Format:
1 Online-Ressource (206 pages)
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9781780323671
Series Statement:
Africa Now
Content:
An important interrogation of the 2010 Kenyan constitution and its implications for the country's deep-seated problems of state and society
Content:
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 Moment -- Introduction -- 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 Constitution
Content:
Multipartyism 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 -- Challenge of Implementation -- The Record of Implementation So Far -- Final Reflections -- Notes -- References -- 7: Elite Compromises and the Content of the 2010 Constitution -- Introduction -- The Historical Context of Constitution-Making in Kenya -- The Kenyatta and Moi State -- Elites and the Tribulations of a Constitutional Commission -- NARC Turncoats and the Content of the 2010 Constitution -- Conclusion -- References -- 8: Security and Human Rights in the New Constitutional Order in Kenya -- Punitive Security and the Legacies of Colonialism -- Colonial Mentalities in Postcolonial Contexts -- Security Reforms in the Post-Moi Period -- Security Reforms After the 2010 Constitution
Content:
Devolved Government, Centralised Security -- Key Challenges to Security Reforms -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- About the Contributors -- Index -- Back Cover
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781780323657
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Murunga, Godwin R Kenya : The Struggle for a New Constitutional Order London : Zed Books,c2014 ISBN 9781780323657
Language:
English
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