Democracy Challenged In The 2022 Presidential Succession In Kenya

Author : Jeffrey Steeves
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781527530102

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Democracy Challenged in the 2022 Presidential Succession in Kenya by Jeffrey Steeves Pdf

This analysis of the 2022 presidential succession in Kenya examines the process’ evolution over time, not just in the stages closest to the presidential election. The live speeches, statements, press conferences, and rallies of the key actors are featured and analysed carefully. In Kenya, major television stations and regional stations are highly developed and offer a wealth of research opportunities. The book analyses the Roadside Rallies, which are a unique feature of Kenyan political campaigns in the face of State repression. An intense struggle took place leading up to the 2022 election. What made this succession special was the determination of the incumbent president to shape the succession to his will. In effect, the 2022 succession revealed the fault lines in the Kenya political class and the lengths an incumbent will go to assert his dominance over the succession process. The book explores the tools utilised by an Imperial President to circumvent legal and constitutional restrictions. For those interested in democracy in Africa, this study illustrates the very real barriers to its fulfillment.

Author : Alexander Baturo,Johan A. Elkink
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192896193

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The New Kremlinology by Alexander Baturo,Johan A. Elkink Pdf

This book is the in-depth examination of the development of regime personalization in Russia.

Author : Steven Levitsky,Lucan A. Way
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139491488

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Competitive Authoritarianism by Steven Levitsky,Lucan A. Way Pdf

Based on a detailed study of 35 cases in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and post-communist Eurasia, this book explores the fate of competitive authoritarian regimes between 1990 and 2008. It finds that where social, economic, and technocratic ties to the West were extensive, as in Eastern Europe and the Americas, the external cost of abuse led incumbents to cede power rather than crack down, which led to democratization. Where ties to the West were limited, external democratizing pressure was weaker and countries rarely democratized. In these cases, regime outcomes hinged on the character of state and ruling party organizations. Where incumbents possessed developed and cohesive coercive party structures, they could thwart opposition challenges, and competitive authoritarian regimes survived; where incumbents lacked such organizational tools, regimes were unstable but rarely democratized.

Author : National Intelligence Council
Publisher : Cosimo Reports
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1646794974

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Global Trends 2040 by National Intelligence Council Pdf

"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.

Author : Fouere, Marie-Aude,Mwangi, Susan
Publisher : Twaweza Communications
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789966028518

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Kenyaís Past as Prologue by Fouere, Marie-Aude,Mwangi, Susan Pdf

During the run-up to Kenya's 2013 general elections, crucial political and civic questions were raised. Could past mistakes, especially political and ethnic-related violence, be avoided this time round? Would the spectre of the 2007 post-electoral violence positively or negatively affect debates and voting? How would politicians, electoral bodies such as the IEBC, the Kenyan civil society, and the international community weigh in on the elections? More generally, would the 2013 elections bear witness to the building up of an electoral culture in Kenya, characterized by free and fair elections, or would it show that voting is still weakened by political malpractices, partisan opinions and emotional reactions? Would Kenya's past be inescapable or would it prepare the scene for a new political order? Kenyaís Past as Prologue adopts a multidisciplinary perspective ñ mainly built upon field-based ethnography and a selection of case studies ñ to answer these questions. Under the leadership of the French Institute for Research in Africa (Institut francais de recherche en Afrique, IFRA), political scientists, historians and anthropologists explore various aspects of the electoral process to contribute in-depth analyses of the last elections. They highlight the structural factors underlying election and voting in Kenya including the political system, culture and political transition. They also interrogate the short-term trends and issues that influence the new political order. The book provides insight into specific case studies, situations and contexts, thus bringing nuances and diversity into focus to better assess Kenya's evolving electoral democracy.

Author : Tom Lansford
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 3505 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-09
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781071853054

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Political Handbook of the World 2022-2023 by Tom Lansford Pdf

The Political Handbook of the World 2022-2023 provides timely, thorough, and accurate political information, with more in-depth coverage of current political controversies than any other reference guide. The updated 2022-2023 edition continues to be the most authoritative source for finding complete facts and analysis on each country′s governmental and political makeup. Tom Lansford has compiled in one place more than 200 entries on countries and territories throughout the world, this volume is renowned for its extensive coverage of all major and minor political parties and groups in each political system. It also provides names of key ambassadors and international memberships of each country, plus detailed profiles of more than 30 intergovernmental organizations and UN agencies. And this update will aim to include coverage of current events, issues, crises, and controversies from the course of the last two years.

Author : Nic Cheeseman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107148246

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Institutions and Democracy in Africa by Nic Cheeseman Pdf

Offers new research on the vital importance of institutions, such as presidential term-limits in the African democratisation processes.

Author : Freedom House
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538112038

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Freedom in the World 2018 by Freedom House Pdf

Freedom in the World is the standard-setting comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties. The methodology of this survey is derived in large measure from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and these standards are applied to all countries and territories.

