexualities in Uganda.
(Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2013)Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 aimed at protecting the cherished culture of the people against emergent threats to the traditional heterosexual family. The Bill's justification, however, lay in myopic imaginings ... -
Queer pride and protest: A reading of the bodies at Uganda's first gay beach pride.
(The University of Chicago Press, 2014)How does one read the gendered bodies on display at a queer pride event in any context? In this article, I give my interpretation of the actions of celebrants and protesters who participated in Uganda’s first Beach Pride ... -
Homosexuality, sex work, and HIV/AIDS in displacement and post-conflict settings: The case of refugees in Uganda.
(Taylor and Francis, 2013)This article aims to disrupt the silence, invisibility and erasures of non-heteronormative sexual orientations or gender identities, and of sex work, in HIV/AIDS responses within displacement and post-conflict settings in ... -
Indigenizing religious names
(1971-12-14)This is the beginning of a study that the author hopes to pursue more in the near future. It discusses one small but important and controversal aspect in the area of indigenization of the positive religions in the context ... -
Indigenizing religious names
(1971-12-14)This is the beginning of a study that the author hopes to pursue more in the near future. It discusses one small but important and controversal aspect in the area of indigenization of the positive religions in the context ...