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001 2011277716
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008 120710s2012 enka b 001 0 eng d
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020 $a9781848858862
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050 00 $aDT433.58$b.H67 2012
082 04 $a967.6204$223
100 1 $aHornsby, Charles.
245 10 $aKenya :$ba history since independence /$cCharles Hornsby.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bI. B. Tauris,$c2012.
300 $axviii, 958 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
520 $a"Since independence in 1963, Kenya has survived nearly five decades as a functioning nation-state, with regular elections, its borders intact and without experiencing war or military rule. However, Kenya's independence has always been circumscribed by its failure to transcend its colonial past; its governments have failed to achieve adequate living conditions for most of its citizens; and its politics have been fraught with controversy - illustrated most recently by the post-election protests and violence in 2007. The decisions of the early years of independence, and the acts of its leaders in the decades since - from Jomo Kenyatta, Tom Mboya and Oginga Odinga to Daniel arap Moi and Mwai Kibaki - have changed the country's path in unpredictable ways, but key themes of conflicts remain: over land, tribalism - including the simmering Kikuyu-Luo rivalries - money, power, national autonomy and the distribution of resources. The political elite's endless struggle for access to state resources has damaged Kenya's economy and the political exploitation of ethnicity still threatens the country's stability. In this definitive new history, Charles Hornsby demonstrates how independent Kenya's politics have been dominated by a struggle to deliver security, impartiality, efficiency and growth, but how the legacies of the past have continued to undermine their achievement, making the long-term future of Kenya far from certain."--$cProvide by the publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIndependence! -- Struggle for the state, 1964-1965 -- Multi-party, but not democracy, 1966-1969 -- 'Golden years', 1970-1974 -- Rigor mortis, 1975-1978 -- Too many cooks, 1978-1983 -- Heavy footsteps, 1984-1989 -- A second liberation? 1990-1992 -- Conflict and change, 1993-1997 -- Unnatural succession, 1998-2002 -- Back to the future, 2003-2008 -- Cold war and compromise, 2008-2011.
651 0 $aKenya$xHistory$y1963-
651 0 $aKenya$xPolitics and government.
651 0 $aKenya$xEconomic conditions$y1963-
651 0 $aKenya$xSocial conditions$y1963-
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1214/2011277716-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1214/2011277716-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1214/2011277716-t.html