The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Kenya
This volume is a bold attempt to address a comprehensive range of themes and issues relating to contemporary Kenya. It covers independent Kenya’s history, society, culture, economics, politics, and environment with great breadth and depth, comprising thirty-four chapters divided into three parts. Pa...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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Table of Contents:
- 22. Kenya’s Security Sector: Reform in a Changing Strategic Environment; Stephen Mwachofi Singo and Edmond John Pamba
- 23. The Impact of Globalization in Kenya, Mumo Nzau
- Part III: The External Context
- 24. Colonial Boundaries and Emerging Border Contestations in Post-Independent Kenya; Peter Wafula Wekesa
- 25. Illiberalism, Human Rights, and Rule of Law: A Kenyan Paradox; Makau Mutua
- 26. Mapping Kenya’s Diaspora and its National Economic, Social, Cultural, and Political Impact; Kefa M. Otiso
- 27. Foreign Policy and Kenya’s Foreign Relations, 1963-2017; Mercy Kathambi Kaburu and Korwa Gombe Adar
- 28. Al-Shabaab and the Regional Security Dilemma; Oscar Gakuo Mwangi
- 29. Kenya-US Relations and the War on Terror; Mumo Nzau
- 30. China in Kenya and its Impact and Implications; Linnet Hamasi and Maurice N. Amutabi
- 31. Kenya and Regional Integration Schemes; Joshua M. Kivuva
- 32. Kenya’s External Trade; Caroline Ayuma Okello
- 10. Environmental Policy and Practice in Kenya; Wanjala S. Nasong’o
- 11. Wangari Muta Maathai and the Green Belt Movement; Besi Brillian Muhonja
- 12. The Women’s Movement and Gender Politics in Kenya; Damaris Parsitau and Dorothy Nyakwaka
- 13. The Youth and Socio-Economic Development in Kenya; Sellah Nasimiyu King’oro
- 14. Civil Society and the Politics of Democratization; Wanjala S. Nasong’o
- 15. The Second Republic and the Politics of Devolution; Edmond Maloba Were
- 16. Ethnicity and Political Violence in Kenya; Linnet Hamasi and Maurice N. Amutabi
- 17. Presidential Leadership Styles from Jomo to Uhuru; Eric E. Otenyo
- 18. Sport and Recreation in Kenya; W.W.S. Njororai and Peter Omondi-Ochieng
- 19. Religion and the Cultures of Kenya; Mary Nyangweso Wangila
- 20. Kiswahili in Kenya: Broken Language and Broken Promises; Ken Walibora Waliaula
- 21. Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Medicine in Kenya; Maurice N. Amutabi and Linnet Hamasi
- 1. Introduction: Contemporary Kenya: Politics, Economics, Environment, and Society; Wanjala S. Nasong’o, Maurice N. Amutabi, Toyin Falola
- Part I: Independence and the Political Economy of Development
- 2. Structural Adjustment and Economic Reforms in Kenya; Urbanus Mwinzi Ndolo
- 3. Higher Education Policy and Reforms in Kenya; Michael Mwenda Kithinji
- 4. Gangs, Militias, and Vigilantes in Rural and Urban Violence in Kenya; Musambayi Katumanga
- 5. Role of Students in National Politics in Kenya; Maurice N. Amutabi and Linnet Hamasi
- 6. Kenyan Public Intellectuals and National Development Debates; Maurice N. Amutabi and Linnet Hamasi
- 7. The Matatu Industry in Nairobi; Mickie Koster
- 8. Pastoralism and the Northern Kenya Economy; Maurice N. Amutabi and Linnet Hamasi
- 9. Venture Capital and Silicon Savannah Valley in Kenya; Daniel Oigo Ogachi and Zeman Zoltan
- Part II: Environment, Globalization, Gender, and Society
- 33. Kenya in World Politics; Thomas Otieno Juma
- 34. Kenya : Future Imaginations; Toyin Falola