Spaces of insecurity : human agency in violent conflicts in Kenya / Karen Witsenburg & Fred Zaal (editors).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Witsenburg, Karen Margaret, 1968-

Zaal, F. (Fred)

Series:

African studies collection (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 45.

African studies collection, 1876-018X ; v. 45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Social aspects--Kenya.

Political violence--Kenya.

Political violence.

Rural conditions.

Ethnic conflict.

Violence--Social aspects.

Violence.

Kenya.

Ethnic conflict--Kenya.

Kenya--Rural conditions.

Kenya--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Land tenure--Kenya.

Land tenure.

Physical Description:

x, 237 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Human agency in violent conflicts in Kenya

Place of Publication:

Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2012.

Contents:

Spaces of insecurity / Karen Witsenburg & Fred Zaal

The ethnicization of territory : identity and space among the Nandi in Turbo Division / Alice J.C. Kurgat

Revenge, ethnicity and cattle raiding in north-western Kenya / Dave Eaton

Inbetween cattle raids and peace meetings : voices from the Kenya/Ugandan border region / Friederike Mieth

Identity strategies of the Western Pokot : exploring the meaning of livestock raiding / Kim C.M. de Vries

Ethnic tensions in harsh environments : the Gabra pastoralists and their neighbours in northern Kenya / Karen Witsenburg

Natural resources and conflicts : theoretical flaws and empirical evidence from northern Kenya / Wario R. Adano, Ton Dietz & Karen Witsenburg

Conflicts between pastoralists and farmers in Tana River District / Pilly Martin

Resource conflict, governance and ethnicity : Loita Forest and the fight for exclusion / Fred Zaal & Wario R. Adano

Precolonial models of conflict management in some African societies / Joshua J. Akong'a.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789054481201

905448120X

OCLC:

848794675