Political Power and Tribalism in Kenya

• Main Author: Shilaho, Westen K. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Africa-Politics and government.; World politics.; Elections.; Democracy.; Terrorism.; Political violence.; Ethnicity.; African Politics.; Political History.; Electoral Politics.; Terrorism and Political Violence.; Ethnicity Studies.

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 pol...

Table of 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. .