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Kenyas Quest for Democracy : Taming Leviathan / Makau Mutua.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Challenge and Change in African PoliticsPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (331 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781626371101
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.96762
LOC classification:
  • JQ2947.A58
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Reconstruction of the African State -- 3. Africa and Postcolonial Trauma -- 4. The Constitutional History of Kenya -- 5. The Liberal Democratic Consensus -- 6. The Quest for a Democratic Constitution -- 7. The Institution of the Review Commission -- 8. The National Constitutional Conference as Process -- 9. Matters of Convergence -- 10. Things Fall Apart -- 11. The End Game -- 12. What Must Be Done -- Acronyms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: Tracing the trajectory of postcolonial politics, Makau Mutua maps the political forces that have shaped contemporary Kenya. He also critically explores efforts on the part of both civil society and the political opposition to reform the state. Analyzing the tortuous efforts since independence to create a sustainable, democratic state, he uses the struggle over constitutional reform as a window for understanding the larger struggles confronting Kenyan society.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Reconstruction of the African State -- 3. Africa and Postcolonial Trauma -- 4. The Constitutional History of Kenya -- 5. The Liberal Democratic Consensus -- 6. The Quest for a Democratic Constitution -- 7. The Institution of the Review Commission -- 8. The National Constitutional Conference as Process -- 9. Matters of Convergence -- 10. Things Fall Apart -- 11. The End Game -- 12. What Must Be Done -- Acronyms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

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Tracing the trajectory of postcolonial politics, Makau Mutua maps the political forces that have shaped contemporary Kenya. He also critically explores efforts on the part of both civil society and the political opposition to reform the state. Analyzing the tortuous efforts since independence to create a sustainable, democratic state, he uses the struggle over constitutional reform as a window for understanding the larger struggles confronting Kenyan society.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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