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Urbanization in East Africa
(2009-05-29)
Playing pool along the shores of Lake Victoria: Fishermen, careers and capital accumulation in the Ugandan Nile perch business
(Edinburgh University Press, 2009)
The 1990s saw the emergence of a thriving Nile perch export market from East Africa. This commercial table fish species is landed by migrant fishermen at villages that have sprung up along the shores of Lake Victoria and ...
Crisis in Kabale District: a case study for food policy reforms
(2009-02-24)
There is no shortage of literature on Food crisis in African countries. Yet there is surprisingly little in the way of objectives studies based on local observations so as to get the crisis right before any prescriptions. ...
Final report of the baseline survey for the Quality Enhancement Initiative (QEI) project
(Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR), 2009-08)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Last year, the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) in partnership with its funding agencies, launched the Quality Enhancement Initiative (QEI) in a bid to enhance the quality of their primary education ...
Gender, class, culture and democratisation: a study of women’s participation in formal politics and collective activities in Kampala, Uganda
(2009-05-29)
This thesis is an in-depth study of Ugandan women’s responses to the transition to democracy that began when the National Resistance Movement came to power in 1986. In contrast to the political repression of preceding ...
House wrenched by internal divisions: Combating Kenyan environmental Crime in the midst of an Institutional labyrinth
(2009)
Environmental issues have been a common concern to all Kenyans for along time but many environmental crimes go unnoticed or simply ignored or unabated. A truck driver who illegally disposes gallons of unwanted waste on the ...
Developing sustainable agriculture in Africa: main challenges for small farmers in Uganda
(2009-11)
Conceptually, the principles of sustainable agriculture and rural development (SARD) enunciated in the den Bosch Declaration (FAO 1996) constitute the foundation for achieving food security in Africa and indeed in the world ...
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 ...
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, ...