1st Edition
The Socio-Cultural, Ethnic and Historic Foundations of Kenya’s Electoral Violence Democracy on Fire
By Stephen Magu
Copyright 2018
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
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Kenya’s 2007 General Election results announcement precipitated the worst ethnic conflict in the country’s history; 1,133 people were killed, while 600,000 were internally displaced. Within 2 months, the incumbent and the challenger had agreed to a power-sharing agreement and a Government of National Unity. This book investigates the role of socio-cultural origins of ethnic conflict... Read more
Preamble
Introduction
Chapter 1: A Brief History of Kenya: From Colony to Independence
Chapter 2: Post-Independence, Succession, Autocracy and Global Geopolitics
Chapter 3: Democracy, Our Way, and Multiparty Politics
Chapter 4: Change to Believe in: New Beginnings
Chapter 5: Reconfiguring the Politiscape: Return of History and the End of Hope
Chapter 6: Resolving Kenya’s Complex Socio-Historical Contestations
Chapter 7: Contemporary Kenya: First Half Century and Opportunities
Chapter 8: Concluding thoughts: 2017, Lessons of 2007, 2010 and 2013
Biography
Stephen M. Magu is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Hampton University, USA.
