Political Power and Tribalism in Kenya

Examines Kenya's state building, identity politics, and violence as a tools of political disorganization

Aims to show how multiparty politics has been hijacked by an ethically inclined group of political elites for self-serving ends

Illuminates dexterity by a minority plutocracy in maintaining power and state resources to the exclusion of the populace

Highlights reforms to ensure justice, inclusive politics, state stability and democratization in Kenya

Autorentext

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.

Klappentext

This book discusses Kenyäs transition from authoritarianism to more democratic forms of politics and its impact on Kenyäs multi-ethnic society. The author examines two significant questions: Why and how is ethnicity salient in Kenyäs 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.

Inhalt
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.