1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910495834903321

Autore

Abungu Patrick O

Titolo

Kenya in Motion 2000-2020 / / Marie-Aude Fouéré, Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle, Christian Thibon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris & Nairobi, : Africae, 2021

ISBN

2-9573058-8-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii-414 p.)

Collana

Africae Studies

Altri autori (Persone)

AdamMichel

BallarinMarie Pierre

CalasBernard

ChartonHélène

CoretClélia

Di MatteoFrancesca

DrozYvan

FouéréMarie-Aude

GezYonatan N

Josse-DurandChloé

LameDanielle de

LanneJean-Baptiste

MarcelOlivier

MaupeuHervé

MwakimakoHassan

PeatrikAnne-Marie

PelletierAdeline

ProviniOlivier

RacaudSylvain

Rouillé-KieloGaële

ThibonChristian

WillisJustin

PommerolleMarie-Emmanuelle

Soggetti

Economics

Sociology

developmental capitalism

development

Kenya Vision 2030

Kenyan politics

Kenyan society



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This edited volume offers a broad understanding and particular visions of Kenya in the first quarter of the twenty-first century. By bringing together rigorous yet accessible contributions, it shows how, since the 2002 transition, Kenya has been striving for change through economic modernisation and political liberalisation. The planned transformations are coming to fruition, even if the legacies of the past and political habits are slowing down the process. The various chapters take us from developmental capitalism to extreme poverty and enduring inequalities, from reforms on paper to mixed results in multiple sectors: decentralised governance, natural resources, land, and education. They also explore Kenya’s ancient and colonial history and the diversity of its population. Thus, the book helps understand contemporary political, religious and community cleavages, the asymmetries between towns and the countryside, between Nairobi and the coast, in a country open to the world, as much through trade and finance as through art networks.  Cet ouvrage offre une saisie synthétique et des visions particulières du Kenya en ce premier quart du XXIe siècle. Il rassemble des contributions rigoureuses et accessibles pour montrer comment, depuis l’alternance de 2002, le Kenya s’efforce de changer par la modernisation économique et la libéralisation politique. Les transformations annoncées voient le jour, même si les legs du passé et les habitus politiques en ralentissent la marche. Les différents chapitres nous mènent du capitalisme développemental kényan à la grande pauvreté et aux inégalités vivaces, des réformes sur le papier aux mises en œuvre en demi-teinte dans de multiples secteurs : gouvernance décentralisée, ressources naturelles, foncier, éducation. L’histoire ancienne et coloniale, la diversité du peuplement au Kenya permettent de mieux comprendre les clivages politiques, religieux et communautaires, les asymétries entre villes et campagnes, entre Nairobi et la côte,…



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783944303321

Autore

Laszlo Ervin <1932->

Titolo

Vision 2020 : reordering chaos for global survival / / Ervin Laszlo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Yverdon, Switzerland : , : Gordon and Breach, , 1994

©1994

ISBN

1-280-15143-9

0-203-99083-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiiv, 138 pages)

Disciplina

303.4

303.49

Soggetti

Social change - Forecasting

Twenty-first century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREAMBLE; CHAPTER 1 The Obsolescence of Modern Beliefs: Unsurprising Surprises at the Dawn of a New Age; CHAPTER 2 The Challenge of Responsibility; THE QUESTION OF BLAME; THE MATTER OF RESPONSIBILITY; THE CHALLENGE; CHAPTER 3 Bifurcation and Chaos: Understanding the Dynamics of Change; A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO BIFURCATION AND CHAOS THEORY; BEYOND THEORY: BIFURCATIONS AND SOCIAL CHANGE; CHAPTER 4 Perspectives of an Evolving World: New Ways to See Our Future; TWO KINDS OF EVOLUTION; Biological Evolution; Social Evolution

EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS IN HISTORY The Circular Pattern; The Helical Pattern; The Linear Pattern; The Nonlinear Pattern; SEEING THE FUTURE; CHAPTER 5 The Butterflies of Chaos: Launching the Third Strategy; THE OBSOLETE ALTERNATIVES; THE HUMANISTIC EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGY; CHAPTER 6 Vision 2020: Imaging a Post-Critical World; OBJECTIVES TO SAFEGUARD THE INDIVIDUAL; Objective Number One: Restrain the Power of Nation-States; Objective Number Two: Restrain the Power of Politicians; OBJECTIVES TO ACHIEVE GLOBAL COOPERATION; Objective Number Three: Concords of Defense Cooperation

Objective Number Four: Concords of Environmental Cooperation



Objective Number Five: Concords of Development Cooperation; CHAPTER 7 The Grand Alliance of Science, Art, Religion, and Education; THE ROLE OF SCIENCE; THE ROLE OF ART; THE ROLE OF RELIGION; THE ROLE OF EDUCATION; CHAPTER 8 The Big Picture: Further Reflections on Our Past and Our Future; THE GAMBLE ON INTELLIGENCE; FACING OUR COLLECTIVE IQ TEST; Appendix Basic Concepts of Evolutionary Systems Theory; THE FOUNDATIONS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ADVANCES IN THEORY; IN CONCLUSION; FURTHER READING: Basic Writings on Evolution and Society; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This revised edition of the classic text of the period provides both the student and the specialist with an informative account of post-Roman English society.