Kenya (eBook)

The Politics of Participation and Control

Henry Bienen (Autor)

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2015
234 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-6734-9 (ISBN)

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Kenya has been the object of much controversy among students of African politics. Some view it as one of the greatest "e;successes"e; of the post-independence period; others see it as an example of all that is wrong with African development. Henry Bienen approaches this controversy by asking whether the concept of political participation has been properly understood in the African context. His case study of political participation in Kenya discusses administration, party politics, ethnicity, and class. He suggests that in a system dominated by elites, individuals and groups exert influence primarily through patron-client networks and local administrative and party organs. Local politics is the most important arena for most people, it is argued. As long as the regime adopts policies which maximize economic growth and take account of peasant middle and small holders, and as long as individual representatives can be replaced even though no change of regime occurs, limited political participation leads to political stability.Originally published in 1974.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.3.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
• Reihe/Serie: Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Absenteeism • activism • AFRICANIZATION • authoritarianism • bailiwick • bureaucrat • by-election • Chief Whip • civil service • Class action • Colonialism • Communalism (political philosophy) • Conflict Analysis • county council • decentralization • Decolonization • Developing Country • East Africa • Economic planning • Economics • Economism • Economy of Kenya • Elite • elitism • empire-building • Employment • Ernest W. Lefever • ethnic group • Ex post facto law • false consciousness • Fred Kubai • Gabriel Almond • General Election • General Service Unit (Kenya) • Head of government • Howard Wolpe • Incomes policy • Institution • internal migration • James C. Scott • Jomo Kenyatta • Joseph LaPalombara • Kenya • Kenya African Democratic Union • Kenya African National Union • labor aristocracy • local government • Lower house • Lucian Pye • Majimbo • Masinde Muliro • Mau Mau Uprising • Max Gluckman • Mombasa • Mwai Kibaki • Myron Weiner • Nationalization • Nation-Building • Necessity • New Class • Opposition Party • Party System • Paul Ngei • political alliance • Political boss • political class • Political decay • political machine • Political Order in Changing Societies • Political Party • Political Science • Politician • Politics • praetorianism • Ralph Miliband • Regional assembly (England) • Rift Valley Province • Robert Ouko (politician) • Ronald Ngala • ruling party • Rural Area • Samuel P. Huntington • Small Business • Social Transformation • spoils system • Tanganyika African National Union • Tanzania • Tax • The Civic Culture • The Nationalist Movement • The Other Hand • The Wretched of the Earth • third world • Tom Mboya • Trade Union • Uganda • Unemployment • urbanization • Voting • Work permit (United Kingdom)
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-6734-7 / 1400867347
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-6734-9 / 9781400867349