| Autore |
Leonard David K. <1941->
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| Edizione | [Reprint 2020] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, [1991]
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (xxxi, 375 pages, 26 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
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| Disciplina |
338.96762
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| Soggetto topico |
Rural development - Kenya
Management - Kenya
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| ISBN |
9780520343115
0520343115
9780520910294
052091029X
9780585289267
0585289263
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Map 1 -- Map 2 -- Abbreviations and Glossary -- Abbreviated Chronology of Political Events in Kenya -- List of Principal Persons in the Book -- Simplified Family Trees of the Administrators Studied -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Individuals, Institutions, and Interests -- 2. The Foundation -- 3. Growing Up and Out of Colonialism -- 4. Independence and the Emerging Class Structure -- 5. Nyachae and Administrative Power in the Kenyatta State -- 6. Karanja and the Kenya Tea Development Authority -- 7. Muriithi and the Dairy Industry -- 8. The Moi Presidencies and Their Impact on Karanja and Muriithi -- 9. Rural Development, Decentralization, and Mule's Apprenticeship -- 10. Nyachae, Mule, District Focus, and Agriculture -- 11. The Unofficial Lives -- 12. African Managerial Success: Conclusions about Individuals -- 13. The State and Administrative Development: Conclusions about Institutions and Interests -- Appendix A. Ethnic Determinants of Civil Service Promotions -- Appendix B. Bureaucratic Influences and the Regional Allocation of Government Services -- Appendix C. Persons Interviewed -- Notes -- Index of Persons -- Index of Subjects
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910495890103321 |