Gender, ethnicity, and violence in Kenya's transitions to democracy : states of violence / Lyn Ossome.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ossome, Lyn, author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Critical African studies in gender and sexuality

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Political activity.

History.

Women--Violence against.

Women.

Political violence.

Kenya--Politics and government--1978-2002.

Kenya.

Politics and government.

Kenya--Politics and government--2002-.

Political violence--Kenya--History.

Women--Violence against--Kenya--History.

Women--Political activity--Kenya--History.

Democratization--Kenya.

Democratization.

Political parties--Kenya.

Political parties.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 211 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]

Summary:

"This book examines gendered violence in the context of multiparty politics in Kenya, placing it in the historical context of colonial rule and its legacies of the ethnicization of both state and society. It offers an extensive account of the ways liberal democratic politics have produced violent outcomes for women."--Publisher's summary.

Contents:

Introduction

Violent challenges to democracy

Women's agency in transition : from colonialism to independence

Gendered and violent exclusions in Kenya's multiparty electoral politics (1989-2008)

Religious movements and gendered violence in the multiparty era

Women's organizations and multiparty politics in Kenya (1989-2008)

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-202) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Ossome, Lyn. Gender, ethnicity, and violence in Kenya's transition to democracy.

ISBN:

9781498558303

1498558305

9781498558327

1498558321

OCLC:

1037884582