Overview
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
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Kenyan State
- Tribalism
- State Violence
- Justice
- State Building
- Political marginalization
- Autochthonous politics
- Politicalisation of ethnicity
- Democratization
- Electoral politics
- Multiparty politics
- Political elite
- Tribal violence
- Postcolonial
- Plutocracy
- Political dynasty
- Political instability
- Identity politics
- Collective humiliation
- Kenya
About this book
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 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.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
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.Â
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Political Power and Tribalism in Kenya
Authors: Westen K. Shilaho
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65295-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65294-8Published: 19 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87993-2Published: 15 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65295-5Published: 02 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 186
Topics: African Politics, Political History, Electoral Politics, Democracy, Terrorism and Political Violence, Ethnicity Studies