Research Catalog

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Description

1. 481 pages; 22 cm

Subject

1. Violence
2. History
3. 1900-1999
4. Uganda
5. Peace > Religious aspects > Catholic Church
6. Violence > Religious aspects > Catholic Church
7. Violence > Uganda > History > 20th century
8. Catholic Church Doctrines
9. Catholic Church Uganda

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. Machine generated contents note: A. Violent Conflicts in Africa in General -- I. Introduction -- II. Violent conflicts in Africa in general -- III. Inventing war -- IV. Emergence and support of violent conflicts -- V. Conclusion -- B. The Legacy of Violence in Uganda -- I. Introduction -- II. The pre-colonial period (Uganda up to 1894) -- III. The colonial period (1894-1962) -- 1. Inequality and violence in Uganda -- 1.1. Economic marginalisation of Africans -- 1.2. Uganda and the industrialised world -- 1.3. Uganda's relations with her neighbours -- 1.4. Rural/urban inequality -- 1.5. Regional inequality -- 2. The representation of the British colonial rule in the historiography of Uganda -- 2.1. Absolute power -- 2.2. Exploitation -- 2.3. Divide and rule -- 2.4. Uneven development -- 2.5. Crisis in the administration -- 2.5.1. Undermanned -- 2.5.2. Overburdened -- 2.5.3 Consequences: A "lack of government" -- IV. Violence in post colonial Uganda (1962 -- 1985) -- 1. From a negotiated to an imposed constitution 1962 -- 1966 -- 1.1. Obote and the UPC -- 1.2. Buganda at independence -- 1.3. The struggle to control the UPC: Right and centre versus left -- 1.4. Prelude to Nakulabye -- 1.5. Nakulabye -- 1.6. Centre against right -- 1.7. The "Obote Revolution" of 1966 -- 1.8. The defeat of the Neotraditionalists at Mengo, 24th May 1966 -- 2. From civilian to military dictatorship 1966 -- 1971 -- 2.1. Obote's economic policies -- 2.2. The control of ideas -- 2.3. Continued divisions within UPC -- 2.4. The end of the regime -- 3. Idi Amin and the politics of survival, 1971 -- 1979 -- 3.1. Capitalising on Obote's mistakes -- 3.2. Exploitation of religious cleavages -- 3.3. Consolidation of regimes military base -- 3.4. Government by terror -- 3.4.1. Repressive organs 3.4.2. Absence of the rule of law -- 3.4.3. Disregard for human rights -- 3.4.4. Official complicity -- 3.5. Amin's economic policies -- 3.6. The expulsion of Asians 1972 -- 3.7. Opposition to the rule of Idi Amin -- 3.8. The Liberation War -- 4. Weak governments and social chaos, 1979 -- 85 -- 4.1. The Brief Lule Period, April -- June 1979 -- 4.2. Binalsa's attempt, June 1979 to May 1980 -- 4.3. The military coup, May 1980 -- 4.4. Reversing the voters mandate: The rigged elections of 1980 -- 5. Four and one-half years of brute violence, 1980 -- 85 -- 5.1. Mass killings of civilians -- 5.2. Military operations in civilian areas -- 5.3. Abductions -- 5.4. Killing of elites and prominent people -- 5.5. The agents of death -- 5.5.1. The soldiers -- 5.5.2. UPC functionaries -- 5.5.3. Roadblocks -- 6. Undermining the rule of law -- 6.1. The administration of justice -- 6.2. The secret police 6.3. The use of torture -- 6.4. Demoralisation of the civil police -- 6.5. Imprisonment without trial -- 6.6. Prisons and police cells -- 6.7. Imprisonment of Juveniles in ordinary prisons -- 6.8. The killing of prisoners -- 6.9. Desecration of holy places -- 6.10. The suppression of protest -- 7. The struggle against Obote -- 7.1. The National Resistance Movement -- 7.2. The Uganda Freedom Movement -- 7.3. The Uganda National Rescue Front -- 7.4. The Uganda National Liberation Front (UNLF) Anti-Dictatorship (UNLF-AD) -- 7.5. The Federal Democratic Movement of Uganda -- 7.6. Military mutiny: The second fall of Obote, July 1985 -- 8. The NRA overthrows Tito Okello Lutwa-January 1986 -- 8.1. Victimisation