Kenya's quest for democracy : taming leviathan /

Product Description: 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 sinc...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mutua, Makau
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boulder, Colo. : L. Rienner Publishers, 2008.
Series:Challenge and change in African politics.
Subjects:
Since 1963
Constitutional history > Kenya.
Political culture > Kenya.
Postcolonialism > Kenya.
Histoire constitutionnelle > Kenya.
Postcolonialisme > Kenya.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Constitutional history
Political culture
Politics and government
Postcolonialism
Politik
Kenya > Politics and government > 1963-1978.
Kenya > Politics and government > 1978-2002.
Kenya > Politics and government > 2002-
Kenya > Politique et gouvernement > 1963-1978.
Kenya > Politique et gouvernement > 1978-2002.
Kenya > Politique et gouvernement > 2002-
Kenya
Kenia
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The reconstruction of the African state
  • Africa and post-colonial trauma
  • The constitutional history of Kenya
  • The liberal democratic consensus
  • The quest for a democratic constitution
  • The institution of the review commission
  • The national constitutional conference as process
  • Matters of convergence
  • Things fall apart
  • The end game
  • What must be done.

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