Uganda, May 18 -- As noted in two preceding columns, a book titled Autocratisation in Contemporary Uganda, for which I served as lead author and editor, came out recently. It charts the contours of President Museveni's nearly four-decade long rule, detailing the pillars and poles, the sources and strategies that have produced both a durable regime but also a personalist ruler.

Central to the book's argument is what I framed as the theory of autocratic adaptability, the adeptness to adjust to changing circumstances, and the recalibration to attend to contending forces challenging the political status quo.

I should reiterate that interested and perceptive readers who get the chance to sift through the pages of the book may or not find it ...