Political Power and Tribalism in Kenya
Seiten
2018
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Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-87993-2 (ISBN)
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-87993-2 (ISBN)
This book discusses Kenya's transition from authoritarianism to more democratic forms of politics and its impact on Kenya's multi-ethnic society. 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.
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.
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.
Westen K. Shilaho is National Research Foundation Scarce Skills Research Fellow, and South African Research Chair in African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
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.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.8.2018 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | XVII, 186 p. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 273 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften | |
| Schlagworte | Autochthonous politics • Collective humiliation • Democratization • Electoral Politics • Identity politics • Justice • Kenya • Kenyan State • Multiparty politics • Plutocracy • Political dynasty • Political elite • Political Instability • Politicalisation of ethnicity • Political marginalization • Postcolonial • State Building • State Violence • Tribalism • Tribal violence |
| ISBN-10 | 3-319-87993-6 / 3319879936 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-87993-2 / 9783319879932 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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