All Outputs (3)

‘This country is free, but for the few’: Informal labour, class politics, and urban order in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2025)
Journal Article
Collord, M., & Nyamsenda, S. (2025). ‘This country is free, but for the few’: Informal labour, class politics, and urban order in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. World Development, 192, Article 107027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.107027

This article explores the relationships between regime consolidation, labour informality, and class formation in African cities. It examines how, as part of broader efforts to build political support, incumbent leaders and their parties manipulate cl... Read More about ‘This country is free, but for the few’: Informal labour, class politics, and urban order in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Wealth, Power, and Authoritarian Institutions: Comparing Dominant Parties and Parliaments in Tanzania and Uganda (2024)
Book
Collord, M. (2024). Wealth, Power, and Authoritarian Institutions: Comparing Dominant Parties and Parliaments in Tanzania and Uganda. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191945335.001.0001

Through an analysis of the recent political history of Tanzania and Uganda, Wealth, Power, and Authoritarian Institutions offers a novel explanation of why authoritarian parties and legislatures vary in strength, and why this variation matters. Micha... Read More about Wealth, Power, and Authoritarian Institutions: Comparing Dominant Parties and Parliaments in Tanzania and Uganda.

Wealth, power and institutional change in Tanzania’s parliament (2022)
Journal Article
Collord, M. (2022). Wealth, power and institutional change in Tanzania’s parliament. African Affairs, 121(482), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adac008

Tanzania’s legislature, or Bunge, has undergone considerable change in recent decades, gradually strengthening to attain unprecedented influence during Jakaya Kikwete’s presidency (2005–2015) only to decline again under President John Magufuli (2015–... Read More about Wealth, power and institutional change in Tanzania’s parliament.