Michael Mwenda Kithinji,
Mickie Mwanzia Koster,
Jerono P. Rotich
Palgrave Macmillan US
e druk, 2016
9781349564606
Kenya After 50
Reconfiguring Historical, Political, and Policy Milestones
Specificaties
Paperback, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan US |
2016
ISBN13: 9781349564606
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
African Histories and Modernities
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden
Samenvatting
This book explores the journey that Kenya has travelled as a nation since its independence on December 12, 1963. It seeks to advance understanding of the country's major milestones in the postcolonial period, the challenges and the lessons that can be learned from this experience, and the future prospects.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781349564606
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction<br>PART I: CONTESTING HISTORY AND MEMORIES<br>1. The Demise and Rise of Majimbo in Independent Kenya; Robert M. Maxon<br>2. Recasting Kenyan History: Mau Mau Reparations, Narration, and Memory; Mickie Mwanzia Koster<br>3. Rethinking the 'Shifta War' Fifty Years after Independence: Myth, Memory, and Marginalization; Keren Weitzberg<br>4. Rendilelane: Spatial Views from the Periphery of Kenya; Hilah Segal<br>5. Politics and the Lack of Labor Militancy in Kenya: Trade Unionism After Independence; Eric E. Otenyo <br>PART II: REASSESSING POLICIES AND POLITICS<br>6. The Strategic Art of Appeasing Old Lovers while Courting New Friends: Kenya's Foreign Relations in Retrospect; Mumo Nzau<br>7. Kenya At Fifty and the Betrayal of Nationalism: The Paradoxes of Two Family Dynasties; Wanjala S. Nasongo<br>8. Elusive Justice: The Maasai Contestation of Land Appropriation in Kenya: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective; Ben Ole Koissaba<br>9. Kenya at Fifty: State Policies Reforms, Politics and Law, 1963-2013; Wycliffe Nyachoti Otiso and Ruth Joyce Kaguta <br>10. Continuity and Change in Kenya's Defense and Foreign Policy: The Impact of the New Security Dilemma; Oscar Gakuo Mwangi<br>