Research Catalog

Title

Post-colonial Kenya : the rise of an authoritarian and predatory state / Rok Ajulu.

Author

Ajulu, Rok

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
• ©2022

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Description

xii, 197 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

"This engaging reassessment of postcolonial Kenya argues that the country's political turmoil over the last fifteen years is a continuation of repeating patterns of political contestation and conflict across Kenya's history. When Kibaki stole the 2007 presidential election, leading to a spiral of violence that left over 1,000 people dead in the space of a month, many analysts wondered how this could happen in a country that had previously been considered an oasis of peace in an otherwise conflict prone region. Combining political economy with political sociology, in this book Rok Ajulu demonstrates that in fact authoritarianism and the predatory deployment of the state has been the predominant feature of Kenya's post-colonial period. Focusing on how power has been mediated in the country politically and the characters of the elites in charge, the analysis shows the dominance of extra-economic political coercion in economic activity. In a context in which economic activity remains predominantly political, continued control of state-power is so crucial for the new ruling class that it must be retained at all costs. Rok Ajulu's masterful final book is a powerful and wide-ranging contribution to studies on post-colonial Kenya and will be an important resource for researchers from across political science, economics, history, sociology and African Studies"--

Series Statement

Contemporary African politics

Uniform Title

Contemporary African politics series.

Subject

• Since 1963
• Authoritarianism > Kenya > History
• Economics > Political aspects > Kenya
• Authoritarianism
• Economic history
• Economics > Political aspects
• Politics and government
• Kenya > Politics and government > 1963-1978
• Kenya > Politics and government > 1978-2002
• Kenya > Politics and government > 2002-
• Kenya > History > 1963-
• Kenya > Economic conditions > 1963-
• Kenya

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The origins of the political power of the post-colonial elite and the making of the post-colony -- Independence and the struggle for the control of the post-colonial state: 1963-1969 -- Kenyatta and the making of an authoritarian state, 1969-1978 -- Moi's presidency and the consolidation of authoritarian rule -- Sunset on the Moi regime, 1992-2002 -- Kibaki and the return of the Mount Kenya crowd.

Call Number

ReCAP 22-11752

ISBN

• 9781472461667
• 1472461665

LCCN

2021001051

OCLC

1235902281

Author

Ajulu, Rok, author.

Title

Post-colonial Kenya : the rise of an authoritarian and predatory state / Rok Ajulu.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Contemporary African politics

Contemporary African politics series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

Since 1963

Research Call Number

ReCAP 22-11752