The Politics of Independent Kenya, 1963-8
Author: Cherry J. Gertzel
Publisher: Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 200
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Author: Cherry J. Gertzel
Publisher: Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 200
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Publisher: Heinemann International Incorporated
Published: 1970-01-01
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780435833503
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 180
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Published: 1970
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 180
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Anaïs Angelo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-10-31
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 1108494048
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first study to use Jomo Kenyatta's political biography and presidency as a basis for examining the colonial and postcolonial history of Kenya.
Author: Ebenezer Obadare
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-02-09
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 1137566868
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume advances the discussions of leadership in Africa's specific history, culture, economy, and politics. The book promotes an understanding of leadership and its paradoxes and illuminates the conditions under which political leadership has been produced, and how those conditions have shaped leaders.
Author: Charles Hornsby
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2013-03-01
Total Pages: 1102
ISBN-13: 0755627741
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince independence from Great Britain in 1963, Kenya has survived five decades as a functioning nation-state, holding regular elections; its borders and political system intact and avoiding open war with its neighbours and military rule internally. It has been a favoured site for Western aid, trade, investment and tourism and has remained a close security partner for Western governments. However, Kenya's successive governments have failed to achieve adequate living conditions for most of its citizens; violence, corruption and tribalism have been ever-present, and its politics have failed to transcend its history. The decisions of the early years of independence and the acts of its leaders in the decades since have changed the country's path in unpredictable ways, but key themes of conflicts remain: over land, money, power, economic policy, national autonomy and the distribution of resources between classes and communities.While the country's political institutions have remained stable, the nation has changed, its population increasing nearly five-fold in five decades. But the economic and political elite's struggle for state resources and the exploitation of ethnicity for political purposes still threaten the country's existence. Today, Kenyans are arguing over many of the issues that divided them 50 years ago. The new constitution promulgated in 2010 provides an opportunity for national renewal, but it must confront a heavy legacy of history. This book reveals that history.
Author: Daniel Branch
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2011-11-15
Total Pages: 497
ISBN-13: 0300180640
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn December 12, 1963, people across Kenya joyfully celebrated independence from British colonial rule, anticipating a bright future of prosperity and social justice. As the nation approaches the fiftieth anniversary of its independence, however, the people's dream remains elusive. During its first five decades Kenya has experienced assassinations, riots, coup attempts, ethnic violence, and political corruption. The ranks of the disaffected, the unemployed, and the poor have multiplied. In this authoritative and insightful account of Kenya's history from 1963 to the present day, Daniel Branch sheds new light on the nation's struggles and the complicated causes behind them.Branch describes how Kenya constructed itself as a state and how ethnicity has proved a powerful force in national politics from the start, as have disorder and violence. He explores such divisive political issues as the needs of the landless poor, international relations with Britain and with the Cold War superpowers, and the direction of economic development. Tracing an escalation of government corruption over time, the author brings his discussion to the present, paying particular attention to the rigged election of 2007, the subsequent compromise government, and Kenya's prospects as a still-evolving independent state.