The resilience of the past

Government and opposition in Kenya

Datos Bibliográficos

ID18948639
AutoresSusanne D Mueller (African Studies Center, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA, autor de correspondencia)
Año2014
Volumen48
Número2
Páginas333-352
Fecha de publicación2014-05-04
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCanadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0008-3968 • E-ISSN: 1923-3051
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00083968.2014.971835
OpenAlexW1858887044
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas28

The article discusses government and opposition in Kenya over the last 100 years. Major democratic changes have occurred, but legacies from the colonial period and Kenya's one-party state endure. Pushback efforts to perpetuate the status quo continue. Subverting formal legal changes, using violence, and polarizing ethnicity are among the means used to consolidate the past. The focus is on the interplay between stasis and change, using comparative political economy theories and similar examples from other times and places. The analysis highlights the resilience of the past and historic barriers to change, thereby raising broader questions and issues that are not well understood

Colonialism · Democracy · Development economics · Dominance (genetics) · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnic group · Opposition (politics) · Political change · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Psychological resilience · Sociology · Status quo · African history and culture analysis · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Social Psychology