Politics and the Lack of Labor Militancy in Kenya

Trade Unionism after Independence

Bibliographic Data

ID20069907
AuthorsEric E Otenyo (0000-0001-8947-7670, corresponding author)
Year2016
Pages107-133
Publication date2016-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueKenya After 50 (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9781137558305_6
OpenAlexW2491006654
ISBN9781137558305
LanguageEN
References cited14

Trade unionism in Kenya had a shared history with its European colonial antecedents. Its national origins were rooted in colonial capitalism, which had been characterized by the use of cheap or forced African labor. The colonial government established administrative systems that ensured control of labor resources. Then, in the pre-independence era, an African working class and migrant labor with deep ties to the rural enclaves assumed a militant posture, in part because of being disposed of land. Militancy was also a reaction to repressive practices by European settlers who strongly opposed trade union formation.KeywordsInternational Monetary FundTrade UnionLabor UnionLabor MovementColonial GovernmentThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves

Capitalism · Colonialism · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Independence (probability theory) · Labour economics · Militant · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Trade union · Working class · African history and culture analysis · African history and culture studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Law

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