Kenya : The Struggle for a New Constitutional Order
Godwin. Murunga
Bok · Engelsk · 2014
| Utgitt | London : : Zed Books, , 2014.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (206 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Front Cover ; About the Editors ; Title Page; Copyright ; Contents; Acronyms and Abbreviations ; Preface ; Towards a New Constitutional Order in Kenya: An Introduction ; Struggles for constitutional reform in Kenya: comparative andhistorical perspectives; The making of the 2010 constitution; The contributions to this volume; References; Part One: Contexts and Actors in the Making of a New Constitution ; 1: The Protracted Transition to the Second Republic in Kenya; The Political Economy of Colonialism and Its Legacies ; The Era of Authoritarian Developmentalism The Era of Neoliberal Authoritarianism The Birth Pangs of Democratic Developmentalism ; The Dawn of the 'Second' Republic?; References ; 2: Fuelling the Violence: The Print Media in Kenya's Volatile 2007 Post-Election Violence; Introduction ; Kenya's 2007 Election Campaigns: A Brief Background; The Media in Kenya in the Run-Up to the 2007 General Elections; Election Campaign News Designed as a Hard News Genre ; Manipulation of the Hard News Model in Kenya's 2007 General Election Campaign ; Media Reporting of Opinion Polls in Kenya's 2007 General Election Campaigns ; Conclusion ; References 3: Mediating Kenya's Post-Election Violence: From a Peace-Making to a Constitutional MomentIntroduction ; The Root Causes of Kenya's Post-Election Violence; Mediation Efforts Prior to the Annan-Led Panel of Eminent Personalities; The Kofi Annan Mediation Team and Creation of a Constitutional Moment ; Lessons Learned from the Kenyan Mediation Process for Constitution-Making; Conclusion ; References ; 4: Instrumentalism and Constitution-Making in Kenya: Triumphs, Challenges and Opportunities Beyond the 2013 Elections; Introduction ; Framing the Debate: Pact-Making and Transition Politics Pact-Making and Promulgation of the 2010 ConstitutionMultipartyism without Democracy: The Elections of 1992 and 1997; Regime Transition Without Change: The NARC and Kibaki Election of 2002; The Post-Election Violence and the National Accord of 2008; The 2010 Constitutional Referendum and the Rebirth of a Republic ; Pact-Making, Beneficiaries and the 2010 Constitution; The Nature of the Process of Change ; Conclusion: Challenges Beyond Constitution-Making; Notes ; References ; 5: Revisiting 'The Two Faces of Civil Society' in Constitutional Reform in Kenya Civil Society and Political Reform: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations Civil Society and Constitutional Reform in Kenya ; From the 4Cs to the NCEC; The Government Review Commission Versus the Ufungamano Initiative ; Post-Election Violence and Momentum for a New Constitution; Beyond 'The Two Faces of Civil Society'; Conclusion ; References ; Part Two: The Content, Challenges and Opportunities of a New Constitutional Order; 6: Constitutions and Constitutionalism: The Fate of the 2010 Constitution; Constitutions and Constitutionalism ; Colonial and Postcolonial Constitutions Objectives of the 2010 Constitution
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| ISBN | 1-322-40293-0
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