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Post-colonial Kenya : the rise of an authoritarian and predatory state / Rok Ajulu.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ajulu, Rok, author.
- Series:
- Contemporary African politics series
- Contemporary African politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Authoritarianism--Kenya--History.
- Authoritarianism.
- Economics--Political aspects--Kenya.
- Economics.
- Economics--Political aspects.
- History.
- Kenya--Politics and government--1963-1978.
- Kenya.
- Politics and government.
- Kenya--Politics and government--1978-2002.
- Kenya--Politics and government--2002-.
- Kenya--History--1963-.
- Kenya--Economic conditions--1963-.
- Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 197 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Rok Ajulu (1950-2016) was a renowned Kenyan academic and internationalist. A political economist, he obtained his DPhil from Sussex University thentaught successively at Leeds University (1990-1994), Rhodes University (1994-2003), the University of the Witwatersrand (2003-2007) and thereafter at the University of South Africa(2008-2010) as a research professor.
- Contents:
- The origins of the political power of the post-colonial elite and the making of the post-colony
- Independence and the struggle for the control of the post-colonial state: 1963-1969
- Kenyatta and the making of an authoritarian state, 1969-1978
- Moi's presidency and the consolidation of authoritarian rule
- Sunset on the Moi regime, 1992-2002
- Kibaki and the return of the Mount Kenya crowd.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 22, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Ajulu, Rok. Post-colonial Kenya
- ISBN:
- 9781315601625
- 1315601621
- 9781317077473
- 1317077474
- 9781317077466
- 1317077466
- 9781317077459
- 1317077458
- Publisher Number:
- 40030786126
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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