Table of Contents

Introduction
1: Nic Cheeseman, Karuti Kanyinga, and Gabrielle Lynch: The political economy of Kenya: Community, clientelism, and class
Part I - The struggle for democracy
2: Derek R. Peterson: Colonial rule and the rise of African politics (1930-1964)
3: David W. Throup: Jomo Kenyatta and the creation of the Kenyan state (1963-1978
4: David W. Throup: Daniel arap Moi and one-party rule (1978-1991)
5: Raymond Muhula: The limits of multipartyism (1992-2005)
6: James D. Long: Civil conflict, power sharing, truth and reconciliation (2005-2013)
7: Collins Odote: The 2013 elections and the peace narrative (2013-2015)
8: Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle: The 2017 elections and electoral (in)justice (2015-2017)
Part II - Identity politics
9: John Lonsdale: Race and ethnicity in colonial Kenya
10: Gregory Deacon: The political role of Christian churches
11: Ngala Chome: The political role of Islam
12: Winnie Mitullah: Gender mainstreaming and the campaign for equality
13: Naomi van Stapele: Youth and masculinity
14: Sini Hassinen: Sexual minority rights and activism
Part III - Political institutions
15: Yash Ghai: Constitutions and constitutionalism
16: Walter O. Oyugi and Jimmy O. Ochieng: The politics of the Provincial Administration
17: Ken Opalo: The rise and fall of the legislature
18: Michelle D'Arcy: Devolution and county government
Part IV - Civil society, the media and political culture
19: Angelique Haugerud, Meghan Ference, and Dillon J. Mahoney: Satire, social media, and cultures of resistance
20: Denis Galava: The role of traditional media
21: Michelle Osborn: Chiefs, elders, and traditional authority
22: Geoffrey Lugano: Civil society and the state
23: Thomas P. Wolf: The science, suspicion and sustainability of opinion polls
Part V - Political parties and strategies of mobilisation
24: Susanne D. Mueller: High stakes ethnic politics
25: Adams Oloo: The weaknesses of political parties
26: Sarah Jenkins: Violence as an election strategy
Part VI - Law and (dis)order
27: Irina Ichim: The protection and promotion of human rights
28: Ambreena Manji: Land rights and the rule of law
29: Musambayi Katumanga: Post-colonial state-military relations
30: Abduallahi Boru Halakhe: Police, reform, and counter-terrorism
31: Jacob Rasmussen: Gangs and vigilantism
Part VII - The political economy of development
32: John W. Harbeson and Frank Holmquist: The lessons and legacies of the "Kenya debate''
33: Radha Upadhyaya and Edoardo Totolo: The financial sector
34: Mai Hassan: The local politics of resource distribution
35: Bitange Ndemo and Dennis Aiko: Mobile technology and development
36: Jennifer N. Brass: NGOs and public service provision
37: Jane N.O. Khayesi: The informal economy and its relationship with the state
Part VIII - Kenya and the world
38: Michael Chege: The political economy of foreign aid to Kenya
39: Njoki Wamai: International relations and the International Criminal Court
40: David M. Anderson: Kenya's war in Somalia
41: L. Muthoni Wanyeki: Foreign policy and regional relations
42: Samuel M. Makinda: The rise of China in Kenya's foreign relations
Part IX - Regional politics in the time of devolution
43: Patrick O. Asingo: Nyanza: The Odinga dynasty and beyond
44: Peris S. Jones: Nairobi: The politics of the capital
45: Alex Dyzenhaus: Rift Valley: The struggle for supremacy
46: Hassan H. Kochore: North Eastern: From the periphery to the center
47: Dominic Burbidge and Thomas Raji: Central: Self-sufficiency in a local arena
48: Frederick O. Wanyama: Western: Negotiating political heterogeneity
49: Mumo Nzau: Eastern: The dynamics of

About the Author

Nic Cheeseman is Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham and the former Director of the African Studies Centre, Oxford University. He mainly works on democracy, elections, and development and has conducted fieldwork in a range of African countries. His articles have won a number of prizes including the GIGA award for the best article in Comparative Area Studies (2013) and the Frank Cass Award for the best article in Democratization (2015). He is also the
author or editor of ten books. He is the founding editor of the Oxford Encyclopaedia of African Politics, and an advisor and writer for Kofi Annan's African Progress Panel. In recognition of this
academic and public contribution, the Political Studies Association of the UK awarded him the prestigious Joni Lovenduski Prize for outstanding professional achievement by a midcareer scholar in 2019. His analysis has appeared in the Economist, Le Monde, NY Times, BBC, amongst others. He writes a regular column for the Mail & Guardian.
Gabrielle Lynch is Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Warwick. Her research on Kenya has focused on ethnic identity and politics, elections and democratisation, and transitional justice. She is the author or co-editor of several books and more than 30 articles and book chapters. She is deputy chair of the Review of African Political Economy editorial working group, a member of Democratization's editorial board and Vice-President/Research of the British Institute of Eastern
Africa. Gabrielle wrote a twice monthly column for the Saturday Nation (the Saturday edition of Kenya's leading national newspaper) from April 2014 to March 2018 when she stood down alongside 7 other
independent columnists in protest at "the loss of editorial independence and media freedom" at the Nation Media Group. From November 2015 to January 2017 she also wrote a twice monthly column for The East African (the main regional newspaper).
Karuti Kanyinga is Research Professor of Development Studies, University of Nairobi where he is the current Director of the Institute for Development Studies (IDS), and serves in the Board of Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR). He has published extensively and is renowned for his contributions to scholarship and knowledge on governance and development in Kenya and Africa in general. He has written extensively on ethnicity and inequality; civil society and
development, politics of land rights, and political change. In addition to contribution to scholarship, Karuti served as an advisor to the Kofi Annan Panel of Eminent African Personalities where he advised on
monitoring the Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation Process (KNDR). He is a frequent commentator on governance and political development in Kenya and Africa in general. He wrote a regular column in Kenya's largest-circulation newspaper, Sunday Nation, and continues to make commentaries on major events.

Reviews

Students and researchers looking for insight into the politics of Kenya will find this tome valuable. All interested libraries should acquire it.
*J. R. Kenyon, CHOICE*