The Political Economy Of Kenya

Author : Michael G. Schatzberg
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1987-11-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035333314

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The Political Economy of Kenya by Michael G. Schatzberg Pdf

The Political Economy of Kenya is a collection of timely and up-to-date essays focusing on the interaction of politics and economics in Kenya's domestic political arena. The essays, written by scholars from Kenya, the United States, and Great Britain, contain in-depth presentation based on contemporary research. For example, the contributors stress the interdependence of politics and economics in determining political outcomes and examine the Kenyan political system in that light. Chapters discuss such topics as Kenyan agriculture, urbanization and spatial planning, public enterprises, public policy and reform, and specific case studies on labor and social issues.

Author : Kempe R. Hope
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781441191212

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The Political Economy of Development in Kenya by Kempe R. Hope Pdf

This critical analysis of sustainable development in post-independence Kenya offers a comprehensive policy framework within the context of the opportunities provided by the 2010 constitution.

Author : Kempe R. Hope
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Kenya
ISBN : 1501301233

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The Political Economy of Development in Kenya by Kempe R. Hope Pdf

"Kenya is a country of geopolitical and economic importance in East Africa. It shares borders with unstable states such as Somalia and Sudan while being a hub for trade, communication, finance, and transportation across the region. Although relatively stable since its independence in 1963, the country still faces poverty, inequality, and corruption. In addition, the contested election of 2007 led to severe ethnic strife that tested its political stability, leading to a new constitution in 2010. This unique survey by a leading expert on the region provides a critical analysis of the socio-economic development in Kenya from a political economy perspective. It highlights Kenya's transition from being a centralized state to having a clear separation of powers and analyzes key issues such as economic growth, urbanization, corruption, and reform. The book identifies Kenya's key socio-development problems and offers solutions to improve both governance and economic performance, making it an essential resource to researchers, academics, and policy makers working on development issues and African politics."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Author : Robert H. Bates
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521852692

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Beyond the Miracle of the Market by Robert H. Bates Pdf

As capitalism defeated socialism in Eastern Europe, the market displaced the state in the developing world. In Beyond the Miracle of the Market, first published in 2005, Bates focuses on Kenya, a country that continued to grow while others declined in Africa, and mounts a prescient critique of the neo-classical turn in development economics. Attributing Kenya's exceptionalism to its economic institutions, this book pioneers the use of 'new institutionalism' in the field of development. In doing so, however, the author accuses the approach of being apolitical. Institutions introduce power into economic life. To account for their impact, economic analysis must therefore be complemented by political analysis; micro-economics must be imbedded in political science. In making this argument, Bates relates Kenya's subsequent economic decline to the change from the Kenyatta to the Moi regime and the subsequent use of the power of economic institutions to redistribute rather than to create wealth.

Author : Steven Langdon
Publisher : London : Macmillan
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037938052

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Multinational Corporations in the Political Economy of Kenya by Steven Langdon Pdf

Monograph on effects of multinational enterprises on the economic policy of Kenya - based on interviews and case studies of manufacturing industrial enterprise, examines impact on economic and social development, income distribution, economic disparity, employment creation, exports and entrepreneurship, and discusses technology transfer, domestic market, wage structure, profitability, efficiency and choice of technology, industrialization policy, indigenization, etc. ILO mentioned. Bibliography, graphs, maps, statistical tables.

Author : Nic Cheeseman,Karuti Kanyinga,Gabrielle Lynch
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 48,5 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 : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015001219164

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Independent Kenya by Anonim Pdf

Sponsored by the Journal of African Marxists in solidarity with the authors.

Author : Peter Anyang' Nyong'o
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political corruption
ISBN : IND:30000126740913

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The Political Economy of Corruption in Kenya by Peter Anyang' Nyong'o Pdf

Author : Colin Leys
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1975-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0520027701

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Underdevelopment in Kenya by Colin Leys Pdf

Author : Fantu Cheru
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040697349

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Dependence, Underdevelopment, and Unemployment in Kenya by Fantu Cheru Pdf

Author : Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui,Alamin Mazrui
Publisher : East African Publishers
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9966468234

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Swahili State and Society by Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui,Alamin Mazrui Pdf

This text examines the social and political impact of the Swahili language.

Author : Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba,Toyin Falola
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1099 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030389222

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The Palgrave Handbook of African Political Economy by Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba,Toyin Falola Pdf

This handbook constitutes a specialist single compendium that analyses African political economy in its theoretical, historical and policy dimensions. It emphasizes the uniqueness of African political economy within a global capitalist system that is ever changing and complex. Chapters in the book discuss how domestic and international political economic forces have shaped and continue to shape development outcomes on the continent. Contributors also provoke new thinking on theories and policies to better position the continent’s economy to be a critical global force. The uniqueness of the handbook lies in linking theory and praxis with the past, future, and various dimensions of the political economy of Africa.

Author : Toyin Falola,Jessica Achberger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136683800

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The Political Economy of Development and Underdevelopment in Africa by Toyin Falola,Jessica Achberger Pdf

While Africa is too often regarded as lying on the periphery of the global political arena, this is not the case. African nations have played an important historical role in world affairs. It is with this understanding that the authors in this volume set out upon researching and writing their chapters, making an important collective contribution to our understanding of modern Africa. Taken as a whole, the chapters represent the range of research in African development, and fully tie this development to the global political economy. African nations play significant roles in world politics, both as nations influenced by the ebbs and flows of the global economy and by the international political system, but also as actors, directly influencing politics and economics. It is only through an understanding of both the history and present place of Africa in global affairs that we can begin to assess the way forward for future development.

Author : Timothy M. Shaw,Olajide Aluko
Publisher : Dartmouth Publishing Company
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015008300330

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The Political Economy of African Foreign Policy by Timothy M. Shaw,Olajide Aluko Pdf

Comparison, foreign policy, economic and social development, economic policy, Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa R, Tanzania, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe - economic conditions, economic system, political ideology, political system, institutional framework, colonialism, international relations. Bibliography, map, references.

Author : Vishnu Padayachee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136989063

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The Political Economy of Africa by Vishnu Padayachee Pdf

The Political Economy of Africa addresses the real possibilities for African development in the coming decades when seen in the light of the continent’s economic performance over the last half-century. This involves an effort to emancipate our thinking from the grip of western economic models that have often ignored Africa’s diversity in their rush to peddle simple nostrums of dubious merit. The book addresses the seemingly intractable economic problems of the African continent, and traces their origins. It also brings out the instances of successful economic change, and the possibilities for economic revival and renewal. As well as surveying the variety of contemporary situations, the text will provide readers with a firm grasp of the historical background to the topic. It explores issues such as: employment and poverty social policy and security structural adjustment programs and neo-liberal globalization majority rule and democratization taxation and resource mobilization. It contains a selection of country specific case studies from a range of international contributors, many of whom have lived and worked in Africa. The book will be of particular interest to higher level students in political economy, development studies, area studies (Africa) and economics in general.