of ethnic groups -- 8.2. Revenge against West Nilers -- 8.3. The suppression of Buganda peasants -- 8.3.1. The Luwero Triangle -- 8.3.2. Destruction of infrastructure -- 8.4^2. The secret police The eviction of Banyarwanda -- 8.5. The displacement of the Karamojong -- 9. Violence and conflicts in Uganda from 1986 up to present -- 9.1. Political upheavals, spirituality and guerrilla war -- 9.2. Joseph Kony and the LRA -- 9.3. War and counter-insurgency strategies -- 9.4. Displacement and abduction -- 9.4.1. Living in IDP camps -- 9.4.2. Living with the LRA -- 9.4.3. Some experiences of abductions -- 9.5. Other conflicts in Uganda from 1986 to present -- 9.6. Conclusion -- C. Theories, Causes, Nature of Violence and Approaches to Terminating Violence -- I. Introduction -- II. Theories -- 1. Contingency theory -- 2. Inherency theory -- 3. Relative-deprivation theory -- 4. New wars -- 5. Resource scarcity -- 6. Resource abundance -- 7. Ethnicity -- 8. Inequality -- 9. Greed versus grievance -- III. Causes of violence in Uganda -- 1. Social inequality -- 2tThe secret police Sub-states and ethnic groups -- 3. Flimsy mechanisms for conflict resolution -- 4. Ethnic and religious factionalism -- 5. Absence of an indigenous property owning class -- 6. Decrease in national production -- 7. Parochial, weak, and poorly educated leaders -- 8. The language problem -- IV. The actual nature of violence in Uganda -- V. Different approaches to terminating violent conflicts -- 1. Conflict settlement and conflict resolution -- 2. Conflict transformation -- 3. Traditional conflict management in Africa -- 3.1. Limits of traditional conflict management -- 4. Dealing with the past of violent conflicts -- 4.1. Transitional justice -- 4.2. Reconciliation -- 4.3. Unification -- 4.4. The impact of transitional justice, reconciliation and unification on transforming violent conflicts -- 5. Transitional justice mechanisms in Uganda -- 5.1. Accountability -- 5.1.1. Accountability gap -- 5.1.2e Means of accountability -- 5.2. Reconciliation -- 5.2.1. The need for reconciliation -- 5.2.2. The challenges of reconciliation -- 5.2.3. Avenues to reconciliation -- 5.3. Amnesty -- 5.3.1. Perceived benefits -- 5.3.2. Words of caution -- 5.3.2. Way forward -- 5.4. Prosecutions -- 5.4.1. Prosecutions as a component of Transitional justice -- 5.4.2. Dissatisfaction with formal justice processes -- 5.4.3. Way forward -- 5.5. Truth-seeking and truth-telling -- 5.5.1. Anticipated benefits -- 5.5.2. Potential pitfalls -- 5.5.3. Way forward -- 5.6. Traditional justice -- 5.6.1. State of traditional justice institutions -- 5.6.2. Perceptions of traditional justice -- 5.6.2.1. Consistency with cultural values -- 5.6.2.2. Less corruption -- 5.6.2.3. More reconciliation -- 5.6.3. Dissenting voices -- 5.6.4. Way forward -- 5.6.5. Complementarity with formal justice system -- 5.6.6g5.1.2e Complementarity with other transitional justice mechanisms -- 5.6.7. Practical steps forward -- 5.7. Reparations -- 5.7.1. Limitations of current forms of reparations -- 5.7.2. The need for a comprehensive reparations framework -- 5.7.3. Beneficiaries -- 5.7.4. Centres of responsibility -- 5.7.5. Forms of reparations -- 5.7.5.1. Compensation -- 5.7.5.2. Restitution -- 5.7.5.3. Rehabilitation -- 5.7.5.4. Satisfaction -- 5.7.6. Design and implementation of reparations framework -- 5.8. Psychological support, memorials and memorialisation -- 5.8.1. Outstanding needs -- 5.8.2. Recommendations for action -- 5.8.3. Memorials and memorialisatien -- 5.8.4. Anticipated benefits -- 5.8.5. Possible pitfalls -- 5.8.6. Way forward -- 5.9. Institutional and legal reform -- 5.9.1. Building inclusive and accountable Institutions for good governance -- 5.9.2. Anti corruption -- 5.9.3^tem -- 5.6.6g5.1.2e Institutional reform by sector -- 