Kenya's quest for democracy : taming leviathan /

Kenya's quest for democracy : taming leviathan /

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Author / Creator:	Mutua, Makau.
Imprint:	Boulder, Colo. : L. Rienner Publishers, 2008.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 331 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Challenge and change in African politics Challenge and change in African politics.
Subject:	Constitutional history -- Kenya. Political culture -- Kenya. Postcolonialism -- Kenya. Constitutional history. Political culture. Politics and government. Postcolonialism. Kenya -- Politics and government -- 1963-1978. Kenya -- Politics and government -- 1978-2002. Kenya -- Politics and government -- 2002- Kenya.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11404508

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ISBN:	9781626371101 1626371105 9781588265906 1588265900
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	Product Description: Tracing the trajectory of postcolonial politics, Makau Mutua maps the political forces that have shaped contemporary Kenya. He also critically explores efforts on the part of both civil society and the political opposition to reform the state. Analyzing the tortuous efforts since independence to create a sustainable, democratic state, he uses the struggle over constitutional reform as a window for understanding the larger struggles confronting Kenyan society. Mutua uses the struggle over constitutional reform as a window through which to understand the larger struggles confronting Kenyan society.
Other form:	Print version: Mutua, Makau. Kenya's quest for democracy 9781588265906

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The reconstruction of the African state
Africa and post-colonial trauma
The constitutional history of Kenya
The liberal democratic consensus
The quest for a democratic constitution
The institution of the review commission
The national constitutional conference as process
Matters of convergence
Things fall apart
The end game
What must be done.