areas requires presence in the constituency, personal interaction, and provision of material benefits in the form of projects or gifts. Urban more educated voters attend to performance in Parliament, so MPs cultivated those perceptions by representing the political views of their constituents. Thus, the resource of voter perceptions, is contextual. Cultivating it must be sensitive to different situations. The assemblage within which voter perceptions were shaped and changed included political parties and their popularity within different districts. Voters considered whether their MPs were more beholden to a political party than to constituent interests. The career ladder within Uganda politics could mean less time spent in the home district. An assemblage includes ideologies, and Chemutai shows that gender ideals and expectations play an important role in the cultivation of perceptions. Displaying qualities of motherliness and modesty helps to ensure positive perceptions.
With these five articles by Gulu University scholars, we hope to show how research illuminates some of the fundamental aspects of the resources being cultivated for different purposes in northern Uganda. We appreciate Gulu University, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Building Stronger Universities programme for the opportunity to build our own resources.
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