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The Roots of Ethnic Conflict in Africa
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 208

The Roots of Ethnic Conflict in Africa

This book focuses on the problem of ethnic conflict in Africa and seeks to explain its root causes. The main thesis of the book is that ethnic political mobilization is essentially a function of deeply-felt grievances on the part of the groups so mobilized.

African Governance, Security, and Development
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 327

African Governance, Security, and Development

African Governance, Security, and Development explores the political economy of development in Africa. The contributors examine the impact and implications of the democratization process in Africa with particular focus on issues of economic, social, and institutional development. Through a variety of critical perspectives and disciplines, contributors analyze topics such as the impact of democratization on governance and institutional development, foreign aid and foreign direct investment, terrorism in Africa, identity politics, and the politics of oil extraction. African Governance, Security, and Development features the voices of scholars from institutions of higher learning in Africa and showcases case studies from the continent, bringing much-needed African and Africanist perspectives to current discussions about African political development and economy.

The Roots of Ethnic Conflict in Africa
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 221

The Roots of Ethnic Conflict in Africa

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-01-26
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  • Publisher: Springer

This book focuses on the problem of ethnic conflict in Africa and seeks to explain its root causes. The main thesis of the book is that ethnic political mobilization is essentially a function of deeply-felt grievances on the part of the groups so mobilized.

Kenya and the Politics of a Postcolonyhb
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 250

Kenya and the Politics of a Postcolonyhb

The making of contemporary Kenya is rooted in the depredations of colonialism. The struggle for independence, embodied in anticolonial nationalism, was a struggle for the political freedom, economic dignity, and self-determination of the long-oppressed people of Kenya. Yet six decades down the road, the fruits of independence on the part of the common citizens remain a mirage. The fruits of independence seem to have remained the preserve of the political class who, in essence, ended up effectively betraying the cause of anticolonial nationalism. This book explores this betrayal and seeks to account for why things turned out the way they did in Kenya.

Regime Change and Succession Politics in Africa
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 293

Regime Change and Succession Politics in Africa

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Bringing together scholars from a wide array of disciplines - including anthropology, economics, history, sociology, and political science - this volume addresses the problems of the regime change and state failure in Africa in the context of the global economy, but from a specifically African perspective, arguing that the underdevelopment of the African economy is linked to the underdevelopment of the continents' nation states.

Kenya
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 370

Kenya

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007-02
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  • Publisher: Zed Books

Shows how the struggle for democracy has been waged in civil society, through opposition parties, and amongst traditionally marginalised groups like women and the young. This book also considers the remaining impediments to democratisation, in the form of a powerful police force and damaging structural adjustment policies.

Contending Political Paradigms in Africa
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 225

Contending Political Paradigms in Africa

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2005
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Focusing on the politics of democratization in Africa, this book details the strategic choices of the political elite, both incumbent and opposition within the context of transition politics. It explains and analyzes the dual paradox of limited change of regime and persistent authoritarianism in the face of democratization.

Kenya and the Politics of a Postcolony
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 199

Kenya and the Politics of a Postcolony

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2024-08-06
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  • Publisher: Anthem Press

This book sets out to probe, explore and evaluate the betrayal of anticolonial nationalism in Kenya. Contemporary Kenya’s emergence is rooted in the colonial enterprise, its deleterious effects and the subsequent decolonization spearheaded by a fierce anti-colonial nationalism that was embodied in freedom struggles at the cultural, political, and military levels. As a settler colony, the colonial settlers hived off millions of hectares of the best land in the highland areas of Kenya and appropriated them for themselves thereby generating a large mass of the landless. This land alienation constituted one of the most deeply felt grievances which, together with the exclusivist, exploitative a...

Human Security and Sustainable Development in East Africa
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 208

Human Security and Sustainable Development in East Africa

This book investigates contemporary human security issues in East Africa, setting forth policy recommendations and a research agenda for future studies. Human security takes a people-centered rather than state-centered approach to security issues, focusing on whether people feel safe, free from fear, want, and indignity. This book investigates human security in East Africa, encompassing issues as diverse as migration, housing, climate change, displacement, food security, aflatoxins, land rights, and peace and conflict resolution. In particular, the book showcases innovative original research from African scholars based on the continent and abroad, and together the contributors provide policy...

Kenya After 50
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 276

Kenya After 50

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-04-08
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  • Publisher: Springer

This book explores the journey that Kenya has travelled as a nation since its independence on December 12, 1963. It seeks to advance understanding of the country's major milestones in the postcolonial period, the challenges and the lessons that can be learned from this experience, and the future prospects.