Kenya After 50 : Reconfiguring Historical, Political, and Policy Milestones / / edited by Michael Mwenda Kithinji, Mickie Mwanzia Koster, Jerono P. Rotich |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (276 p.) |
Disciplina | 967.6204 |
Collana | African Histories and Modernities |
Soggetto topico |
Africa—History
Africa—Politics and government Political planning International relations African History African Politics Public Policy International Relations |
ISBN | 1-137-55830-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part I Contesting History and Memories; 1 The Demise and Rise of Majimbo in Independent Kenya; 2 Recasting the Mau Mau Uprising: Reparations, Narration, and Memory; 3 Rethinking the Shifta War Fifty Years after Independence: Myth, Memory, and Marginalization; 4 "Rendillelane": Spatial Views from the Periphery of Kenya; 5 Politics and the Lack of Labor Militancy in Kenya: Trade Unionism after Independence; Part II Reassessing Politics and Policies
6 The Strategic Art of Appeasing Old Lovers while Courting New Friends: Kenya's Foreign Relations in Retrospect7 Kenya at Fifty and the Betrayal of Nationalism: The Paradoxes of Two Family Dynasties; 8 Elusive Justice: The Maasai Contestation of Land Appropriation in Kenya: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective; 9 Kenya at Fifty: State Policing Reforms, Politics, and Law, 1963-2013; 10 Continuity and Change in Kenya's Defense and Foreign Policies: The Impact of the New Security Dilemma; List of Contributors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254781203321 |
New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Palgrave handbook of contemporary Kenya / / edited by Wanjala S. Nasong'o, Maurice N. Amutabi, and Toyin Falola |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (485 pages) |
Disciplina | 929.374 |
Soggetto topico | Economic history |
ISBN |
9783031158544
3031158547 9783031158537 3031158539 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 -- 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910720074603321 |
Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Remembering Kenya . Volume 2 : interrogating marginalization and governance / / edited by George Gona, Mbűgua wa-Műngai ; contributors Waridi Wetu [and thirteen others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Nairobi, Kenya : , : Twaweza Communications, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.80096762 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GonaGeorge
MũngaiMbũgua wa <1971-> WetuWaridi |
Soggetto topico |
Communication and culture - Kenya
Elections - Corrupt practices - Kenya Political violence - Kenya |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 9966-028-45-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword / Maurice Makoloo, Johannes Hossfeld -- Introduction / George Gona, Mbũgua wa-Mũngai -- Prescript--Out of the Closet: Waridi's Joys and Struggles / Mbũgua wa-Mũngai -- The Politics of Marginalization -- Disability Discrimination: A Personal Reflection / Phitalis Were Masakhwe -- Muslims Engaging with the State in the Context of Changing Political Landscape in Kenya / Hassan Mwakimako -- Re-membering the Drylands of Kenya: Integrating ASAL Economies in Vision 2030 / Abdirahman Maalim Abass and Francis Mwaura -- Roadblocks to Governance -- Citizenship and Nationhood in Post-Independent Kenya / Felistus Kinyanjui -- Kenya: Imagined Closed Spaces of the Political Economy of Violence / Felistus Kinyanjui -- Exploiting Opportunities in the Matatu Service for Transport Planning in Nairobi, Kenya Selected Normative Practices--A Critique / Mary Njeri Kinyanjui and Meleckidzedeck Khayesi -- Kenyan Women in the Context of 2008 Post-election Violence: From Exclusion to Participation in Peace Building / Nyokabi Kamau -- Dealing with the Aftermath of the Election Violence of 2007/2008: Kenya's Dilemmas / George Gona -- Notes on Contributors. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464701403321 |
Nairobi, Kenya : , : Twaweza Communications, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Remembering Kenya . Volume 2 : interrogating marginalization and governance / / edited by George Gona, Mbűgua wa-Műngai ; contributors Waridi Wetu [and thirteen others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Nairobi, Kenya : , : Twaweza Communications, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.80096762 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GonaGeorge
MũngaiMbũgua wa <1971-> WetuWaridi |
Soggetto topico |
Communication and culture - Kenya
Elections - Corrupt practices - Kenya Political violence - Kenya |
ISBN | 9966-028-45-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword / Maurice Makoloo, Johannes Hossfeld -- Introduction / George Gona, Mbũgua wa-Mũngai -- Prescript--Out of the Closet: Waridi's Joys and Struggles / Mbũgua wa-Mũngai -- The Politics of Marginalization -- Disability Discrimination: A Personal Reflection / Phitalis Were Masakhwe -- Muslims Engaging with the State in the Context of Changing Political Landscape in Kenya / Hassan Mwakimako -- Re-membering the Drylands of Kenya: Integrating ASAL Economies in Vision 2030 / Abdirahman Maalim Abass and Francis Mwaura -- Roadblocks to Governance -- Citizenship and Nationhood in Post-Independent Kenya / Felistus Kinyanjui -- Kenya: Imagined Closed Spaces of the Political Economy of Violence / Felistus Kinyanjui -- Exploiting Opportunities in the Matatu Service for Transport Planning in Nairobi, Kenya Selected Normative Practices--A Critique / Mary Njeri Kinyanjui and Meleckidzedeck Khayesi -- Kenyan Women in the Context of 2008 Post-election Violence: From Exclusion to Participation in Peace Building / Nyokabi Kamau -- Dealing with the Aftermath of the Election Violence of 2007/2008: Kenya's Dilemmas / George Gona -- Notes on Contributors. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789292903321 |
Nairobi, Kenya : , : Twaweza Communications, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Remembering Kenya . Volume 2 : interrogating marginalization and governance / / edited by George Gona, Mbűgua wa-Műngai ; contributors Waridi Wetu [and thirteen others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Nairobi, Kenya : , : Twaweza Communications, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.80096762 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GonaGeorge
MũngaiMbũgua wa <1971-> WetuWaridi |
Soggetto topico |
Communication and culture - Kenya
Elections - Corrupt practices - Kenya Political violence - Kenya |
ISBN | 9966-028-45-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword / Maurice Makoloo, Johannes Hossfeld -- Introduction / George Gona, Mbũgua wa-Mũngai -- Prescript--Out of the Closet: Waridi's Joys and Struggles / Mbũgua wa-Mũngai -- The Politics of Marginalization -- Disability Discrimination: A Personal Reflection / Phitalis Were Masakhwe -- Muslims Engaging with the State in the Context of Changing Political Landscape in Kenya / Hassan Mwakimako -- Re-membering the Drylands of Kenya: Integrating ASAL Economies in Vision 2030 / Abdirahman Maalim Abass and Francis Mwaura -- Roadblocks to Governance -- Citizenship and Nationhood in Post-Independent Kenya / Felistus Kinyanjui -- Kenya: Imagined Closed Spaces of the Political Economy of Violence / Felistus Kinyanjui -- Exploiting Opportunities in the Matatu Service for Transport Planning in Nairobi, Kenya Selected Normative Practices--A Critique / Mary Njeri Kinyanjui and Meleckidzedeck Khayesi -- Kenyan Women in the Context of 2008 Post-election Violence: From Exclusion to Participation in Peace Building / Nyokabi Kamau -- Dealing with the Aftermath of the Election Violence of 2007/2008: Kenya's Dilemmas / George Gona -- Notes on Contributors. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823154503321 |
Nairobi, Kenya : , : Twaweza Communications, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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