Nelson Kasfir
Appointments
Professor of Government, Emeritus
Area of Expertise
Guerrilla Governance,
East African and Sudanese politics,
Political economy
Education
B.A. Yale University
J.D. Harvard Law School
Ph.D. Harvard University
Taught Courses
Publications
"Guerrillas and Civilian Participation: The National Resistance Army in Uganda, 1981-86," Journal of Modern African Studies, vol. 43, no. 2: 271-296, June 2005.
"Sudan's Darfur: Is It Genocide?" Current History, vol 104, no. 682, lead article, May 2005.
"Uganda," in Countries at the Crossroads: A Survey of Democratic Governance, Sarah Repucci and Christopher Walker, eds., New York: Freedom House, 2004.
"Domestic Anarchy, Security Dilemmas and Violent Predation: Causes of Failure," in When States Fail, Robert Rotbert, ed., Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004.
"Movement, Democracy, Legitimacy and Power in Uganda," in No-Party Democracy in Uganda: Myths and Realities, Mugaju and Oloka-Onyango, eds., Kampala: Fountain Publishers, 2000.
Editor, Civil Society and Democracy in Africa: Critical Perspectives, London, Frank Cass, 1998.
"Civil Society, the State and Democracy in Africa," Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, vol. 36, no 2: 123-149, July 1998.
"No-Party Democracy' in Uganda," Journal of Democracy, vol. 13, no. 4: 49-63, April 1998.
"The Conventional Notion of Civil Society: A Critique," Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, vol. 36, no. 2: 1-20, July 1998.
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