Author : J. Shola Omotola
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9171067116

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Unconstitutional Changes of Government in Africa by J. Shola Omotola Pdf

This Discussion Paper is based on a conceptual and analytical reading of cases of unconstitutional change of government in Africa. It provides a deep and up-to-date exploration of the prospects for democratic consolidation on the continent against the backdrop of an upsurge in unconstitutional changes of government. Rather than focus only on the internal threats to democracy in Africa, the author also analyses the role of neighbouring states, regional organisations and hegemonic forces within the international community in advancing or limiting democracy. In this regard, this work sheds light on why the pursuit of the liberal democratic project in Africa has so far appeared to alienate ordinary people, while providing space for dominant elites to tamper with democratic institutions and processes, which then work against popular participation and democratic development. This paper is essential reading for scholars, policy practitioners, analysts and all those with an interest in the prospects for democracy in Africa.

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1084 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Law
ISBN : UCR:31210026473015

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

Author : Bobby Siu
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Diversity in the workplace
ISBN : 9781487500870

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Opening Doors to Diversity in Leadership by Bobby Siu Pdf

Why is leadership not diverse and what can be done about it? Opening Doors to Diversity in Leadership provides evidence and options for businesses to build a more diverse workforce, leadership team and corporate culture.

Author : Freedom House (U.S.)
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 907 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780742563063

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Freedom in the World 2008 by Freedom House (U.S.) Pdf

A survey of the state of human freedom around the world investigates such crucial indicators as the status of civil and political liberties and provides individual country reports.

Author : Adrian Karatnycky
Publisher : Transaction Pub
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 076580476X

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Freedom in the World: 1997-1998 by Adrian Karatnycky Pdf

The Comparative Survey of Freedom is an institutional effort by Freedom House to monitor the progress and decline of political rights and civil lib­erties in 191 nations and 59 related territories. These year-end reviews of freedom began in 1955, when they were called the Balance Sheet of Free­dom and, still later, the Annual Sur­vey of the Progress of Freedom. This program was expanded in the early 1970s, and has appeared in Freedom Review since 1973. It has also been issued in a more developed context as a yearbook since 1978. Since 1989, the Survey project has been a year-long effort produced by regional experts, consultants and hu­man rights specialists. The Survey derives its information from a wide range of sources. Most valued of these are the many human rights activists, journalists, editors and political fig­ures around the world who keep us informed of the human rights situa­tion in their countries. Throughout the year. Freedom House personnel regularly conduct fact-finding missions to gain more in-depth knowledge of the vast political transformations affecting our world. During these week-to-month-long in­vestigations, we make every effort to meet a cross-section of political par­ties and associations, human rights monitors, religious figures, represen­tatives of both the private sector and trade union movement, academics and journalists. During the past year. Free­dom House staff traveled to numerous countries throughout most of the world's geographical and political re­gions. The Survey project team also consults a vast array of published source materials, ranging from the reports of other human rights organi­zations to often rare, regional news­papers and magazines. This year's Survey team includes: Adrian Karatnycky, Martin Edwin Anderson, Kristen Guida, Marshall Freeman Harris, Thomas R. Lansner, Arch Puddington, Leonard R. Sussman, and George Zarycky. The general edi­tor of Freedom in the World is Roger Kaplan; the managing editor is Tara Kelly. This year's research coordinator was Charles Graybow.

Author : Nic Cheeseman,Karuti Kanyinga,Gabrielle Lynch
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780198815693

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The Oxford Handbook of Kenyan Politics by Nic Cheeseman,Karuti Kanyinga,Gabrielle Lynch Pdf

Kenya is one of the most politically dynamic and influential countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Today, it is known in equal measure as a country that has experienced great highs and tragic lows. In the 1960s and 1970s, Kenya was seen as a ''success story" of development in the periphery, and also led the way in terms of democratic breakthroughs in 2010 when a new constitution devolved power and placed new constraints on the president. However, the country has also made international headlines for the kind of political instability that occurs when electoral violence is expressed along ethnic lines, such as during the "Kenya crisis" of 2007/08 when over 1,000 people lost their lives and almost 700,000 were displaced. The Oxford Handbook of Kenyan Politics explains these developments and many more, drawing together 50 specially commissioned chapters by leading researchers. The chapters they have contributed address a range of essential topics including the legacy of colonial rule, ethnicity, land politics, devolution, the constitution, elections, democracy, foreign aid, the informal economy, civil society, human rights, the International Criminal Court, the growing influence of China, economic policy, electoral violence, and the impact of mobile phone technology. In addition to covering some of the most important debates about Kenyan politics, the volume provides an insightful overview of Kenyan history from 1930 to the present day and features a set of chapters that review the impact of devolution on regional politics in every part of the country.

Author : Michael Johnston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1139448455

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Syndromes of Corruption by Michael Johnston Pdf

Corruption is a threat to democracy and economic development in many societies. It arises in the ways people pursue, use and exchange wealth and power, and in the strength or weakness of the state, political and social institutions that sustain and restrain those processes. Differences in these factors, Michael Johnston argues, give rise to four major syndromes of corruption: Influence Markets, Elite Cartels, Oligarchs and Clans, and Official Moguls. In this 2005 book, Johnston uses statistical measures to identify societies in each group, and case studies to show that the expected syndromes do arise. Countries studied include the United States, Japan and Germany (Influence Markets); Italy, Korea and Botswana (Elite Cartels); Russia, the Philippines and Mexico (Oligarchs and Clans); and China, Kenya, and Indonesia (Offical Moguls). A concluding chapter explores reform, emphasising the ways familiar measures should be applied - or withheld, lest they do harm - with an emphasis upon the value of 'deep democratisation'.