Kenya's Quest For Democracy
Subtitle: Taming Leviathan (Challenge & Change in African Politics)
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Pub; L. Rienner Publishers
Published: April 30, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9781588265906
Subjects: African history; Political structure & processes; Kenya; General; Political Science; Politics/International Relations
Description: 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 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. Mutua uses the struggle over constitutional reform as a window through which to understand the larger struggles confronting Kenyan society.