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Kenya after 50 : reconfiguring historical, political, and policy milestones /

This book applies an interdisciplinary approach to evaluate the journey that Kenya has traveled as a nation since the end of colonialism on December 12, 1963. The book demonstrates that Kenya's postcolonial experience is marked with moments of tremendous feats amidst economic and political chal...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kithinji, Michael Mwenda (Editor ), Koster, Mickie Mwanzia (Editor ), Rotich, Jerono P. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Colección:African histories and modernities.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.