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Kenya: The Quest for Prosperity

by Norman Miller, Rodger Yeager. 254 pgs.

Contributors:

   Norman Miller, Rodger Yeager

Publisher:

   Westview Press

Place of Publication:

  Boulder, CO  

Publication Year:

  1984

Subjects:

Kenya--Politics And Government--1963-1978, Kenya--Politics And Government--1978-, Kenya--Economic Conditions--1963-, Kenya--Social Conditions--1963-, Kenya--Foreign Relations

	Contents
	List of Tables and Illustrations	xi
	Preface	xiii
	Introduction	1
	1 The Colonial Legacy	7
	Beginnings ,	7
	The European Penetration, 1880-1915 ,	10
	World War I in Eastern Africa ,	15
	The Interwar Years ,	18
	World War II and the Mau Mau Period ,	23
	The Transition to Independence ,	29
	Conclusions: Reflections on an Age ,	33
	2 Independence: The Kenyatta Era	37
	The Transition Years, 1963-1968 ,	38
	The Middle Years, 1969-1974 ,	45
	The Later Years: A Turbulent Monarchy ,	50
	Conclusions: The Kenyatta Era in Perspective ,	58
	3 Ecology and Society in Modern Kenya	61
	Demographic and Environmental Dilemmas ,	62
	Issues of Ethnicity, Class, and Gender ,	72
	Issues of Social Infrastructure and Value Change ,	86
	Conclusions: The Significance of Land ,	94
	4 Modern Politics: The Moi Era	97
	The First Five Years, 1978-1982 ,	98
	Years of Turbulence, 1983-1987 ,	103
	Repression and Renewal, 1988-1992 ,	105
	The Political Stakes in Modern Kenya ,	116
	Conclusions: Stability and Reform ,	122
	5 Modern Economic Realities	125
	The Political Economy of Growth and Recession ,	127
	Sectoral Performance in the 1980s and Early 1990s ,	130
	Macroeconomic Perspectives on Multinationalism ,	152
	Conclusions: The Consequences of Kenyan Capitalism ,	157
	6 The International Dimension	161
	African Relations ,	162
	Relations Outside Africa ,	169
	Relations with International Organizations ,	174
	The Politics of Foreign Aid ,	175
	Conclusions: Kenya and the World ,	178
	7 Kenya at the Crossroads of Development	181
	Notes	185
	Selected Bibliography	223
	Acronyms	233
	About the Book and Authors	235
	Index	237

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