The Rise of a Party-State in Kenya (eBook)

From Harambee! to Nyayo!

Jennifer A. Widner (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
308 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-91185-7 (ISBN)

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Although Kenya is often considered an African success story, its political climate became increasingly repressive under its second president, Daniel arap Moi. Widner charts the transformation of the Kenya African National Union (KANU) from a weak, loosely organized political party under Jomo Kenyatta into an arm of the president's office, with "watchdog" youth wings and strong surveillance and control functions, under Moi. She suggests that single-party systems have an inherent tendency to become "party-states," or single-party regimes in which the head of state uses the party as a means of control. The speed and extent of these changes depend on the countervailing power of independent interest groups, such as business associations, farmers, or professionals. Widner's study offers important insights into the dynamics of party systems in Africa.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.4.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Schlagworte: 20th century african history • 20th century kenyan history • Autocrat • Corruption • Daniel arap Moi • dictator • governmental control • head of state • Human Rights • human rights abuses • Jomo Kenyatta • Kadu • Kanu • Kenya • Kenya African National Union • kenyan african democratic union • kenyan history • Kenyan politics • party states • political climate • president of kenya • Regimes • repressive government • single party system • Surveillance • watchdog
• ISBN-10: 0-520-91185-7 / 0520911857
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-91185-7 / 9780520911857