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Political Power and Tribalism in Kenya / by Westen K. Shilaho.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2018Description: xvii, 186 pISBN:
  • 9783319652955
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Political power and tribalism in Kenya.; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 320.96 23
LOC classification:
  • DT433.562 .S55 2018
Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Kenyan State and the Ethnicity Challenge -- Chapter 3: Autocracy, Big Man Politics, and Institutional Atrophy -- Chapter 4: Motion without Movement: Kenya's Transition without Transformation -- Chapter 5: The State Ruptures -- Chapter 6: The International Criminal Court (ICC), Impunity, and the Elusive Justice in Kenya -- Chapter 7: Conclusion.
Summary: This book discusses Kenya's transition from authoritarianism to more democratic forms of politics and its impact on Kenya's multi-ethnic society. The author examines two significant questions: Why and how is ethnicity salient in Kenya's transition from one-party rule to multiparty politics? What is the relationship between ethnic conflict and political liberalization? The project explains the perennial issues of political disorganization through state violence and ethnicization of politics, and considers the significance of the concept of justice in Kenya.
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Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Kenyan State and the Ethnicity Challenge -- Chapter 3: Autocracy, Big Man Politics, and Institutional Atrophy -- Chapter 4: Motion without Movement: Kenya's Transition without Transformation -- Chapter 5: The State Ruptures -- Chapter 6: The International Criminal Court (ICC), Impunity, and the Elusive Justice in Kenya -- Chapter 7: Conclusion.

This book discusses Kenya's transition from authoritarianism to more democratic forms of politics and its impact on Kenya's multi-ethnic society. The author examines two significant questions: Why and how is ethnicity salient in Kenya's transition from one-party rule to multiparty politics? What is the relationship between ethnic conflict and political liberalization? The project explains the perennial issues of political disorganization through state violence and ethnicization of politics, and considers the significance of the concept of justice in Kenya.

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