Dr. Joshua Rubongoya
Professor
Department: Public Affairs
Office: 119 Francis T. West Hall
540-375-2444
rubongoy@roanoke.edu
Degrees
BA (Makerere University, Kampala Uganda)
MA, PhD (Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver)
Research & Teaching Interests
Reasearch Interests : Democratization and political economy of developing states (or the global south)
Teaching Interests: Comparative politics and political economies of developing states.
V-Dem Country Expert (Uganda)
Extracurricular
Advising Model UN club
Leading and directing student study groups to Africa
Books
Regime Hegemony in Museveni's Uganda: Pax Musevenica, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Recent Publications
§ “‘Movement Legacy’ and Neoliberalism as Political Settlement in Uganda’s Political Economy”. In Jorg Wiegratz, et. al. November 2018. Uganda: The Dynamics of Neo-Liberal Transformation.(London: Zed Books Ltd).
§ “Hegemonic Political Regimes in Africa”. in Cheeseman, Nic (ed.) The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Politics: 3-Volume Set. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.
“Uganda’s Anti-Terrorism Law and its Impact on Civil Society” in Jeremy Lind and Jude Howell (ed.) The Politics of Civil Society, Portland: Kumarian Press, 2010.