POLITICAL PROTEST IN CONTEMPORARY KENYA IBD

Sinopse

This book analyses the emergence, strategies, and outcomes of the struggle to embed democratic governance and constitutional order in Kenya, showcasing both the power and the limits of citizen agency in the struggleáto transform a postcolonial African state. Utilisingádata from primary interviews, media, and existing literature, this book analyses the emergence, diffusion, operational strategies, and outcomes of Kenyan constitutional reform struggles with a view to highlighting both the power and limits of social movement in transforming a postcolonial African state. It engages intersections of social movement and theories of democratisationáto probe the production, operations, and outcomes of the disruptive yet creative power of the movements at the centre of the struggle to transform the Kenyan constitution. The book also appraises the 'meanings' of, and developments after, the promulgation of the 2010 constitution with a view to illuminating the prospects for a transformative democratic political order in Kenya. This book is a useful tooláin understanding the struggles specific to Kenya, but also offers insightsáinto other democratic struggles on the African continent and beyond.This book will be of interest to students and scholars of social movements and political change in Africa in general and Kenya in particular.