Counter‐terrorism and the Politics of Aid
Civil Society Responses in Kenya
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7744239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeremy Lind (0000-0002-2912-6235, University of Sussex), J Howell (0000-0003-0643-2464, International Labour Organization) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 335-353 |
| Publication date | 2010-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development and Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-155X • E-ISSN: 1467-7660 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2010.01637.x |
| OpenAlex | W2164301478 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 2 |
Against the backdrop of terrorist attacks in 1998 and 2002, Kenya has come under pressure from aid donors and diplomatic circles to co‐operate in achieving the political and military objectives of the War on Terror. The Kenyan government has received legal, technical and financial support to implement new counter‐terrorism structures. However, while these have raised concerns around human rights and the ability of people to come together and organize on shared interests, the response of civil society in Kenya has been muted. It is mainly human rights campaigners, lawyers, Muslim organizations and leaders, and some politicians that have opposed proposed anti‐terrorism legislation. Even fewer groups have spoken out against the government's participation in a regional rendition programme in the Horn of Africa supported by the United States. This weak response reflects the significant ethnic and regional fragmentation that prevails in the country. This article critically examines the impacts of counter‐terrorism in Kenya and civil society responses to these in a shifting political landscape
Civil society · Development economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Government (linguistics) · Human rights · Kenya · Legislation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Terrorism · International Development and Aid · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration · Religion, Society, and Development
Strategic Exclusion
Do NGO Restrictions Limit Terrorism? Smear Campaigns or Counterterrorism Tools
Politics of Conviviality? State–Civil Society Relations Within the Context of Counter-Terrorism in Nigeria
An indigenous African framework for counterterrorism
Strategic exclusion, co-option and containment
Fuelling the fire
Fifty years of deleterious external engagement with sub‐Saharan African states
Governmentality and Counterterrorism
Local and Global Influences on Islamic NGOs in Kenya
Do Safety Expectations Affect the Location Strategies of Large Service Delivery Ingos
Civil Society Carving Spaces of Resistance in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism Policies and Practices
Africa’s security landscape of securitised-development and human rights issues
Some more reliable than others
Counter-terrorism measures and civil society organisations
One world, big society
Investigating the intersections between counter-terrorism and NGOs in Nigeria
Mungiki, Vernacular Organization and Political Society in Kenya
Situating Trust, Values, and Ethics in the Politics of Knowledge Production
Understanding al-Shabaab
| Citations per year | 1.19 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |