LEADER 05961oam 2200541 450 001 9910720074603321 005 20231124203114.0 010 $a9783031158544$b(electronic bk.) 010 $a3031158547$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031158537 010 $z3031158539 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-15854-4 035 $a(OCoLC)1377816349 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7241372 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7241372 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-15854-4 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926523187900041 100 $a20230801d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcz#---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe Palgrave handbook of contemporary Kenya /$fedited by Wanjala S. Nasong'o, Maurice N. Amutabi, and Toyin Falola 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d[2023] 210 4$dİ2023 215 $a1 online resource (485 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Nasong'o, Wanjala S. The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Kenya Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031158537 327 $a1. 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 33. Kenya in World Politics; Thomas Otieno Juma -- 34. Kenya : Future Imaginations; Toyin Falola. 330 $aThis 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. Part I focuses on independence and the political economy of development, followed by Part II on environment, globalization, gender, and society. Part III examines the external context?s impact and implications for Kenya and the role of Kenya in the global political economy. Wanjala S. Nasong?o is Professor of International Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, USA. Maurice N. Amutabi is Professor and Director of the Center for Science and Technology Studies at the Technical University of Kenya. 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