5.9.3.1. Executive -- 5.9.3.2. Parliament -- 5.9.9.3. Judiciary -- 5.9.3.4. Local government -- 5.9.3.5. Prison -- 5.9.3.6. Police -- 5.9.3.7. Military -- 5.9.3.8. Education -- 5.9.3.9. Health -- 5.9.3.10. Land -- 5.9.3.11. Economy -- 5.9.4. Other areas of reform -- 5.9.5. Way forward -- 5.9.6. Conclusion -- D. Peace against Violence -- I. Introduction -- II. Inventing peace -- III. Hermeneutics -- IV. Fusion of horizons -- V. Critique of authenticity -- VI. Remembering and identity -- VII. A hermeneutical framework for analysis -- VIII. The eight aspects of peace spirituality -- 1. Moral grounding -- 2. Vision -- 3. Critique -- 3.1. Prophecy -- 3.2. Renunciation -- 4. Resistance -- 5. Nonviolence -- 5.1. Altruism -- 5.2. Non-retaliation -- 5.3. Feminist nonviolence -- 5.4. Alternative technique -- 6g5.1.2e Conflict resolution and transformation -- 7. The scope and Importance of reconciliation -- 8. Building a tradition of peace spirituality -- 8.1. Future prospects of peace spirituality -- IX. Conclusion -- E. The Role of the Church towards Peace -- I. Introduction -- II. The role of the Church -- 1. To promote justice -- 2. To promote human rights -- 3. To promote truth -- 4. To denounce violence -- 5. To change structures of sin -- 6. To promote reconciliation -- 7. Pope John Paul II on violence -- 7.1. Pope John Paul's attitude towards diverse conflict issues (1978 -- 2001) -- 7.1.1. Speech in Ireland (1979) -- 7.1.2. Message on the World Day of Peace (1984) -- 7.1.3. Message on the World Day of Peace (1985) -- 7.1.4. Speech in Lesotho (1989) -- 7.1.5. Centesimus Annus (1991) -- 7.1.6. The Gulf war (1991) -- 7.1.7. EvangeliumVitae(1995) -- 7.1.8. Appeal at Angelus on 12th August 2001e 7.1.9. Speech on the 13th September 2001 -- 7.2. The theological rationale behind the Pope's pacifist attitudes -- 7.2.1. The international context has changed -- 7.2.2. The Popes concept of the human person -- 7.2.3. The need for a consistent ethic of life -- 7.2.4. The tragic consequences of war and violence -- 7.2.5. The spiral of violence never ends
2. Note continued: 7.2.6. The causes of violence are not inevitable -- 7.2.7. The end does not justify the means -- 8. The position of the African synod on violence and peace -- 8.1. The Church's response to the inequitable extraction of resources and related violence -- 8.1.1. Understanding the root causes of Africa's poverty -- 8.1.2. The right to use resources and the negation of the African -- 8.1.3. What the African synod says about Africa's resources -- 8.1.4. What would be an adequate response? -- 8.2. Small Christian communities -- promoters of reconciliation, justice and peace -- 8.2.1. Increasing involvement in justice and peace issues -- 8.2.2. SCCs as facilitators of reconciliation, justice and peace in Africa -- 8.3. The word of God as transformative power in reconciling African Christians -- 8.3.1. Restating the centrality of the "Word" both in scriptures and in Africa -- 8.3.2. Unfolding two complex notions: The Word of God and reconciliation -- 8.3.3. The Word of God: A multichannel metaphor -- 8.3.4. The African notion of reconciliation -- 8.3.5. How can the Word of God operate to reconcile? -- 8.4. Violence against women in Africa and recommendations of the second African synod to remedy this violence and promote peace -- 8.5. The role of the Church in public sphere -- 8.5.1. Building an ecclesial community in the public sphere -- 8.5.2. The service of reconciliation, justice and peace -- bridging the gap -- 8.5.3. For the service of Humankind, Koinonia and Diakonia -- 8.5.4. The Church in democratising societies -- 9. The role of the Church in Uganda towards peace -- 10. Conclusion.

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1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-481).