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050	0	0	_aDT433.559 _b.O84 2020
245	0	4	_aThe Oxford handbook of Kenyan politics / _cedited by Nic Cheeseman, Karuti Kanyinga, and Gabrielle Lynch.
246	3	0	_aKenyan politics
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aOxford: _bOxford University press, _c2020.
300			_axxiii, 761 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c26 cm.
490	0		_aOxford handbooks
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe struggle for democracy -- Identity politics -- Political institutions -- Civil society, the media, and political culture -- Political parties and strategies of mobilization -- Law and (dis)order -- The political economy of development -- Kenya and the world -- Regional politics in the time of devolution.
520			_a"Kenya is one of the most politically dynamic and influential countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Today, it is known in equal measure as a country that has experienced great highs and tragic lows. In the 1960s and 1970s, Kenya was seen as a "success story" of development in the periphery, and also led the way in terms of democratic breakthroughs in 2010 when a new constitution devolved power and placed new constraints on the president. However, the country has also makes international headlines for the kind of political instability that occurs when electoral violence is expressed along ethnic lines, such as during the "Kenya crisis" of 2007/08 when over 1,000 people lost their lives and almost 700,000 were displaced. This Handbook explains these developments and many more, drawing together 50 specially commissioned chapters by leading researchers. The chapters they have contributed address a range of essential topics including the legacy of colonial rule, ethnicity, land politics, devolution, the constitution, elections, democracy, foreign aid, the informal economy, civil society, human right, the International Criminal Court, the rise of China, economic policy, electoral violence, and the impact of mobile phone technology. In addition to covering some of the most important debates about Kenyan politics, the volume provides a comprehensive overview of Kenyan history from 1930 to the present day and features a set of chapters that review the impact of devolution on regional politics in every part of the country"--
651		0	_aKenya _xPolitics and government _y20th century.
651		0	_aKenya _xPolitics and government _y21st century.
700	1		_aCheeseman, Nic, _d1979- _eeditor.
700	1		_aKanyinga, Karuti, _eeditor.
700	1		_aLynch, Gabrielle, _eeditor.
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